Students’ Views Regarding Instruction during the Pandemic Process

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 51 - 63, 13.01.2022

Funda Hasançebi Mehmet Yavuz Bünyami Kayalı Mehmet Hasançebi Özgür Tutal Abdurrahim Özkılıç

https://doi.org/10.53850/joltida.980931

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the views of secondary and high school students regarding the distance education activities carried out during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the blended learning activities conducted afterwards, and the post-pandemic back-to-school process. The study consisted of 982 students and was conducted utilizing the descriptive survey method, one of the quantitative research methods. Data were collected using the “Scale of Evaluating Instruction in Pandemic Process”. The findings indicated that most of the students used smartphones alone for distance education during the pandemic process and most of them participated in distance education only via live lessons. In addition, no significant difference was found between genders with regard to students’ satisfaction with the distance education process and their expectations. On the other hand, most of the students did not receive sufficient psychological and academic support during this process. It was also noted that the students with internet access were more satisfied with the instruction activities in this process and that their access to the internet and technologies were higher than the students without internet access. Based on our findings, we recommend that students should be provided with academic and psychological support, security precautions should be tightened in schools to minimize the effects of the pandemic, and equal opportunities should be provided to students regarding hardware and internet support.

Keywords

Covid-19, distance instruction, student views, hybrid instruction, back-to-school

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