Comparing the Attitudes of Greek Kindergarten Teachers Against Primary School Teachers Towards ICT

Abstract

This chapter examines the main factors of Greek kindergarten against primary school teachers' attitudes towards ICT in class. The participants of this research were drawn from teachers of public schools in the area of Athens and Crete (Greece). A 5-point Likert scale questionnaire with 30 questions designed to assess attitudes of teachers toward computers and their computer knowledge in primary schools learning environment. Varimax with Kaiser Normalization was applied to extract the main five factors of kindergarten teachers' attitudes. Also, a three 2-way MANOVA was performed between the kindergarten and primary school teachers to see the interactions of these main factors on: a) the ICT knowledge of teachers, b) the frequency of using ICT at home by the teachers and, c) the ICT use in the teaching process. Finally, the changes in the main factors of kindergarten and primary school teachers were discussed in the hope that they may provide useful information on the school curriculum.