摘要：COVID-19 has been described as an infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus. With the closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic in our country, a free distance education system was launched by the Ministry of Education on 23 March 2020 with a national level television and internet-based curriculum. Weekly course programs have been restructured in all schools at primary, secondary and high school level, and the necessary compensatory training support has started to be provided via EBA (Education Information Network) on the internet and television screens. In the field of educational sciences and social sciences related to Covid-19, there are few studies yet. In order to shed light on the researches in the context of educational sciences, it has been considered important to reveal the awareness of teacher candidates regarding the COVID-19 pandemic process. In this context, the aim of this study is to determine the opinions of pre-service teachers regarding the COVID-19 pandemic process. Within the scope of this research, which was approved by the ethics committee, the opinions of 72 pre-service teachers were obtained through an open-ended questionnaire. In the research carried out with the scanning model, the data were analyzed by descriptive analysis technique. It was concluded that the pre-service teachers who participated in the study welcomed the closure of the schools due to the priority of the health of the children and that they were satisfied with the rapid transition to distance education in this process. In the research, elementary teacher candidates are of the opinion that teachers should follow their students and provide the necessary academic and psychological support by conducting live lessons, writing on the phone via SMS or WhatsApp. It is concluded that the elementary teacher candidates think that parents should also help their children.
