Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Digital Transformation of Education in the COVID-19 Process and its Psychological Effects on Children, Emrah Soykan,Ayhan Çakıcı,Mert Baştaş, Editör, Frontiers Media, Zürich, ss.98-103, 2023
During the COVID-19 pandemic, education has continued online almost worldwide. Understanding the nature of online learning and how it reflects on practices is essential for developing an effective international perspective for continuous improvement in learning and skills (Altinay et al., 2021). In school cultures, digital technologies forces leaders to establish a vision of effective use of technology. Digital leadership is not only use of technology; it is a strategic view of school culture to engagement and achievement (Altinay, 2015). This study has been conducted to examine the effect students’ inability to participate in extracurricular activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic has had on how they adapt to school culture and acquire values. This study is important in terms of presenting results regarding not being able to hold the activities in schools during the COVID-19 pandemic that had previously been held for having students adapt to school culture, gain values, and socialize. In addition, the study is expected to be a guide for the adaptation process to implement for students after a 2-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is because schools should guide their students in making the proper choices and should teach students the strategies to fulfill these choices in order to minimize the damage of the negative aspects the COVID-19 pandemic process has caused. The problem of the research can be stated as, “How has students’ inability to participate in extracurricular activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic affected how they adapt to school culture and to acquiring values? This research is conducted using a qualitative research model. The semi-structured interview forms were obtained from the participants and evaluated using content analysis, a qualitative research analysis method.Extracurricular activities have an indispensable importance in the transfer of school culture and values. These activities had largely been held in schools prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, distance education, which has been implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to social, sportive, and cultural activities being unable to be organized. As a result, students now have deficiencies adopting school culture, committing to school, knowing values, and living their lives in accordance with values. Both educators and families will need to work harder and rehabilitate children in the wake of the COVID- 19 pandemic. The most striking result of this research is that extracurricular activities will play an important role in this rehabilitation work.