Managers' perception of the challenges and opportunities of education in post-corona: a phenomenological study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

PhD Student in Educational Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Abstract

The covid-19 pandemic led to changes in the whole world, especially in the education system, and these changes created various challenges and opportunities for the education system in the post-corona era. The purpose of this research is to analyze the perception of managers regarding the opportunities and challenges of education in the post-corona era. This study was conducted using a qualitative approach and phenomenological design. The research community included all managers of Torbat-Haidarieh city. In order to collect data, a semi-structured qualitative interview was used. The participants were 19 Managers of primary and secondary schools in Torbat-Haidarieh city, who were selected based on purposeful sampling and theoretical saturation. The method of data analysis was inductive content analysis using coding in three levels, open, central and selective. In this way, the open codes were selected first, then the open codes with common meanings were organized together and formed the core codes, and finally, based on the selective coding, they were gathered around the concepts of post-corona education challenges and opportunities. To validate and verify the data, such methods as external supervisor, and members’ examination were sued. Analyzing the views of managers, identifying the opportunities of "teachers and students with high digital competence", "changing the traditional concept of education and learning" and "increasing cooperation and appreciation of parents" and the challenges of "students with low social competence", "rate high dropout and non-attendance at school" and "increasing individual differences of students in the classroom" led. Paying attention to the challenges and opportunities of education in the post-corona period, which have been raised in the current research, and effective planning and measures to examine the challenges and use the opportunities, can increase the efficiency of the classroom, school, and ultimately education. and education will lead and become the basis for the all-round growth and development of learners.

