Open AccessExperiences of Graduate Students in Turkish Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic Process
Author(s) -
Nurşat Bi̇çer,
Yakup Alan,
Fatih Can
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in language and literary studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2203-4714
DOI - 10.7575/aiac.alls.v.12n.5.p.60
Subject(s) - turkish , data collection , pandemic , psychology , medical education , qualitative research , focus group , covid-19 , graduate students , process (computing) , higher education , mathematics education , sociology , pedagogy , computer science , political science , social science , medicine , operating system , philosophy , linguistics , disease , pathology , anthropology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
The aim of this study is to reveal the experiences of graduate students in the field of Turkish education during the pandemic process. Phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the research. The sample of the research consists of graduate and doctoral students studying at different universities. Easily accessible case sampling was used to determine the study group. The data of the study were collected with the interview guide prepared by the researchers and given the final shape after the expert opinion was taken. The study group was reached by using internet tools (Zoom) and data were collected. The content analysis of data was made. As a result of the research, it was seen that during the pandemic process graduate students experienced advantages such as increased technological opportunities, accessing to online materials easily, time saving and efficient studying opportunities. However, disadvantages such as inefficient lessons, lack of interaction, inability to focus on lessons, data collection problems, and inability to benefit from libraries were also revealed as problems experienced by graduate students. Students expect technological opportunities to continue, but to ensure normalization in some issues that cannot be resolved with these opportunities. They think that face-to-face education is more qualified, communication is better, and research can be done more effectively.