This research aimed to determine the opinions of teacher parents about distance education process during COVID-19. The study was designed as a case study which is one of the methods in qualitative research. The sample of the study composed of 83 teacher parents from different branches in Turkey. Maximum variation and criterion sampling methods were used to select the participants. The data of the study were gathered though open ended questions developed by the researchers and were analyzed through descriptive and content analyses. According to the participants, distance education is perceived and accepted as a means of support rather than an alternative to face-to-face education. Participants mentioned the distance education carried out during the pandemic process as a beneficial practice in order to prevent students from breaking off from education but also they stated administrative issues, lack of computer science knowledge and internet-related problems. The inability to disseminate distance education to all students, especially disadvantaged students due to the lack of infrastructure, indifferent parents and the fact that distance education is insufficient in the education of young children/special education students show that distance education has not yet met the expectations to provide equal opportunities for everyone involved. Keywords: COVID-19, distance education, pandemic, teacher, parent
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between school engagement and burnout of university students. The research employs relational survey model and the participants are 472 students studying at a public university in Ankara in Turkey. The data collection tools were "The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey" and "University Student Engagement Inventory". The findings of the research show that the relationship between university students' school engagement and emotional exhaustion, cynicism and efficacy subscales of burnout levels was moderate whereas students' school engagement is found to be a significant predictor of all subscales burnout. The findings of the research showed that the level of the relationship between university students' school engagement and subscales of burnout (exhaustion, cynicism, academic efficacy) was moderate and students' school engagement is found to be a significant predictor of all subscales of burnout.
With the new regulation coming into force by being published on 24.05.2014, the task of course supervision was taken from the inspector and transferred to the school principals completely in Turkey. The teachers' opinions on the school supervisors' course supervision and how they interpreted giving all course supervision responsibility to school principals were aimed to determine in this study. It also questioned whether teachers found course supervision from the school principals is effective or not according to the answers taken from the teachers. With this study, it was planned to make supervision more efficient and qualified by trying to solve problems experienced during the course supervisions from inspectors and school principals. The phenomenological research design which is one of the qualitative research methods was used to answer the research questions. The research was conducted with ten classroom teachers working in a primary school in Amasya during the academic year of 2016-2017. In the evaluation of the data, the content analysis technique was used to obtain descriptive results. The summary of the results shows that 80% of the interviewed teachers thought that the course supervision should be made by their school principal. It can be deduced that the teachers are not pleased that their teaching skills are judged by someone who makes the supervision in one or two lecture hours. Teachers thought that the school principals' made more objective and correct decisions during supervision.
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