Learning Methods in Greek Kindergarten and Pre-kindergarten Schools: Traditional Method vs New Technology

Abstract

In the early 2000’s new technology methods were introduced in Greek kindergarten schools, which enriched the learning methods that were used before 2000, enabling teachers to embrace this technological era. Using new technologies and promoting them to students doesn’t mean that the learning outcomes will be better. Will the students learn by using new technologies? Will the learning outcome be improved? These are some of the basic questions this article is about. This work compares the performance of the students on traditional learning methods to new technology learning methods in order to investigate which of the two methods has the best learning outcomes. Moreover, the intelligence of the pupils was evaluated by the use of Raven's Colour Progressive Matrix (CPM). The results of the current research in a sample of 1183 Greek pupils indicated that pupils tend to perform better by the use of new technologies. Furthermore, the level of intelligence for the majority of the sample ranged from normal to high intelligence and does not have a strong influence on pupils’ performance.

Keywords: New technologies, Kindergarten, Pre-kindergarten

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/13-26-08

Publication date:September 30^th 2022