Pandemia de Covid-19 no Brasil: impactos psicológicos causados à educação

Abstract

The present work aims to describe the correlation and promote reflection on the Covid-19 pandemic, basic education and its consequent impact on the mental health of Brazilian students and teachers, through a literature review of articles addressing the aforementioned topic. Due to its scope and damage caused, the pandemic can be considered a landmark event in the history of humanity. Characterized by a period of great instability in people's lives in different fields, this article highlights psychological health and adaptations in the educational sector. The consequences generated in education were significant, due to the need to change the teaching format to remote, due to the mandatory social isolation. This resolution affected students and teachers, causing psychic and emotional instability resulting from the scenario of insecurity and difficulty in transmitting and monitoring classes. The outcome of this scenario is a consequent mismatch in learning and a significant number of students and teachers emotionally affected, given the resulting consequences the action of the disease and the consequent social distancing.