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

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 te...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 13; no. 21; p. 11730
Main Authors Korcz, Agata, Krzysztoszek, Jana, Łopatka, Marlena, Popeska, Biljana, Podnar, Hrvoje, Filiz, Bijen, Mileva, Eleonora, Kryeziu, Artan R., Bronikowski, Michał
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2021
Subjects
Comparative studies
COVID-19
Curricula
Education
Information technology
Intellectual property
Internet
Physical education
Schools
Students
Teachers
Teaching
Poland
Turkey
Kosovo
Bulgaria
Croatia
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Summary: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 suggest 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.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su132111730