Private school teachers' experiences with distance education: A fenomenological study

This study was carried out to understand and interpret the solutions produced by the teachers working in private schools by revealing the problems they encounter in distance education. The research is qualitative research and designed in the phenomenology design, which is one of the qualitative research designs. As a sample, criterion sampling technique, which is one of the purposeful sampling methods used in qualitative research, was used. The population of the research was selected as a sample of 13 teachers who met the criteria and wanted to voluntarily participate in the study, among the secondary and high school teachers working at the Campus College within the borders of Antalya province in Muratpaşa District in the 2021-2022 academic year. The data in the study were collected by individual interview technique. The interviews done with semi-structured interview forms for 30-45 minutes were recorded and subjected to theme, descriptive and content analysis, and the opinions were categorized under the top and sub-themes. The results of the research included findings reflecting the views of teachers under the specified themes, and these findings provided clues about understanding the instructional problems experienced by teachers in distance education and how to solve these problems.