Countries’ responses to Covid-19 pandemic in K-12 education: Toward a digital education in mathematics

Öz

The aim of this study is to describe countries' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, with a particular focus on mathematics education. The cases in three countries (China, The United Kingdom, and Turkey, listed alphabetically) are described and then compared with each other. The findings showed that all three of the countries had intensive measures in education, all have a tendency to move a digital education including mathematics Education. While two of the countries took measures in health and education together, the other one presented the measures in education separate from the health measures. Hence, we found that despite the varied educational measures, and whether they are together with health or not, all of the countries in this study seem to work hard to provide students with the necessary education.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• COVID-19 Pandemic
• Digital Education
• Educational Technologies
• Mathematics Education

Kovid-19 salgınında ülkelerin K-12 eğitimine müdahaleleri: Matematikte dijital eğitime doğru yaklaşım

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, ülkelerin özellikle matematik eğitimine odaklanarak K-12 eğitiminde Kovid-19 salgınına tepkilerini tanımlamaktır. Üç ülkedeki (Birleşik Krallık, Çin ve Türkiye, alfabetik olarak sıralanmıştır) tedbirler genel anlamda eğitim ve matematik eğitimi odağında aktarılmış ve birbirleriyle karşılaştırılmıştır. Bulgular, üç ülkenin de eğitimde yoğun önlemler aldığını, hepsinin matematik eğitimini de içeren dijital bir eğitime geçme eğiliminde olduğunu; iki ülke sağlık ve eğitim alanında önlemleri birlikte alırken, diğer ülkenin eğitim alanındaki önlemleri sağlık önlemlerinden ayrı düşündüğünü göstermiştir. Dolayısıyla, bu çalışmada bahsi geçen tüm ülkelerin öğrencilere gerekli eğitimi sağlamak için çaba harcadıkları görülmüştür.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• kovid-19
• eğitim teknolojileri
• matematik eğitimi
• dijital eğitim

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