The evaluation of virtual math education by educational connoisseurship and criticism method; Case study: teaching ninth grade geometry in the covid-19 era

This qualitative research used Eisner's Educational Connoisseurship and Criticism method to evaluate ninth-grade virtual mathematics education in the form of a case study and studied how to teach geometry in three stages, including description, interpretation, and evaluation. To collect data, a first secondary school was selected using the purposive sampling method. The research data was collected over one month during 20 teacher training observation sessions in the context of the SHAD program, as well as semi-structured interviews with 12 mathematics teachers and 50 ninth-grade students. The results showed that ninth-grade math teachers in virtual education conditions in the SHAD platform reached the book’s goals to some extent, but always with many problems such as low internet speed, SHAD software problems, reduced teaching time, and students’ lack of attention. In addition, teachers faced problems such as not paying attention to intelligent and late-comprehending students during teaching, providing insufficient feedback, and not paying attention to curriculum integration.