摘要:The aim of this study was to evaluate distance education process which is result of new type coronavirus pandemic, through the elementary school classroom teachers’ opinions. The present research was a descriptive case study. The sample of the research consisted of 215 elementary school classroom teachers. The research was approved by Düzce University Institute of Social Sciences with the decision number 2020/174 in the ethics committee process. The participants were reached through social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp and volunteer elementary school classroom teachers were asked to contribute to the research. The research data was collected through a questionnaire form created on Google Forms. The questionnaire created consists of 17 items, 5 of which are for determining demographic characteristics of the participants. The experts’ opinions were used while creating this questionnaire. The created electronic questionnaire link was sent to the teachers via Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. When the responses to the questionnaire stopped, the data collection process of the research was completed. This process took a total of 2 weeks. The data obtained were analyzed by content analysis. The findings of the research were created by analyzing the data obtained. The research findings concluded that distance education carried out during the pandemic was highly affected by the socio-economic situation. The opinions on EBA contents differed according to the type of school where the teachers work and the location of the school. While it was concluded that mothers helped the education of children most during the epidemic process, teachers stated that continuing education despite the epidemic process was one of the strengths of distance education. At the end of the study, suggestions for enriching EBA elementary school contents and future research are included.
其他关键词:Primary education, SARS-CoV2, Distance learning, Primary school teacher, Socioeconomic status.