Examining Gifted Students' Perceptions about COVID-19 and Distance Education Through Metaphors
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Purpose: Places where people could contact the coronavirus, have been closed, and schools and universities are also included in this scope. In order to ensure the continuity of education, distance education practices were started immediately, and children were expected to adapt to this process in a short time in the home environment. Computer and television-based education at all levels were brought to the fore, and the educational needs of children were tried to be met. However, in this process, the issue of unique and free programs implemented at home for gifted children who need personalized learning and teaching methods rather than standardized education has not been on the agenda. In this context, the perceptions of gifted students aged 5-12 about COVID-19 and distance education metaphors were analyzed with content analysis within the scope of qualitative phenomenology study, and the effect of this process on children was tried to be revealed.
Design/Methodology/Approach: This study was carried out within the scope of phenomenology to evaluate the opinions of gifted primary and secondary school students on COVID-19 and distance education metaphors. The study group of the research consists of 84 primary and secondary school gifted students between the ages of 5-12 who attend Istanbul Aydin Children's University in the spring semester of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Findings: Gifted students who were in a substantial period in terms of development answered the questions according to their perception of the questions, and it was seen that they mostly gave thought-value responses. The study was analyzed in five categories for how students perceive questions. It is seen that students perceive both concepts as behaviour, thought, emotion, knowledge and sensory and respond accordingly.
Highlights: The use of metaphors can provide easy-to-understand explanations for threatening and unexpected events and guide children's behaviour. When the relevant literature is examined, it is seen that there are no studies involving gifted students at the K-12 level to understand the metaphorical perceptions of distance education and COVID-19. For this reason, the research will be a source of relevant literature.
Anahtar Kelimeler
COVID 19, Distance learning, Gifted Students, Metaphor, Phenomenology
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