Teachers’ Views towards the Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic in the Education Process in Turkey

Ferhat Karakaya,Osman Çi̇men,Gökşen Üçüncü,Merve Adigüzel,Mehmet Yilmaz

doi:10.17275/per.21.27.8.2

Abstract

Viruses cause disease in both animals and plants. New viral diseases are often caused by the spread of existing viruses from one host species to another. The COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading across the world since its emergence in China. The pandemic affected not only the health systems of the countries but also their education systems. To prevent the spread of the epidemic, schools were closed, and different practices were presented in this period. In this study, it was aimed to determine the teachers’ views towards the effects of COVID-19 on the education process in Turkey. The case study was used in the research and it was carried out with the participation of 237 different branch teachers. In order to collect the data, structured interview form prepared by the researchers was used. Data were evaluated by using the content analysis technique. As a result of the research, it was determined that teachers have both positive and negative views about competencies, distance education, adaptation of students and teacher-parent communication. In addition, it was determined that teachers have varying concerns about health, economy and education. On the other hand, research results also have shown that the pandemic process provides positive acquisitions in technology use, awareness and skill development.

Highlights

With the increasing population around the world, human needs have increased, and they have expanded their living spaces
Teachers evaluated education-teaching in the COVID-19 pandemic process in terms of teacher, student, teacher-parent relationship, and teacher concerns
As a result of the research, it was found out that the teachers had positive and negative thoughts regarding the education process that took place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers expressed their negative views on competences regarding difficulty, Participatory Educational Research (PER) -24

Summary

Introduction

With the increasing population around the world, human needs have increased, and they have expanded their living spaces. Considering the students, teachers and their families in the education system, millions of people are at risk of being affected by the pandemic To reduce this risk, US, China, England, Germany, Turkey and Italy are amongst the countries that take measures of relatively more immediate or effective nature regarding the teaching-learning processes. In Turkey, in order to minimize the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on students, teachers have taken great responsibility In this process, teachers support their students both in terms of education and psychology. Teachers support their students both in terms of education and psychology Their views are important to determine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the educational process. An answer was sought to the question "What are the teachers' views on education in the COVID-19 pandemic process?”

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