Open AccessA Case Study of Preservice Teachers’ Classroom Management Dilemma in a Climate of Uncertainty during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Murat Polat
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of education and literacy studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2202-9478
DOI - 10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.10n.1p.90
Subject(s) - psychology , dilemma , confusion , pandemic , perception , mathematics education , metaphor , covid-19 , literal and figurative language , pedagogy , linguistics , epistemology , medicine , philosophy , disease , pathology , neuroscience , psychoanalysis , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The COVID-19 Pandemic process has brought with it a climate of uncertainty. This uncertain environment also contains a lot of uncertainty about classroom management for preservice teachers. The main purpose of this study was to reveal the metaphorical perceptions and views of preservice teachers about the source of the uncertainties they encounter in online courses conducted via Google Classroom. In this case study, the metaphors and opinions produced by the preservice teachers were evaluated. The results of content analysis revealed that the metaphorical perceptions of preservice teachers are grouped under two different themes. These themes are; “Students’ Individual Uncertainties” and “Environmental Uncertainties in Learning”. They use the metaphors of “dead end” and “confusion” to describe the environmental uncertainties they encounter in the classroom. It can be concluded that the metaphorical perceptions and views of the preservice teachers about the uncertainties they encounter in the online arrangements in Google Classroom overlap with each other.