OPINIONS OF SOCIAL WORK UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS ON DISTANCE EDUCATION PRACTICES DURING THE PANDEMIC PROCESS

Authors : Taner ARTAN, Mehmet Zafer DANIŞ, Fatih CEBECİ, Merve KARAMAN, Aydın Olcay ÖZKAN, Ecem ÇAKIN, Rumeysa DİNÇER

Pages : 1-16

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Publication Date : 2023-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study is to evaluate the distance education practices offered to social work undergraduate and graduate students during the Covid-19 pandemic from the perspective of students and to make suggestions for the development of educational activities in the light of these evaluations. The study was designed within the scope of the quantitative paradigm and using the descriptive model, which is one of the survey models. The population of the study is undergraduate and graduate students continuing their education within the social work department in Turkey, and 446 social work undergraduate and graduate students were reached to represent the population within the scope of the study. The questionnaire form developed by Smoyer et al. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2020); and adapted into Turkish by the research team was used as a data collection tool. Some of the main findings presented in the study reveal that the theoretical courses within the scope of distance education during the pandemic process were mostly taught in a synchronous model insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(94.4%);, the view that \`course recordings can be watched later insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(30.1%);\` stands out as the strongest aspect of distance education, and 79.6% of the participants found face-to-face education more beneficial than distance education. At the same time, 82.1% of the participants stated that they did homework, 77.1% of them took online multiple-choice exams and 64.8% of them took take-home exams. The findings are valuable for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of distance education processes and making necessary improvements.
Keywords : Uzaktan eğitim, sosyal hizmet, sosyal hizmet öğrencileri, pandemi

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