Physical Education Teachers’ Opinion about Online Teaching during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Comparative Study of European Countries

Korcz, Agata and Krzysztoszek, Jana and Lopatka, Marlena and Popeska, Biljana and Podnar, Hrvoje and Filiz, Bijen and Mileva, Eleonora and Kryeziu, Artan and Bronikowski, Michail (2021) Physical Education Teachers’ Opinion about Online Teaching during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Comparative Study of European Countries. Sustainability, 13 (21). p. 11730. ISSN 2071-1050

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of implementation and Physical
Education (PE) teachers’ perceived advantages, disadvantages, and encountered difficulties of
online PE teaching during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were 1148
professionally active PE teachers from Poland, North Macedonia, Croatia, Turkey, Bulgaria, and
Kosovo (613 female, 535 male). A cross-sectional online survey study was performed between May
and September 2020 and was done online through an electronic questionnaire. Study results sug�gest differences in evaluation of online teaching between PE teachers from different countries: a
positive evaluation of online teaching reported from teachers from Croatia, Poland, and Bulgaria,
neutral in Turkey, and a negative evaluation during that period by teachers in Macedonia and
Kosovo. Different ratings of advantages, disadvantages, and difficulties from the studied countries
in online teaching in primary and secondary schools were also noted. A lack of proper equipment
at home, a lack of proper training for information technology (IT) use, as well as use of different
platforms for online teaching were among the highest-ranked difficulties during online teaching.
The greatest concerns during online PE teaching were identified in terms of pupils’ safety, the
intellectual property of resources, and the quality of curriculum delivery. The results from the
study identify the most important areas of teachers work where PE should be supported regarding
online teaching

Item Type:	Article
Impact Factor Value:	3.251
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Educational sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Educational Science
Depositing User:	Biljana Popeska
Date Deposited:	25 Oct 2021 10:01
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2021 10:01
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/28626

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