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Abstract The aim of the study is to analyse the experience of the pre-service teachers about teaching practice courses delivered through distance education during the Covid-19 process. The study is designed as an interpretive research. The participants of the study were selected through the convenience sampling technique. The participants are 72 pre-service teachers attending the pedagogical formation program at Afyon Kocatepe University during the academic year 2020-2021. The data of the study were collected using a questionnaired with seven open-ended items which was developed by the authors. The data collected were examined through the descriptive analysis. The findings of the study indicate that pre-service teachers define distance education educationally and spatially as the teaching practice course given through distance education. They stated that they improved themselves in terms of professional and technological environment and that they liked the feature of screen sharing in the process. They also added that they mostly used the question-answer method in the course. In addition, it is found that teachers should include further methods to ensure active participation of students during the online courses. The participants reported some problems mostly caused by the students, and they offered various suggestions for the solution of these problems. Author Biographies Nuray Kurtdede Fidan, Afyon Kocatepe University Turkey [email protected] 0000-0002-2056-1994

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