Distance education during the epistemic period according to religious culture and ethical knowledge teachers Cover Image

Din Kültürü ve Ahlak Bilgisi Öğretmenlerine Göre Salgın Döneminde Uzaktan Eğitim
Distance education during the epistemic period according to religious culture and ethical knowledge teachers

Author(s): Ahmet Çakmak, Yakup UZUNPOLAT
Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, School education, Health and medicine and law, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Religion, Distance learning / e-learning, Pedagogy
Published by: Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Religious Education; Covid 19; Epidemic; Religious Education and Etical Knowledge; Distance Education;

Summary/Abstract: Turkey and many countries, the school has closed, or partially or completely due to covid 19 pandemic. Schools remained closed until a certain time in Turkey. Afterwards, its opening has been postponed until certain dates. In the second half of 2019-2020 and in the first and second half of 2020-2021, students were mostly deprived of face-to-face education. This study, which aims to describe the problems experienced by RE teachers in the learning-teaching process during the epidemic period, was designed according to a case study, one of the qualitative research methods. The study group consists of 8 RE teachers, four of them male and four female. The data collection tool is a semistructured interview form. The data were subjected to content analysis, and NVIVO 12 program was used. RE teachers experienced problems regarding technique, absenteeism, pre-lesson preparation, learning environment, teaching methods, motivation, communication, time and measurement evaluation. Although these negative situations have occurred, it can be said that teachers are willing to use the gains in distance education with normalization and aim to take learning out of the classroom in this way. It can be suggested to researchers to study the concepts of classroom privacy and digital world ethics within the framework of education. Improving the technology use competencies of RE teachers can also be suggested to the relevant institutions.

  • Issue Year: 7/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 855-892
  • Page Count: 38
  • Language: Turkish