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This study aims to investigate the importance of communication in distance education, tools used, problems, and recommendations in detail with a central focus on the experiences of social studies teachers in communicating with students and parents in the distance education activities carried out during the Covid-19 epidemic process. This research used a phenomenological research design. The sample included 30 social studies teachers working in various schools in Turkey. The data were collected using an interview form and content analysis. The data were examined thoroughly and sorted into categories and codes. According to the results of the study, the sampled social studies teachers held the view that communication is important in achieving the goal in the distance education and sustaining the process effectively and efficiently, while they were communicating with both students and parents through mobile phones, messages, and phone calls for reasons such as teaching, assigning homework, and providing motivation. The social studies teachers also stated that they had a number of problems with both students and parents throughout this process. During teachers‟ communication with students, there were problems arising from parents, the lack of facilities, students themselves, and the deficiencies in the communication process. During the communication with parents, the social studies teachers experienced parent-related problems such as parents‟ workload and the lack of parental motivation for students. Finally, the social studies teachers suggested that infrastructure problems in distance education should be solved, planned and communication should be established.

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