Distance learning during Covid-19 pandemic in Iran

Abstract

The article highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Iranian schools. Education in Iran has relied heavily on traditional teaching methods. In a country such as Iran, affected by economic sanctions and wars, in addition to experiencing one of the world’s largest outbreaks of the coronavirus, the impact of the pandemic Covid-19 on its education system has been significant. Because of this, the education system has reorganized the popular traditional teaching and didactics methods by favoring distance learning work. The article is based on the comprehensive analysis of distance learning educational methods during the COVID-19 pandemic period using the online available documents, articles, and reports posted on the Internet and telephone interviews with Iranian teachers from March 2020 to August 2021.