Indonesian Mathematics Teachers’ Responses Towards the Implementation of Distance Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

In Indonesia, Covid-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented disruption in the education sector. This paper examines the responses of 415 Indonesian Mathematics Teachers' towards the implementation of distance learning during Covid-19 pandemic. It identifies online learning platforms used, type of online learning that dominates their learning, and learning approach implemented during the distance learning. Data collected through an online survey showed that 9.9% of the respondents unable to facilitate distance learning during this pandemic. Regarding the learning platforms used in distance learning, the data showed that the average of the number of online learning platforms used by teachers in Java, the most developed island of Indonesia, is approximately only three types of online learning platforms. The majority of teachers who facilitate remote learning used Whatsapp as their online learning platforms. The main reasons for using online learning platforms were the teachers can operate the platforms well and the applications are practical and simple for teachers and students. In terms of the type of online learning mode, teachers tended to use asynchronous learning. Furthermore, based on learning activities that dominate distance learning practices, it is shown that the majority of the teachers tended to use teacher-centered learning during the early pandemic.

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