Pre-university physics teaching during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Croatian and Slovenian schools

Abstract

In Croatia, as in Slovenia, all schools were closed on 16 March 2020 due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (COVID 19). This has changed the way of teaching and thus has an impact on physics teaching, which encourages experimentation. The paper presents the results of the study on physics teaching during the pandemic in Croatia and Slovenia at the pre-university level. The data were collected using an e-questionnaire. The results show how physics was taught by 332 teachers during the pandemic and highlight the problems they faced during online teaching, focusing on experimental work. It is evident that teachers from both countries tried their best to deliver physics lessons through direct teaching as well. Moreover, they tried to include the experiments and they were very flexible about the students’ obligations and much of what they learned during this time will be implemented in regular classes.