Pandemic pedagogy: Parents' perspective on school

Distance learning, unlike the traditional method, is a programmed interdisciplinary learning style that removes the limitation of time and space, the teacher and the learner are in different environments, and uses technological tools as a teaching tool. In this study, it was aimed to reveal how the perspective and expectations of families whose children study at various levels have changed during the Covid-19 pandemic process. In parallel with this purpose, the research was carried out with the descriptive survey model that is one of the quantitative research approaches. This research is a retrospective survey research. In this study, the sample was taken with the easily accessible sampling method. It was aimed to reach 396 parents of students studying in private and public kindergarten, primary school, secondary school and high school in the provinces of Bursa, in the districts of Nilüfer, Yıldırım and Osmangazi in 2022-2023, with the aim of applying a questionnaire. The Personal Information Form which was prepared by the researcher and the Evaluation Questionnaire of the Changes in Parents' Perspectives and Expectations about the School during the Pandemic Period were used as data collection tools. In line with the purpose of the research, 53 questions were determined together with demographic questions. The resulting sections were evaluated using the five-point Likert method. As a result of the research, no significant difference was determined in terms of gender in the opinions of the parents. In addition, although the effect size value is not high, it has been concluded that socioeconomic level is effective in experiencing technological problems.