Parents’ views on distance education during the Covid-19 pandemic

Hülya Gür,Ahsen Fi̇li̇z

doi:10.31681/jetol.1033469

Hülya Gür, Ahsen Fi̇li̇z

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https://doi.org/10.31681/jetol.1033469

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Abstract

This study was conducted to reveal how parents perceive the distance education process during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study group consists of 15 participants in Lüleburgaz district of Kırklareli province. The case study design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study and data were collected online with a semi-structured interview form. Demographic characteristics, problems experienced by parents in distance education during the Covid-19 pandemic, positive and negative experiences, and opinions were interrogated via "Google Forms". The descriptive analysis and content analysis methods were preferred to analyse data. The results showed that parents attributed the inability to learn efficiently during the Covid-19 process to the inefficacy of online education, distraction, anxiety, environment, and noise. Trainings can be given to parents so that they can help their children efficiently in the distance education process. It is recommended that internet infrastructure be strengthened to deal with connection problems.

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Education is a lifelong process that includes training individuals for a specific purpose
The first part of the interview form consists of information about the demographic characteristics of the participants; the second part includes the problems experienced by parents in distance education during the Covid-19 pandemic, along with their positive and negative experiences and opinions about this process
We attempted to elucidate the problems experienced by parents in distance education during the Covid-19 pandemic, along with their positive and negative experiences and their ideas

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Education is a lifelong process that includes training individuals for a specific purpose. If the planned and systematic education process is interrupted and educational activities cannot be continued, the process may be adversely affected. It is important to continue the education activities in a planned manner in cases where face-to-face education cannot be continued due to a number of reasons, such as disasters, crisis, and outbreaks. The number of Covid-19 cases, increasing rapidly worldwide, has caused anxiety and concerns in our society. This directly affected the education and caused school closures. More than 90% of students were affected because of school closure. With the closure of schools, students in our country continued their education through distance education, similar to other countries

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