Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students, Teachers, and Parents According to School Counselors' Perceptions

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TUZGÖL DOST M., Aslan H., Aslan A. M.

EGITIM VE BILIM-EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, vol.47, no.211, pp.1-25, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 47 Issue: 211
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.15390/eb.2022.10508
  • Journal Name: EGITIM VE BILIM-EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, EBSCO Education Source, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.1-25
  • Keywords: Pandemic, COVID-19, Distance education, Effects of the pandemic on education, School counselor, EDUCATION, HEALTH, EPIDEMIC, CHILDREN
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This study examines the positive and negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and distance education practices on students, teachers, and parents from the perspective of school counselors. This research was carried out within the scope of phenomenology design, a qualitative research method. The data were obtained via purposive sampling through online interviews conducted with 55 public school counselors at the end of the fall semester of the 2020-2021 academic year in Turkey. Content analysis was utilized to analyze the obtained data. The school counselors expressed that the pandemic had positive and negative relational, individual/psychological, and academic effects on students; positive and negative effects on the application of education and personal lives of teachers; and positive and negative effects on the parent???child???education relationship and the personal lives of parents. The results are discussed in relation to the relevant literature and recommendations are made.