Identifying Parents' Home-schooling Experience during Covid-19 Period

Abstract

The Covid-19 outbreak continues to be a vital phenomenon that no human alive has ever experienced before and that affects all people globally in a similar way. Within the scope of Covid-19 measures, parents have played an important role after closing schools and starting home-schooling. In this study, home-schooling experiences of parents with children in primary school during the pandemic period were examined.  A descriptive quantitative study was planned in order to determine the problems that parents / caregivers have encountered in the period since the beginning of Covid-19. The participants of the study were 366 parents with children in primary school between June and October 2020. Data analysis was conducted through descriptive statistics, frequency and percentage analysis. After the data analysis, four main themes emerged: curriculum, learning at home, staying connected and overall perspectives. It was determined that parents had difficulties, especially in curriculum, learning at home themes and sub-themes. In terms of research findings, parents/caregivers are expected to have as much knowledge of curriculum and pedagogy as a teacher, as well as technology knowledge as an expert to solve technological problems.