Trends of Studies on Education in the Covid 19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Content Analysis

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the trends of studies on education in the Covid 19 process with a holistic approach. The sample of this study consists of 360 studies published in journals within the scope of SSCI, SCI-Expanded, ESCI, SCOPUS, and ERIC. The publication classification form was used in the analysis of the studies. In this research, descriptive- content analysis, one of the qualitative research designs, was used. According to the results, the studies were published in the Education Sciences Journal and published in journals with SSCI and SSCI-exp index the most. The studies were mostly the subjects that involved the distance education process and remote learning. In addition, it found that the most used research method was qualitative method. Document review, interview, and survey were used as data collection tools. Also, the sample size of the studies was mostly undergraduate students, and the sample level was between 31-100. Descriptive analysis and content analysis were mostly used in the analysis of the data. It revealed that t-test and non-parametric tests were mostly applied in the results obtained regarding the inferential statistics calculations. We can state the following about the result of the research; During the covid 19 process, studies were mostly gathered under the umbrella of distance education. Studies have guided the education world on how the education world can better use and develop the remote learning process in case of an epidemic or a global threat.

Keywords

• Covid 19
• Content analysis
• Distance education
• Holistic approach
• Remote learning

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