Opinions of parents with inclusive student on distance pe and sports course: COVİD-19 pandemic

Introduction and Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the views of parents who have inclusive students during the Covid-19 pandemic on distance physical education and sports lessons. Materials and Methods: Parents of 10 (7 mothers, 3 fathers) inclusive students participated in this study, which was designed in the phenomenological model, one of the qualitative research methods. A semi-structured interview form was used in the research. In the analysis of the interview data, the thematic analysis method, in which codes and themes were created, was used by using inductive and deductive methods together. Results: In this study, in which the views of parents with inclusive students on the distance education model were examined, 5 (five) themes were reached by analyzing the data collected from the participants: 1) General Views on Distance Physical Education and Sports Lesson, 2) Positive Sides of Distance Physical Education and Sports Lesson, 3) Negative Sides of Distance Physical Education and Sports Lesson, 4) Obstacles in Front of Distance Physical Education and Sports Lesson, 5) Suggestions Regarding Distance Physical Education and Sports Lesson. In addition, seventeen (17) sub-themes were obtained within the scope of these themes. Conclusions: Parents expressed their dissatisfaction because they supported the decision to close schools due to the risk of contamination, they found distance physical education and sports lessons beneficial for the development and health of children, but they would not be as efficient as face-to-face lessons. Parents stated that this process continued positively in terms of family communication and spending quality time, at the same time their technology usage skills improved and they were relieved economically compared to face-to-face education. Parents stated that they encountered various obstacles in this process. The most important of these obstacles stand out as the inadequacy of infrastructure and lack of awareness codes. The fact that these codes have the highest frequency in the research also shows that the result is very valuable. In addition, the parents offered suggestions for the solution of the problems experienced in the physical education and sports lessons carried out with the distance education model. It has been observed that these recommendations focus on issues such as increasing awareness of parents, increasing individualized education programs and increasing material support. Keywords: Physical Education and Sports, Parental Views, Inclusion, Distance Education