International Journal of Trends and Developments in Education

Yazarlar: Amine Ece BAĞ

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Covid,9 perception,Metaphor,Parents,School perception in the covid 19 process

Özet:  The aim of this research is to examine and evaluate the images and perceptions of kindergarten parents regarding the concept of "Covid-1 9" and "school in the process of Covid-19" through metaphors. A case study was used in this research. The study group was determined by purposive sampling. Face-to-face interviews could not be held with parents due to the Covid-19 outbreak, data were collected with an online questionnaire. The data collection tool consists of two parts. In the first part, the parents' age, gender, province and "Does anyone in your family have Covid-19?" questions are included. In the second part, “Coronavirus…. like/similar; because …” and “School during the coronavirus is like/similar to …; because …” were asked to express their own free thoughts. In the research, 109 metaphors were produced for the concept of "Covid-19" and 94 metaphors were produced for the concept of "school during the Covid-19 process". According to the findings of the research, parents' perceptions of the concept of "Covid-19" are common and presented in 6 categories. These categories are; disease and spread, effectiveness, abstract concepts, lethality, negative emotion and struggle. According to the findings of the second problem of the research, the perceptions of the parents about the concept of "school in the Covid-19 process" are common and presented in 5 categories. These categories are; danger, safe space, ignorance, deficiency and emotional state. 

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