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

Agata Korcz, Jana Krzysztoszek, Marlena Łopatka, Biljana Popeska, Hrvoje Podnar, Bijen Filiz, Eleonora Mileva, Artan R. Kryeziu and Michał Bronikowski
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Agata Korcz: Department of Didactics of Physical Activity, Poznan University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznan, Poland
Jana Krzysztoszek: Department of Didactics of Physical Activity, Poznan University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznan, Poland
Marlena Łopatka: Department of Didactics of Physical Activity, Poznan University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznan, Poland
Biljana Popeska: Faculty of Educational Sciences, Goce Delcev University, 2000 Stip, North Macedonia
Hrvoje Podnar: Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Horvacanski zavoj 15, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Bijen Filiz: Department of Coaching Education, ANS Campus, 03200 Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Eleonora Mileva: The National Sports Academy “Vassil Levski”, Academic Stefan Mladenov 21, 1710 Sofia, Bulgaria
Artan R. Kryeziu: Department of Sport and Movement Science, University for Business and Technology, 10000 Pristina, Kosovo
Michał Bronikowski: Department of Didactics of Physical Activity, Poznan University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznan, Poland

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 21, 1-19

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 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.

Keywords: physical education; teacher; teaching; primary school; secondary school; pandemic; modern technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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