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Examining the perceptions of primary school students about information and communication technologies in the distance education process during the COVID-19 pandemic via pictures Cover

Examining the perceptions of primary school students about information and communication technologies in the distance education process during the COVID-19 pandemic via pictures

Open Access
|Dec 2022

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the perceptions of primary school students about information and communication technologies in the distance education process during COVID-19 pandemic via the pictures they drew. For the sample group of the study which was conducted according to the qualitative research method and phenomenological design, the convenience sampling method was used. A total of 43 students were included in the study. In the study, the data were collected using the draw-and-tell technique. In the data analysis, the content analysis was used. As a result of the data analysis, four main themes were specified. In the pictures drawn by the students, the equipment and software they used during this period were collected under the main theme of ‘devices and application programs’. While the drawings and views of the students concerning the use of information and communication technologies in the distance education process were included in the main theme of ‘education’, the effect of technologies on their social life in the process was included in the main theme of ‘social life’. Finally, their drawings and views concerning their metaphorical perceptions about information and communication technologies during the process were included in the main theme of metaphors.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rem-2022-0020 | Journal eISSN: 2037-0849 | Journal ISSN: 2037-0830
Language: English
Page range: 40 - 49
Published on: Dec 15, 2022
Published by: SIREM (Società Italiana di Ricerca sull’Educazione Mediale)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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