Impact of a teacher-training MOOC on the Pedagogy of Death during the pandemic.

Massive open online courses; College teacher attitudes; Pre-tests & post-tests; Thanatology; Questionnaires; Research funding; COVID-19 pandemic; Attitudes toward death

Colombia; Spain; Argentina; Chile; Mexico

The objective of this study was to determine the impact of a MOOC on the attitudes of preservice and in-service teachers toward education on death. The study adopted a pre- and post-test design. Participants (N=139) answered the Death Education Attitudes Scale-Teachers (DEAS-T) questionnaire at the beginning and end of the course. The results confirmed significant differences between the pre- and post-course applications in the three scale factors--need for training in the Pedagogy of Death, inclusion of death in education, and educational awareness of death. Open-access, free, mass training through a MOOC could have a positive impact on attitudes toward death education among both pre- and in-service teachers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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