Examining the Problems Arising from Transportation in Bussed Educatıon in the Context of the Opinions of School Administators

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the problems caused by transportation in mobile teaching in terms of school administrators' views. The research is quantitative method and is in descriptive survey model. The population of the study consists of school administrators (317) working in schools (197 schools in total) transporting students in different neighbourhoods in Siirt in 2019-2020 academic years. It was used that census is based on this study instead of using sampling as a method. " The Problems of Mobile Teaching Based Upon Transportation Scale" was applied to participants in this study. Data collected by Google Form applications were examined by using descriptive analysis and difference tests . According to results of the research it is highlighted that there are some lack of security in the transportation (not fasting seat belts and traveling standing during driving, getting in straingers , inadequate information about first aid, etc.) in terms of the opinions of the school administrators, communication problems (having an argument with on-duty teachers, not being punctual service, conflict with parents, etc.). It is also observed that there is a considerable differences in the problems based upon transportation due to the fact that participants have the status and spend for a long time of appointment in managing,gaining experiences by working schools in mobile teaching and their schools have different locations.