Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
7 th International Conference on Lifelong Education and Leadership for All, Sarajevo, Bosna-Hersek, 24 - 26 Ağustos 2021, ss.1
The Transformation of Within Classroom Threats in The Distance Education Epoch
of The Covid-19 Pandemic Period
Ahmet GÖKMEN1
1Res. Asst. Dr., Gazi University, Gazi Faculty of Education, Biology Education Department
Email: agokmen@gazi.edu.tr
Sevilay ATMACA2
2 Asst. Prof. Dr., TED University, Department of Educational Sciences
Email: sevilay.atmaca@tedu.edu.tr
Abstract
The COVID-19 Pandemic, which is a medical term, has deeply affected societies and education processes and human health. Student behaviors in online classrooms have also changed rapidly in the distance education epoch that is compulsory as a result of the measures taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Classroom misbehavior, which is known to increase in frequency and severity, especially under pressure, continued in this process and confronted educators as an obstacle to achieving educational goals.
The present study aimed to reveal whether university students experienced physical, emotional, and intellectual threats in online classes and online courses; and if they felt any threat, what kind of skills such as classroom management, leadership, and participation were used by the instructors and students to solve such treats.
The study group of the research, in which phenomenology (research design), one of the qualitative research methods, was used, was determined by opportunistic sampling.
110 preservice teachers studying at three different universities in Turkey were included in the study.
The study data were obtained by conducting a focus group interview (data collection method) with a semi-structured interview form (data collection tool) developed by the researchers.
The data obtained from the research were analyzed by content analysis (data analysis method). NVivo11 software was used in the coding processes of the research data.
According to the results obtained; the preservice teachers emphasized that they felt Emotional threats such as anxiety level and increased stress, focusing problems in the distance education epoch; they experienced Intellectual threats such as fear of turning on the camera and sound, inability to hear clearly due to connection problems, refrain from asking questions; and that they experienced physical threats such as neck, back pain, and eye strain as a result of being in front of the screen for long hours.
The research was completed by discussing the results obtained to make the distance education epoch more efficient and by presenting suggestions for the subject.
Keywords: Within-classroom threats, Online classes, Teacher candidates, Classroom management, Leadership.