Keywords

Main Subjects

References

Abbasi, F., Hejazi, A. & Hakimzadeh, R. (2019). تجربه زیسته معلمان دوره ابتدایی از فرصت‌ها و چالش‌های تدریس در شبکه آموزشی دانش‌آموزان (شاد): یک مطالعه پدیدارشناسی  [Primary school teachers' lived experience of the opportunities and challenges of teaching in the educational network of students (SHAD): A phenomenological study]. Teaching Research, 8(3), 20-40. https://dorl.net/dor/20.1001.1.24765686.1399.8.3.1.0.
Abolmaali Hosseini, Kh. (2019). پیامدهای روان‌شناختی و آموزشی بیماری کرونا در دانش‌آموزان و راهکارهای مقابله با آن­ها [Psychological and educational consequences of corona disease in students and strategies to deal with them]. Educational Psychology Quarterly, 55 (16), 157-19. https://doi.org/10.22054/jep.2020.52371.2993.
Ali, R., & Leeds, E. M. (2009). تأثیر جهت گیری چهره به چهره بر حفظ آنلاین: یک مطالعه آزمایشی [The impact of face-to-face orientation on online retention: A pilot study]. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 12(4). https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1821&cs.
Azizi, Z., Hosseini Nejad Mamorabadi, H. (2021). فرصت­ها و تهدیدهای آموزش مجازی در دوران پاندمی کرونا: یک مطالعه پدیدارشناسی [Opportunities and threats of virtual education during the corona pandemic: a phenomenological study]. Quarterly Journal of Information and Communication Technology in Educational Sciences, 12(2), 172-153. https://dorl.net/dor/20.1001.1.22285318.1400.12.2.8.1.
Barzoui, M. R., Shahbazipour, M. R. & Mostofi Sharibani, M. M. (2021). فرصت­ها و چالش­های آموزش برخط در نظام آموزشی دانشگاهی [Opportunities and challenges of online education in the university education system]. Quarterly Journal of Research in Islamic Education and Training, 51(29), 120-9. https://dorl.net/dor/20.1001.1.22516972.1400.29.51.5.7.
Chobdari, A., Nikkho, F. & Fuladi, F. (2019). پیامدهای روان‌شناختی کرونا ویروس جدید (کووید-19) در کودکان: مطالعه مروری نظام‌مند [Psychological consequences of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in children: a systematic review]. Educational Psychology Quarterly, 56(16), 51-63. https://doi.org/10.22054/jep.2020.53306.3043.
Dovzhenko, T. (2020). آموزش ابتدایی در دوره پس از کرونا: زمان جدید - روندهای جدید [Primary education in post-corona period: New times-new trends]. Postmodern Openings, 11(2), 51-58. https://doi.org/10.18662/po/11.2/157.
Duraku, Z. H., & Hoxha, L. (2020). تأثیر کووید-19 بر آموزش و رفاه معلمان، والدین و دانش‌آموزان: چالش‌های مربوط به یادگیری از راه دور (آنلاین) و فرصت‌هایی برای ارتقای کیفیت آموزش [The impact of COVID-19 on education and on the well-being of teachers, parents, and students: Challenges related to remote (online) learning and opportunities for advancing the quality of education. Manuscript submitted for publication]. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Prishtina. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341297812_The_impact_of_COVID-19_on_education_and_on_the_wellbeing_of_teachers_parents_and_students_Challenges_related_to_remote_online_learning_and_opportunities_for_advancing_the_quality_of_education.
Dwivedi, S. (2020). چالش­ها و فرصت­های  ایجاد شده توسط کووید-19 برای آموزش آنلاین در بین معلمان [Challenges and opportunities for online education among teachers created by COVID-19]. UGC Care Journal, 43(4), 26-31.  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348430039_CHALLENGES_AND_OPPORTUNITIES_OF_ONLINE_EDUCATION_AMONG_THE_TEACHERS_CREATED_BY_COVID-19.
Hajizadeh, A., Azizi, G., & Keyhan, G. (2021). تحلیل فرصت­ها و چالش­های آموزش مجازی در دوران کرونا: رهیافت توسعه آموزش مجازی در پساکرونا [Analyzing the opportunities and challenges of e-learning in the Corona era: An approach to the development of e-learning in the post-Corona]. Research in Teaching, 9(1), 204-17. https://dorl.net/dor/20.1001.1.24765686.1400.9.1.9.1.
Haji, J., Mohammadi Mehr, M., & Mohammad Azar, H. (2021). بازنمایی مشکلات آموزش در فضای مجازی با استفاده از برنامه شاد در دوره پاندمی کرونا: یک مطالعه پدیدار شناسی [Representation of Cyber Education Problems Using a Happy Program in Corona Pandemic: A Phenomenological Study]. Information and Communication Technology in Educational Sciences, 11(3), 153-174.
Hayat, A. A., Keshavarzi, M. H., Zare, S., Bazrafcan, L., Rezaee, R., Faghihi, S. A., ... & Kojuri, J. (2021).  چالش­ها و فرصت­های همه­گیری کووید-19 در آموزش پزشکی [Challenges and opportunities from the COVID-19 pandemic in medical education: a qualitative study]. BMC Medical Education, 21(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02682-z.
Ingram, J., Hand, C. J., & Maciejewski, G. (2021).   انزوای اجتماعی در طول قرنطینه کووید-19 عملکرد شناختی را مختل می­کند  [Social isolation during COVID‐19 lockdown impairs cognitive function]. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35(4), 935-947. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3821.
