Views of Academic Staff of Physical Education and Sports School on Distance Education in the Period of Pandemic COVID-19

The period of Pandemic COVID-19 has removed students and academic staff from face-to-face education. In this study, the view of academic staff off physical education and sports school for distance education, which started to be given during the pandemic period, were examined. Case study pattern, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the research. The data were collected virtually by interview method. The interview form consists of 13 structured questions prepared by the researcher and checked by the measurement and evaluation experts. The group of the study consists of 15 academic staff, 3 of whom are female and 12 of which are male, selected by convenience sampling that is one of the purposeful sampling method, working at Kirsehir Ahi Evran University School of Physical Education and Sports. Descriptive and content analysis method was used to analyze the data. The data summarized and interpreted through descriptive analysis were coded and categories were created. In the scope of the research; Academic staff and students were faced with a system in which formal education was provided through distance education for the first time throughout the country. In order to make sense of this new situation and ensure its adaptation, the academic staff, who are the executives of educational services in universities, should continue their communication with students.