| Representing the opportunities and challenges of virtual education in the primary school of Bonab and Shoush; A phenomenological study |
| Paper ID : 1060-SSRC-13TH (R1) |
| Authors |
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Davoud Tahmasebzadeh Sheikhlar1, Mahsa GHahremani Dizaj *2, kosar Dinarvandi zade2 1Associate Professor of Curriculum Planning, faculty of education & psychology, Department of Educational Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran 2Master student of curriculum planning, Faculty of Educational Sciences & Psychology, Department of Educational Sciences, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran |
| Abstract |
| The current study has been conducted to represent the opportunities and challenges of virtual education in physical training courses during the pandemic of coronavirus in a qualitative manner using phenomenological method. In this investigation, data were collected by semi-structured interviews and telecommunications. For the interview, 20 physical education teachers working in the primary school of Bonab and Shoush cities were selected by a type of snowball sampling technique for purposive sampling, and the relevant interview was continued until the theoretical saturation. Data analysis was performed using Colaizzi’s seven-step method. Findings of this study indicate that the opportunities and challenges of teaching physical education in cyberspace include 8 main branches and 20 sub-branches as follows: Challenges related to students (3 sub- branches: Lack of motivation, Communication with peers, Dependence on inactive cyberspace), parents (2 sub- branches: Parents' lack of attention to physical education lessons, Ensure parental supervision), teachers (2 sub-branches: Virtual training is more time consuming, Low mastery of cyberspace), content (2 sub- branches: Whether or not the content produced is useful, Difficulties of content production), assessment (2 sub- branches: Failure to provide appropriate feedback, Lack of close monitoring and fraud), facilities (2 sub- branches: Lack of public access to mobile phones and the Internet at a proper speed, Space constraints), Koch plan (2 Sub- branches: Economic problems and low unemployment of families, Virtual training) and Opportunities (5 sub- branches: Self-assessment and an opportunity to fix problems, Away from traditional education, Strengthen the cognitive dimension of physical education, Direct parental supervision, High teacher interaction) |
| Keywords |
| Virtual education, coronavirus epidemic, Colaizzi’s method, physical education. |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |
