Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Views about Distance Education in the COVID-19 Process

Autor/inn/en	Piskin Tunç, Mutlu; Akinci, Mustafa
Titel	Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Views about Distance Education in the COVID-19 Process
Quelle	In: Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 10 (2022) 2, S.1-11 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Mathematics Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Distance Education; COVID-19; Pandemics; Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Türkei
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to investigate preservice secondary mathematics teachers' views about distance education that was carried out during COVID-19 process. In this study, phenomenology design was used. The participants of the study were 148 preservice mathematics teachers enrolled in elementary mathematics teaching department of a state university in Turkey. The data were collected with a questionnaire consisting of three open-ended questions developed by the researchers. Content analysis was used in analyzing the data. As a result, the opinions of the preservice teachers regarding the advantages of distance education such as flexibility of time and place, easy access to information, economy, as well as disadvantages such as inefficiency, inequality, lack of communication, and desocialization have emerged. While they thought that general culture and vocational knowledge courses were suitable for distance education, they stated that the field courses were not. It is recommended that the universities should strengthen their distance education infrastructures to create a better distance education process. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Malaya Faculty of Education. Kuala Lumpur 50603 Malaysia. Web site: https://mojes.um.edu.my/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01