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Teachers’ Virtual Classroom Management Competences

Author(s): Ertuğ Can, Yüksel Gündüz
Subject(s): Organizational Psychology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Distance learning / e-learning
Published by: Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Virtual Classroom; Classroom Management; Virtual Classroom Management; Virtual Classroom Management Competence;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this research is to determine teachers’ virtual classroom management competences. The research is designed in general survey model. The population of the research consists of teachers working in the center and districts of Kırklareli province in the 2020-2021 academic year. The sample of the study consists of 329 teachers. The data of research was gathered with “the scale of teachers’ virtual classroom management competences” developed by Can and Gündüz (2021). The scale is in 5-point Likert type and consists of 24 items. The sub-dimensions of the scale are "relations with students", "virtual classroom activities" and "virtual classroom management". According to the findings of research, most of teachers do not have virtual classroom experience. Teachers consider themselves competent in regard to virtual classroom management in all sub-dimensions of the scale. Female teachers' competences to manage "virtual classroom activities" is significantly higher than male teachers’. Relating to “the scale of teachers’ virtual classroom management competences”, general and sub-dimension total arithmetic averages of teachers having virtual classroom experience previously are significantly higher than those not having. The results of research put forward that teachers' virtual classroom management competences are generally at high level.

  • Issue Year: 19/2021
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 49-68
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Turkish