Barriers and Merits of Hybrid Teaching in Vietnam Amid Covid-19

Schools reopening after a nine-month hard lockdown prompted school leaders to implement hybrid teaching in secondary schools in Vietnam. Since hybrid teaching is a new learning model, the study attempts to explore its implementation, barriers to improve its overall quality, and its merits. It employs mixed-methods approach using survey questionnaire and interview. Respondents are teachers, school leaders and program managers. SPSS and thematic coding are used for data analysis. The findings disclose that hybrid teaching has high implementation. The top three barriers are teacher's readiness, technology, Wi-Fi connection and IT support, and administrative support. Its merits include accessibility, flexibility, teaching and learning with technology, effective use of resources, personalization, better learning, and deeper resource usage. The study concludes that although hybrid teaching has high implementation, its barriers, specifically teacher's readiness, demand utmost attention. Hence, research into the link between teacher knowledge and confidence in teaching learners in hybrid classrooms is recommended