A study of lived experiences of first grade female teachers of virtual education during the Corona epidemic

According to the current conditions of society, teachers need to use virtual space and their skills to communicate with students as best as possible. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the lived experiences of female primary school teachers of virtual education during the Corona epidemic. The present study was conducted in a qualitative manner using the phenomenological method. The research community included female teachers in Yazd province in the academic year of 2021-2022 and 12 participants were selected using a purposive sampling method. Semi-structured interviews continued with them until theoretical saturation. Data analysis was done by the Colaizzi method. After coding the interviews and categorizing the sub-themes which included 48 themes, 11 main themes such as interaction and compatibility with the virtual education environment, improving the quality of education through the facilities of the virtual environment, the obstacles in virtual education, the disruption of the discipline process in education, teacher-student interactive changes due to absence, changes created in students, teachers' worries and anxieties in the matter of education, teacher's actions and the resulting sense of sufficiency, role density and burnout resulting from it, support of the school staff and parents to the teacher, The interaction of parents (family) and teachers in the matter of education was achieved. The results showed that despite the new nature of virtual education and its difficulties and disadvantages, it also has advantages that most teachers believe will be very effective if virtual and face-to-face education can be integrated with each other.