Teachers’ Perception in the Gaza-Strip about the Effectiveness of Implementing the Online Distance Learning System during the Corona Pandemic and its Continuity in the Future
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https://doi.org/10.33193/RJHSR.15Keywords:
distance learning. corona pandemic, continuing learning, Effectiveness of learningAbstract
This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of applying a distance learning system during the Coronavirus pandemic in achieving continuing education, and determining to what extent it is possible to sustain distance learning as a replacement model for direct/face-to-face education from the teachers’ point of view. To achieve the objectives of the study, the two researchers used a purposive online survey for the teachers in the Gaza city schools who created virtual classes in the period from 21/8/2020 to 13/1/2021. The responses for the survey were from (195) teachers at a percentage of (6.5%) of the study population; (3000) teachers. The survey consisted of (27) closed-ended questions and took approximately (5) minutes to complete. In addition to 28 multiple-choice questions about the possibility of achieving the continuity of distance education in the future. Among the most important results of the study was: “the effectiveness of applying distance learning in Palestinian schools in the Gaza Strip” which was moderate from the teachers’ point of view. The arithmetic mean of the four dimensions ranged between (2.8 – 3.8) and the highest of these dimensions was “The effectiveness of learning platforms in distance learning online” and the least of these dimensions was “The effectiveness of learning activities in distance learning online”. There are (79%) of the participants who regard the distance learning system as not suitable and at the same time a weak alternative to the face-to-face education system in Gaza schools, so it is difficult to continue with implementing this type of education in the future schools.
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