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Koronavirüs Salgını Sürecinde Öğretmen Yaşantıları
Teacher Experiences During the Coronavirus Outbreak

Author(s): Salih Yilmaz, Necdet Konan
Subject(s): School education, Health and medicine and law, Distance learning / e-learning
Published by: SD Yayınevi
Keywords: Teacher; coronavirus epidemic; distance education;

Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of this research is to determine the experiences of teachers during the coronavirus epidemic. Thus, it has been tried to determine what affects teachers most in the distance education process, what the teachers miss and what they want to do after the epidemic. In order to realize the purpose of the research, a qualitative research was carried out in the phenomenology design. The study group of the research consists of 53 teachers working in primary, secondary and high schools in Malatya in the 2020-2021 academic year. Research data were collected through a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers and analyzed by content analysis. At the end of the research, the issues that most affect teachers during the coronavirus epidemic process; It has been seen that it is related to the economic difficulties experienced by the parents of the students, being away from the students, the efforts of the teachers, the effort of the students, the disease, the losses, the inability to socialize, the indifference to the online lessons, the insufficient participation in the lessons, the practical lessons, the other – positive and negative aspects. On the other hand, what the teachers longed for in this process and what they wanted to do after the coronavirus were related to Social Relations, Maskless Life, Free Traveling and Classroom Environment-Face to Face Education.

  • Issue Year: 7/2021
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 314-332
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Turkish