Acta Iadertina, Vol. 18 No. 2, 2021.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.15291/ai.3406
Attitudes of the Principals of Special Educational Institutions on the Quality and Efficiency of Online Teaching
Koraljka Bakota
; Polyclinic for Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation SUVAG, Zagreb, Croatia
Katarina Pavičić Dokoza
; Polyclinic for Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation SUVAG, Zagreb, Croatia
Lucija Punjek
; Polyclinic for Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation SUVAG, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus significantly affected all segments of life, including the educational system. The preparation and implementation of online teaching in special education institutions where students with greater developmental difficulties are educated was especially demanding. The research was conducted on a sample of 22 principals of special education institutions (out of a total of 35 in the Republic of Croatia) with the aim of determining the attitudes of principals towards online teaching conducted during the pandemic crisis in the institutions they head. The study was conducted through a questionnaire compiled for this study. The obtained data were analyzed by testing descriptive statistics. The research showed that the principals of special education institutions were somewhat less satisfied with the support of institutions that monitor the work of educational institutions during online classes, that they expressed the need for additional education of students, parents, and teachers and that there were various requests for specific digital didactic materials intended for online teaching. Principals believe that parents did somewhat less well in their role during online teaching, that students and parents were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with online teaching, and that for students with disabilities the traditional way of teaching is more acceptable than hybrid and online teaching.
Keywords
online teaching; principals of special education institutions; students with disabilities
Hrčak ID:
272678
URI
Publication date:
17.1.2022.
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