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Direct linkDimitris Tsekouras; Lida Anagnostaki – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2024
The article aims to explore Greek preschool and primary school teachers' experience regarding students coming from lesbian-parent families. In recent years, the composition of school classes in Greece has become more diverse. However, the inclusion of students and families from the LGBTQ+ community in the educational system and the teachers' role…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, LGBTQ People, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Tympa, Eleni; Karavida, Vasiliki; Charissi, Athina – International Review of Education, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact around the world and has drastically changed the field of education. In addition to instructional materials, new technologies enabled access to new learning environments. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted some significant disparities between conventional information and communication…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Readiness, Web Based Instruction
Konstantina Dogani; Evangelia Papadopoulou – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2024
Teaching music often focuses on developing musical concepts, through comparisons and discriminations. This paper contributes to the discussion on concept development in music through recognition of common elements in a situation and a shift from a local to a general level, considering theoretical approaches to mathematical generalisation. It sets…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Preschool Children, Concept Formation
Eleana Tse; Katerina Plakitsi; Spyridon Voulgaris; George A. Alexiou – Health Education Journal, 2025
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of specialised personnel versus schoolteachers in delivering first aid teaching and trauma management to children aged 4-8 years in Greece. Methods: An experimental study with an educational intervention was conducted, involving three groups of children: a control group which…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, First Aid, Teacher Effectiveness, Specialists
Grigoropoulos, Iraklis – Contemporary School Psychology, 2023
Educators have a critical role in enhancing children's play interests within the classroom by determining the actions and context of their play. This study examined personal and professional characteristics associated with educators' self-reported play engagement preferences using a sample of Greek early childhood educators. One hundred…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Play, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education
Download full textDraganoudi, Aikaterini; Kaliampos, George; Lavidas, Konstantinos; Ravanis, Konstantinos – South African Journal of Education, 2023
In the last 30 years, 4 distinct theoretical approaches have been described for early childhood science education. The approaches are, empiricist, Piagetian, socio-cognitive and socio-cultural. Drawing on the differences among these approaches regarding the theoretical framework adopted in teaching, the role that is assigned to the teacher during…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Teaching Methods, Natural Sciences, Science Instruction
Leonidas Gavrilas; Marianna - Sotiria Papanikolaou; Konstantinos T. Kotsis – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2025
This paper presents a teaching scenario designed to introduce preschool children to electricity, structured around the 5E instructional model (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate). The study involves 18 children from an urban kindergarten with diverse backgrounds and learning needs. Over four weeks, children engage in interactive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Gidari, Styliani; Kakana, Domna Mika – Journal of Teacher Education and Educators, 2022
In this article, we present the evaluation of a kindergarten teachers' professional development programme, 'Upgrading the quality of the pre-school environment' conducted by the participating teacher--thee programme is aimed at the improvement of the quality of Early Childhood Education and Care. The evaluation, which followed a mixed-method…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Program Evaluation, Faculty Development
Magdalena Boczkowska; Athena Daniilidou; Maria Platsidou – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
This study aimed to assess the applicability of the Teachers' Resilience Scale (TRS) among Greek and Polish teachers and explore whether nationality and sociodemographic factors influence teachers' engagement with resilience protective factors. A total of 1622 teachers participated, providing TRS responses and sociodemographic information. Greek…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Athanasios Koutsoklenis; Vassilios Papadimitriou – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
Parallel support is a Greek type of special education provision aiming at providing additional support to students identified with special educational needs and/or disability in mainstream classrooms. Drawing from quantitative data for the school-year 2018-2019 this paper presents findings on certain characteristics of primary and pre-primary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Inclusion, Mainstreaming
Lenakakis, Antonis; Paroussi, Antigoni; Tselfes, Vassilis – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2022
The article presents the results of a research in the field of Greek preschool education concerning the use of puppet theatre by teachers. The central question is: in what ways, but also on the basis of what educational/ pedagogical considerations, do teachers use forms of puppet theatre in the education of preschool children. The research was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Sophia Rapti; Theodosios Sapounidis; Sokratis Tselegkaridis – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Recent developments in technology have introduced new tools, such as virtual reality, into the learning process. Although virtual reality appears to be a promising technology for education and has been adopted by a few schools worldwide, we still do not know students' and educators' opinions, preferences, and challenges with it, particularly in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Computer Simulation, Preschool Teachers
Draganoudi, Aikaterini; Kaliampos, George; Lavidas, Konstantinos – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2021
The aim of the current paper is to investigate the traces of socio-cognitive influences in kindergarten teachers' representations about the practices they tend to follow when they develop Natural Sciences activities in kindergarten. A quantitative approach was used, with the research tool being an electronic questionnaire that was completed online…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Teaching Methods, Natural Sciences
Gkoros, Dimitrios; Papageorgiou, Aikaterini – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2023
Coronavirus pandemic has imposed significant innovations in all aspects of our lives which were a respond to precautional measures to avoid COVID-19 spreading throughout the community. In many countries, Greece included, education shifted rapidly to a distanced form affecting this section of our lives as well. The present study attempts to…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Distance Education, Teacher Attitudes, COVID-19
Joana Cadima; Tiago Ferreira; Carolina Guedes; Diana Alves; Catarina Grande; Teresa Leal; Filipe Piedade; Ana Lemos; Andri Agathokleous; Vicky Charalambous; Charalambos Vrasidas; Demos Michael; Manuela Ciucurel; Georgeta Chirlesan; Bogdan Marinescu; Delia Duminica; Anastasia Vatou; Maria Tsitiridou-Evangelou; Evridiki Zachopoulou; Vasilis Grammatikopoulos – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
Professional Development (PD) can be a powerful lever for improving the quality of teacher-child interactions in early childhood education and care (ECEC) and teachers' feelings of support and competence. However, there is a dearth of studies examining different formats of PD and their links with workplace features. The present study aims to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
