Assessing the Impact of Distance Education on 9th-Grade Physics: Opinions on Prepared Activities and Teaching Strategies
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The study aims to evaluate the example activities or suggested alternative activities that involve practices, experiments, and demonstrations, which are particularly difficult to conduct in an online environment during the pandemic process, by consulting the opinions of teachers and field educators in universities. These evaluations will be useful for improvements to be made in the event of potential future school disruptions. It was attempted to understand how teachers and field educators adapted to the pandemic process, which methods were effective, which were insufficient, and which tools and strategies were more effective in maintaining participation and achieving learning outcomes in physics classes. In the study, two main questions were addressed: "What are the experiences of teachers in remote education for physics classes?" and "How do physics teachers and field experts evaluate the 9th-grade physics class activities prepared as examples?" In this context, activity evaluations were conducted based on the opinions of physics teachers and field experts at the university. In the study, a mixed research method was used, and a convergent parallel design was applied. The study group consisted of 9th-grade physics teachers and field experts. The research findings indicate that issues such as insufficient time allocated for laboratory practices, inadequacy of laboratory materials, and difficulties in obtaining Web 2.0 tools have continued even after the pandemic. During the pandemic, students' focus and motivation issues in class were also observed. The contribution of the prepared activity plans to the reduction of these problems has been examined in the study. According to the evaluations of teachers and field experts, the planned activities have positively contributed to students' class participation, motivation, and readiness levels for basic concepts during the pandemic period. It has been stated that the prepared activities contributed to the learning and teaching process.
Authors: Hasan ŞEKER, Avni AYTEKİN
Institution: Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m Bakanliği
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7116714419