Abstract
The current study aimed to identify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mathematics e-learning in its provincial and migratory schools in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Al-Muzahmiyya Governorate as a model). The researcher used the descriptive analytical method. The study sample consisted of (58) female mathematics teachers in Al-Muzahimiyah Governorate in government schools in the three educational stages (primary, intermediate and secondary), and they whose responded to participate in the study tool. The researcher used the questionnaire as a tool for data collection. The study finding that the lockdown related to the COVID-19 caused negative affect to mathematics teaching at the schools of Al-Muzahimiyah Governorate, and the Madrasati platform had a very large role in improving student learning outcomes, and the results of the study also showed that the electronic educational supervision has a very large role in supporting math teachers in Muzahimiyah schools, and there are many challenges that faced the activation of Madrasati platform, including the low internet services, especially during COVID-19 pandemic, due to the unprecedented overload on the network, and teachers face more workload and stress to provide acceptable quality of education to students, lack of preparation and technical competencies and professionalism for teachers and students to use the Madrasati platform in particular and e-learning in general. The study presented a set of strategies to overcome these challenges, and the study recommended the expansion of e-training programs and activities for teachers and students to use and employ the tools of the Madrasati platform in teaching mathematics. Financially supporting and motivating the teachers to overcome the problem of the increasing workload as a result of practicing digital learning activities and the teachers staying for long periods on the Internet. Increase the electronic educational supervision programs and activities to overcome the problems that teachers face in employing the tools of the Madrasati platform in teaching mathematics. Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic - mathematics education - e-learning - educational platforms - Madrasati platform - electronic educational supervision - Saudi Arabia. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-30-03 Publication date: October 31 st 2021
Highlights
The rapid spread of the new Corona pandemic (COVID-19) led to the disruption of all aspects of life, especially schools, which was completely paralyzed, especially in the first six months of the pandemic’s spread as a result of fear and anxiety about the speed of spread and the lack of knowledge of treatment protocols and how to control the virus, so many countries of the world resorted to lockdown of all life activities and gatherings, and the closure of educational institutions is considered one of the most important preventive measures.At this critical stage of history all over the world, e-learning seemed to be the magic solution to the continuation of the education process
COVID-19 has put educational institutions in a great challenge to meet the requirements of quality education, and the sudden, rapid and forced shift from traditional learning to e-learning with its various technologies has increased this challenge for teachers, administrators, students, parents and decision makers to deal quickly and acquire skills necessary for the use of technology in education and overcoming the obstacles facing its use, whether in the lack of material capabilities or Internet connection points and access to it in remote places (Mulenga & Marban, 2020)
Table (1) shows the distribution of study sample members according to the variables
Summary
The rapid spread of the new Corona pandemic (COVID-19) led to the disruption of all aspects of life, especially schools, which was completely paralyzed, especially in the first six months of the pandemic’s spread as a result of fear and anxiety about the speed of spread and the lack of knowledge of treatment protocols and how to control the virus, so many countries of the world resorted to lockdown of all life activities and gatherings, and the closure of educational institutions is considered one of the most important preventive measures. The activation of the Madrasati platform has faced many challenges, including the lack of expertise and skills of the technical teachers, the lack of students’ skills in using the tools of the Madrasati platform, in addition to the presence of anxiety and tension between the teachers and students as a result of the interruption of the Internet or low Internet speed in some places, especially rural areas, in addition to that the teachers and the students did not have the full knowledge of using math symbols via the platform or in the virtual classroom, and the researcher worked to overcome many of these problems through training and electronic supervision, and some of them need strengthening the technological infrastructure. Table (1) shows the distribution of study sample members according to the variables (educational stage - school location - educational qualification - years of experience - using e-learning in teaching mathematics before the Covid-19 pandemic - getting training programs in the use of e-learning in teaching mathematics before the Covid-19 pandemic)
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