Abstract:

The relationship between teachers and their pupils (students) is key factor of education, especially during the global pandemic of a new type of coronavirus. Teacher-shaming as a new type of cyberbullying of teachers which is a serious problem of the contemporary (not only) czech educational reality which is now affected by the massive transition to an online learning environment due to anti-epidemic measures because of the fight against COVID-19. Using digital tools supporting distance learning such as MS Teams, LMS systems, Google meet, Zoom etc. bring new forms of teacher-shaming, dishonesty of the quality of teaching, publication of recordings of teachers on YouTube, penetration into the privacy of teachers through a webcam and other new forms of risk. The authors build on their previous research activities in the field of cyberbullying of teachers and present the results of a study that focused on current forms of shaming teachers who are forced to learn to use new digital tools due to the current situation. This study examined cyberbullying of teachers on Instagram popular online social network to determine how university students shame quality of online teaching, teachers' competences, attendance at online classes etc. through photographic and text content. The researchers selected some popular Instagram profiles made by students and utilized content analysis to obtain quantitative data.

Keywords:

Teacher-shaming, Instagram, university student, COVID-19.