Abstract
Teacher Views on Coronavirüs Epidemic and Distance Education Process: Şehit Bülent Yalçın Sport High School and Şehit Ertan Yılmaz Fine Arts High School (Sinop) Example
The aim of this study is to find out teachers’ views on the coronavirus epidemic and the distance education process, taking the case of Şehit Bülent Yalçın Sport High School and Şehit Ertan Yılmaz Fine Arts High School (SİNOP). The coronavirus epidemic has been declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, and it is a very important problem. Due to this epidemic, education was interrupted in our country as in other countries and measures were taken to provide distance education until the threat has passed. The disease has serious consequences in education apart from its threats to human health. Based on the fact that an important issue such as education cannot be ignored, there are some hesitations regarding both the infrastructure problems and the duration of distance education. Considering the dimensions of the hazard, the opinions of teachers, who the stakeholders of education are, how the process will work, how long it will take and what its possible consequences will be is extremely important. Based on the fact that these risks are gradually increasing, the present study was conducted to find out the effective position of educators and their awareness about distance education. In order to achieve this aim, a semi-structured interview form prepared with expert opinions was used in relation to the coronavirus epidemic and the distance education concept and process. The scope of the study consists of teachers at Sinop Şehit Bülent Yalçın Sport High School and Şehit Ertan Yılmaz Fine Arts High School. The study tried to find out whether teachers have information about the coronavirus epidemic and distance education, their awareness rates of the problems caused by the coronavirus epidemic, their level of information about the existing education policies on the fight with the coronavirus epidemic, their opinions about the suitability or applicability of distance education and also whether there are significant differences between teachers in terms of the consequences of distance education and the problems faced during the distance education process.
Keywords
Coronavirus, Covid-19, Epidemic, Pandemic, Distance Education, Health
