EMERGENCY REMOTE TEACHING IN QUARANTINE TIME. VIEWS OF PRIMARY EDUCATION TEACHERS

The function of education using digital media and the internet, because of the pandemic, introduced a debate on distance learning into the scientific and public discourse. The purpose of this study was to research teachers' views on the implementation of emergency remote education during the pandemic. More specific the main goals were to explore teachers' views on the objectives of "emergency remote education", its characteristics in its implementation in the Greek education system and the results of its implementation. the qualitative method was used to approximate the meanings and experiences of the participating teachers. The participants in our survey were fifteen (15) Primary Education teachers from Lesvos-Greece. The results of the research highlight that the implementation of "emergency remote education" in the period of the pandemic and the transfer of face-to-face teaching in a virtual environment, highlighted the concerns that exist for education (applied teaching practices, readiness of students and teachers, materials provided, etc.) and for the contribution of digital media in the transformation of social inequalities in new hierarchies and power relations in the field of education.