Investigation of pre-service teachers' views on the impact of COVID-19 on online a flipped learning model-based general chemistry laboratory

The aim of this study is to determine the views of pre-service teachers on the online flipped learning based general chemistry laboratory course. 16 pre-service teachers studying in the first year of the department of biology teaching participated in this study, which is based on qualitative research method. In the 11-week study, pre-service teachers participated in a total of nine experiments online. The views of the pre-service teachers were determined with three open-ended questions prepared by the researchers. Content analysis was used to analyze the data. Findings revealed that opinions on the online flipped learning model for this course were divided into positive and negative themes. Although it was observed that pre-service teachers had positive views on subjects such as the time and space flexibility of the flipped learning model and conducting experiments online, it was also found that they had difficulties in the process of attending an applied course online, such as technical problems and not finding a suitable environment for attending the course.