ERIC Number: EJ1383408
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Publication Date: 2023-Dec
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How Did School Administrators Manage the Crises during the COVID-19 Outbreak?
Akbaba Altun, Sadegul; Bulut, Mustafa
Journal of Global Education and Research, v7 n3 Article 4 p234-248 Dec 2023
The focus of this research was to investigate how school administrators in Turkey managed the crises caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, which was a deadly threat for humanity worldwide. The research questions guiding this study are: (1) Did schools have a crisis plan? (2) If yes, how was the plan implemented in a crisis situation?; (3) What kind of changes were made in the plans?; (4) What should administrators do in such crisis situations?; and (5) What was done in the COVID-19 outbreak? The research was conducted as a qualitative case study which involved 105 school administrators. Due to the pandemic conditions that hindered direct face-to-face interviews and interactions, data collection was carried out online via a Google drive form with open-ended questions. The findings demonstrated that there were two main headings as the basis for the research problems. The first was the existence of crisis planning by school administrators; the other was the status of implementation of these plans. Finally, how school administrators handled crisis management was pointed out.
Descriptors: Principals, Crisis Management, COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries, Educational Planning
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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