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Use of Social Networking Sites among Greek Deaf People: Communication Accessibility or Preferences?
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Martzos, Theodoros G.; Dinopoulou, Pelagia; Okalidou, Areti – Sign Language Studies, 2021
While societies have become increasingly dependent on both internet- and information technology-based knowledge retrieval and applications and as social media has become an inextricable aspect of most people's daily lives, a keen interest has emerged regarding the impact that these technologies have on Deaf people's lives. This article describes…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Deafness, Social Media, Adults
A Cross-Cultural Study on Technology Use in Preschool Classrooms: Early Childhood Teacher's Preferences, Time-Use, Impact and Association with Children's Play
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Slutsky, Ruslan; Kragh-Müller, Grethe; Rentzou, Konstantina; Tuul, Maire; Gol Guven, Mine; Foerch, Daniela; Paz-Albo, Jesús – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Technology plays a large role in the daily experiences of young children. Presently, technology is used both to support and enhance 'educational' activities and in the context of children's play. The aim of the present study is to understand how much time teachers in early childhood centres across 8 countries implemented technology into their…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Play, Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Teachers
Young Children's Use of Their Setting's Internal Floor Space Affordances: Evidence from an Ethnographic Case Study
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Katsiada, Eleni; Roufidou, Irini – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Young children's use of their Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) environment affordances, and especially the affordances of the floor, is an under researched area, both in Greece and internationally. This paper draws on findings from an ethnographic case study research conducted in Greece and presents an account of children's…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Educational Environment, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
Capturing the Untold: Photography as a Tool for Empowering Children to Interpret Their Embodied Experiences in Museums
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Kalessopoulou, Despina – Journal of Visual Literacy, 2017
Children's museums and exhibitions designed for children are well-thought adult projects; however, children rarely participate in the design process. Visual research methods can provide a remedy for this scarcity of children's agency in determining significant exhibition qualities. The paper will discuss a visual research methodology that empowers…
Descriptors: Photography, Museums, Exhibits, Design
Biogeochemical Cycles for Combining Chemical Knowledge and ESD Issues in Greek Secondary Schools Part I: Designing the Didactic Materials
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Koutalidi, Sophia; Scoullos, Michael – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
Biogeochemical cycles support all anthropogenic activities and are affected by them, therefore they are intricately interlinked with global environmental and socioeconomic issues. Elements of these cycles that are already included in the science/chemical curriculum and textbooks intended for formal education in Greek secondary schools were…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Biochemistry, Chemistry
Visual Representations of Microcosm in Textbooks of Chemistry: Constructing a Systemic Network for Their Main Conceptual Framework
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Papageorgiou, George; Amariotakis, Vasilios; Spiliotopoulou, Vasiliki – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2017
The main objective of this work is to analyse the visual representations (VRs) of the microcosm depicted in nine Greek secondary chemistry school textbooks of the last three decades in order to construct a systemic network for their main conceptual framework and to evaluate the contribution of each one of the resulting categories to the network.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Textbooks, Textbook Content