Volume 29, Issue 5, 2020
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.1193
Perspectives of Pre-Service Teachers on Distance Education: Covıd-19 Process
Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic process increasing its impact day by day across the world has transformed education services into a new form. Distance education instead of face-to-face education has begun to be used effectively in many countries. Since it is available in many educational levels, it is also widely used in teacher education. This study was intended for identifying the perceptions of Turkish pre-service teachers regarding distance education conducted during the Covid-19 pandemic process. For this purpose, quantitative and qualitative data were collected from pre-service teachers and a research was conducted according to mixed research design. The sample of the study consisted of 699 Turkish pre-service teachers studying in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades at 13 state universities in Turkey, in the 2019-2020 academic year. In the qualitative part of the study, opinions of the 25 pre-service teachers selected from the sample were taken. Data were collected from pre-service teachers with the help of a scale and an interview guide. SPSS 22.0 program and content analysis method were used in the analysis of the data. Tests such as t test and one wayANOVA were used on the data. Quantitative and qualitative data were examined holistically and pre-service teachers' approaches to distance education were revealed. According to the results of the research, variables affecting the perceptions of pre-service teachers about distance education were revealed and the factors affecting their perceptions with detailed views were determined. These results are expected to contribute to the distance education in teacher training programs in the Covid-19 process.
Keywords
distance education, pre-service teachers, perspective, Covid-19