Research Article

A Testopia during COVID-19: Qualitative Study about Higher Education Institutions Examination (HEIE)

Volume: 14 Number: 4 October 19, 2021
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A Testopia during COVID-19: Qualitative Study about Higher Education Institutions Examination (HEIE)

Abstract

Central exams are in the heart of Turkish education system since they are used for student selection and placement in transition to higher levels of education. The preparation process for central placement exams, which was already challenging for students and parents, may have become even more exhausting due to the changing educational paradigms during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, this study, using the phenomenological model, aims to determine the student and parent views regarding the preparation for the Higher Education Institutions Examination (HEIE) during COVID-19 pandemic period. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participation of 20 high school seniors in an Anatolian High School in Removed for Blind Review Province during 2020-2021 academic year, selected with the purposive sampling method, and of their parents, and the obtained data were analysed through content analysis method. Although stress is an ordinary part of the preparation period, new stress sources have formed during the pandemic according to the findings obtained from this study. It has been seen that both the students and the parents have discussed higher visibility of socio-economic inequalities, limited student life experience, impacts of social isolation due to the implemented health and safety policies as the cons, and the opportunities to study harder and more autonomously as the pros. Parents have also evaluated children’s being under their supervision during this period as one of the pros.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 19, 2021

Submission Date

April 8, 2021

Acceptance Date

July 28, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 14 Number: 4

APA
Saltürk, A., & Çokluk-bökeoglu, Ö. (2021). A Testopia during COVID-19: Qualitative Study about Higher Education Institutions Examination (HEIE). Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences, 14(4), 498-523. https://doi.org/10.30831/akukeg.911565
AMA
1.Saltürk A, Çokluk-bökeoglu Ö. A Testopia during COVID-19: Qualitative Study about Higher Education Institutions Examination (HEIE). Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences. 2021;14(4):498-523. doi:10.30831/akukeg.911565
Chicago
Saltürk, Aylin, and Ömay Çokluk-bökeoglu. 2021. “A Testopia During COVID-19: Qualitative Study about Higher Education Institutions Examination (HEIE)”. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences 14 (4): 498-523. https://doi.org/10.30831/akukeg.911565.
EndNote
Saltürk A, Çokluk-bökeoglu Ö (October 1, 2021) A Testopia during COVID-19: Qualitative Study about Higher Education Institutions Examination (HEIE). Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences 14 4 498–523.
IEEE
[1]A. Saltürk and Ö. Çokluk-bökeoglu, “A Testopia during COVID-19: Qualitative Study about Higher Education Institutions Examination (HEIE)”, Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 498–523, Oct. 2021, doi: 10.30831/akukeg.911565.
ISNAD
Saltürk, Aylin - Çokluk-bökeoglu, Ömay. “A Testopia During COVID-19: Qualitative Study about Higher Education Institutions Examination (HEIE)”. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences 14/4 (October 1, 2021): 498-523. https://doi.org/10.30831/akukeg.911565.
JAMA
1.Saltürk A, Çokluk-bökeoglu Ö. A Testopia during COVID-19: Qualitative Study about Higher Education Institutions Examination (HEIE). Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences. 2021;14:498–523.
MLA
Saltürk, Aylin, and Ömay Çokluk-bökeoglu. “A Testopia During COVID-19: Qualitative Study about Higher Education Institutions Examination (HEIE)”. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences, vol. 14, no. 4, Oct. 2021, pp. 498-23, doi:10.30831/akukeg.911565.
Vancouver
1.Aylin Saltürk, Ömay Çokluk-bökeoglu. A Testopia during COVID-19: Qualitative Study about Higher Education Institutions Examination (HEIE). Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences. 2021 Oct. 1;14(4):498-523. doi:10.30831/akukeg.911565