Karimi, M. (2021). تحلیل پدیدارشناسانه تجارب زیسته اساتید و دانشجویان از آموزش مجازی در نظام آموزش عالی ایران [Phenomenological analysis of professors' and students' lived experiences of virtual education in Iran's higher education system]. Information and Communication Technology Quarterly in Educational Sciences, 11(4), 153-173. http://doi.org/20.1001.1.22285318.1400.11.4.8.2
Lee, K. A., & Son, H. W. (2021). مطالعه­ای بر روی سازگاری دانشگاهی و شایستگی­های اصلی دانشجویان در دوران پس از کرونا [A study on the college adaptation and core competencies of students in post corona era]. Journal of the Korea Convergence Society, 12(5), 239-254. https://doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2021.12.5.239.
Lucey, K. (2018). تأثیر انگیزه بر پایداری دانشجو در آموزش عالی آنلاین: یک مطالعه پدیدارشناختی در مورد این که چگونه یادگیرندگان بزرگسال انگیزه را در یک محیط آموزش از راه دور مبتنی بر وب تجربه می‌کنند [The effect of motivation on student persistence in online higher education: A phenomenological study of how adult learners experience motivation in a web-based distance learning environment] (Doctoral dissertation, DuquesneUniversity).https://media.proquest.com/media/hms/ORIG/2/jpldI?_s=My7xJyrrQlCyVO%2BgeCEhc%2BM6R1U%3D.
MehdiNajad, V. (2022). ادراک دانشجویان درباره میزان یادگیری از طریق آموزش های مجازی در دوره همه گیری کووید-۱۹ و مقایسه آن با آموزش­های حضوری [Students' perception about the amount of learning through virtual education during the covid-19 epidemic and its comparison with face-to-face education]. Educational Psychology Studies, 19(46), 145-160. https://dorl.net/dor/20.1001.1.22286683.1401.19.46.10.1.
Moliner, L., & Alegre, F. (2022). محدودیت‌های کووید-19 و تأثیر آن بر پیشرفت ریاضی دانش‌آموزان اسپانیایی [COVID-19 Restrictions and Its Influence on Students’ Mathematics Achievement in Spain]. Education Sciences, 12(2), 105-115. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12020105
Murphy, A., Malenczak, D., & Ghajar, M. (2019). شناسایی چالش­ها و مزایای آموزش آنلاین برای دانش­آموزان دارای معلولیت روانی [Identifying Challenges and Benefits of Online Education for Students with a Psychiatric Disability]. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 32(4), 395-409. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1247112.pdf.
Okan, N. (2021). بررسی تأثیر تعدیل‌کننده ترس از کووید-19 در رابطه بین اضطراب ارتباطی و خودکارآمدی [Investigating the moderator effect of fear of COVID-19 in the relation between communication anxiety and self-efficacy]. Educational Process: International Journal, 10(3), 62-77. https://dx.doi.org/10.22521/edupij.2021.103.5.
Olcek, G., Çelik, İ., & Basoglu, Y. (2022). تأثیر همه­گیری کووید-19 بر دانشجویان شنوایی شناسی در ترکیه: آموش الکترونیکی، دانش از راه دور شنوایی شناسی، وضعیت روانی و اجتماعی و توسعه فردی  [The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on audiology students in Turkey: E-learning, knowledge of teleaudiology, psychological and social status and personal development]. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 23(1), 19-42. https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.1050339.
Panda, P. K., Gupta, J., Chowdhury, S. R., Kumar, R., Meena, A. K., Madaan, P.,... & Gulati, S. (2021). تأثیر روانشناختی و رفتاری اقدامات قرنطینه برای همه­گیری کووید-19 بر کودکان، نوجوانان و مراقبان: یک بررسی سیستماتیک و متاآنالیز [Psychological and behavioral impact of lockdown and quarantine measures for COVID-19 pandemic on children, adolescents and caregivers: a systematic review and meta-analysis]. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 67(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmaa122.
Pokhrel, S. & Chhetri, R.(2021). مروری بر ادبیات تأثیر همه­گیری کووید-19 بر آموزش و یادگیری [A Literature Review on Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Teaching and Learning]. Higher Education for the Future, 8(1), 133-141. https://doi.org/10.1177/2347631120983481.
Salimi, S. & Fardin, M. A. (2019). نقش ویروس کرونا در آموزش مجازی، با تأکید بر فرصت‌ها و چالش‌ها [The role of the corona virus in virtual education with an emphasis on opportunities and challenges]. Scientific Quarterly, Research in Educational and Virtual Learning, 8(2), (30 consecutive), 49-60. https://doi.org/10.30473/etl.2020.53489.3249.
Tarkar, P. (2020). تأثیر همه­گیری کووید-19 بر سیستم آموزشی [Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on education system]. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, 29(9), 3812-3814. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2020.810011.
Zayapragassarazan, Z. (2020). کووید-19: استراتژی­هایی برای تعامل آنلاین از راه دور [COVID-19: Strategies for Online Engagement of Remote Learners]. F1000Research, 9, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.7490/f1000research.1117835.1.
Qualitative Research in Behavioral Sciences (QRBS)
Volume 1, Issue 1
May 2022
Pages 83-96

Files

History

  • Receive Date: 17 December 2022
  • Revise Date: 10 January 2023
  • Accept Date: 14 January 2023

Share

How to cite

Statistics