Abstract:

The aim of this research is to describe the distance education activities according to the parents' opinions. In the research, descriptive survey model was used, one of the quantitative research techniques. The sample group consisted of 2544 parents who were selected with a simple random sample from all levels. The data were sent to parents via Google forms and analyzed with the SPSS 21.0 program. In the analysis of the research data, descriptive statistics such as arithmetic mean, frequency, standard deviation and percentage values were examined. One-Way Anova test and Tukey test as post hoc test were used to determine whether there was a significant difference between the groups. At the end of the study, it was revealed that there are significant differences between distance education activities and income level, parent education level, residential unit, and the stages where parents' children are educated. It was also found that and parents are satisfied with distance education, but despite this satisfaction, they prefer face-to-face education more. In order to ensure equality of opportunity in education and to make distance education services more efficient, the Ministry should take more steps, especially for disadvantaged groups, and produce quicker solutions to the problems experienced by parents in distance education.

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