Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic, which has come to the fore all over the world, has had serious effects in the education process as in every field. Countries have urgently tried to make the necessary arrangements regarding their education systems. Similarly, in Turkey, the Ministry of National Education tried to transfer the courses in formal education to the distance education system in all schools and Higher Education Institutions. However, until this time, only theoretical courses and courses regarding the technology-based practices were included in distance education. In this sense, serious difficulties have experienced especially in practical courses such as laboratories and internships. One of the biggest debates in education faculties, which had to take a break from face-to-face education as of March 2020, has been about how to conduct internship courses such as teaching practice in the distance education process. For this reason, this study aimed to examine the opinions of primary school pre-service teachers about the teaching practice course during the pandemic process. Both pre-service teachers and primary school students, whom they taught and observed within the scope of the teaching practice course, experienced the distance education process for the first time. It is very important to investigate the positive and negative experiences of the primary school pre-service teachers who will start to work as the teachers of the future and to take the necessary precautions. In this context, this study, which was carried out as a a phenomological study, was conducted with 8 pre-service teachers who were enrolled in a teaching practice course at a state university in the fall semester of 2020-2021. While the data were obtained from open-ended questions, the reports and lesson plans kept during the semester were examined by the researchers. The data were analyzed by qualitative analysis methods.
Highlights
The Covid-19 virus, which emerged in China in December 2019, started to pervade Turkey as of March 11, 2020 (Ministry of Health, 2020.) The Covid-19 pandemic in Turkey has affected education, as it has in all areas of daily life
In the face of the coronavirus epidemic, which caused at least 91% of students around the world to take a break from education, emergency distance education has been put into effect by many countries as a solution tool
In the distance education process, within the scope of the "Teaching Practice" course, 2 hours a week theoretically with the instructor and the remaining 6 hours were carried out online under the guidance of the practice teacher in schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education (MoNE)
Summary
The Covid-19 virus, which emerged in China in December 2019, started to pervade Turkey as of March 11, 2020 (Ministry of Health, 2020.) The Covid-19 pandemic in Turkey has affected education, as it has in all areas of daily life. In the face of the coronavirus epidemic, which caused at least 91% of students around the world to take a break from education, emergency distance education has been put into effect by many countries as a solution tool. To prevent the spread of the epidemic, all education levels from primary schools to universities had to take a break from face-to-face education. Received 28 Oct 2021; Revised 7 Dec 2021; Accepted 26 Dec 2021 ISSN: 2618-6586.
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