Are We Ready for the Post-COVID-19 Educational Practice? An Investigation into What Educators Think as to Online Learning

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46328/ijtes.v4i4.110

Keywords:

Distance education, Online learning, Coronavirus, COVID-19

Abstract

Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has brought a great challenge to our society worldwide, which has resulted in the need for mandatory change in almost every aspect of our lives. Undoubtedly, educational practice is one of the most affected issues by this pandemic. At all levels of education, educators have forced themselves to adapt to online learning systems and platforms in a very short time. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the problems educators experienced in online learning practices during COVID-19 pandemic, the changes they expect in educational practices in the post-COVID-19 world and the measures to be taken in education against a potential outbreak in the future. The study was conducted with 1016 educators who teach at different levels. Data were collected through an online questionnaire developed by the researchers and analyzed using descriptive statistics. As a result of this study, it was found that most of the educators experienced some problems during their online learning practices, they expect certain changes in the educational practices in the post-COVID-19 world and they think essential measures must be taken in education against a potential outbreak in the future. At the end of the study, some recommendations were given for educational policy makers, practitioners and researchers about the post-COVID world in education.

Author Biographies

Güneş Korkmaz, Private Ege High School

BEd-Foreign Languages Teaching, English Language TeachingMEd-Educational Sciences, Curriculum and InstructionPhD-Educational Sciences, Curriculum and Instruction____________________________________________Güneş Korkmaz got his BA from Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Education, Department of English Language Teaching; completed his MA at Erciyes University, Institution of Educational Sciences, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and holds a PhD degree in curriculum and instruction from Gazi University, Gazi Education Faculty, Department of Educational Sciences. During his PhD, he visited several PBL universities such as Aalborg University (Denmark) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA). His research interests include higher education, problem and project based learning, curriculum development and evaluation, quality assurance, organizational change, project management, problem solving, decision making and facilitation. He worked as a coordinator of foreign languages department, instructor and curriculum expert for several universities. He currently works as a teacher at a K-12 school in İzmir, Turkey.The author has books and articles published in the field of educational sciences.

Çetin Toraman, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

References

Korkmaz, G. & Toraman, Ç. (2020). Are we ready for the post-COVID-19 educational practice? An investigation into what educators think as to online learning. International Journal of Technology in Education and Science (IJTES), 4(4), 293-309.

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Published

2020-09-02

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Vol. 4 No. 4 (2020)

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