Infrastructure and Teaching: University Students' Impressions on Completion of Their Internship in Greek Public Schools

Konstantinos Gkaravelas,Athina Sevi,Varvara Lagou

doi:10.5296/ije.v13i4.19200

Abstract

This paper focuses on exploring the perceptions expressed by students at the University of Ioannina, Greece, after the completion of their graduate education practice in State Secondary schools in the city of Ioannina. More specifically, it provides insight into the impact the school logistics infrastructure had on the teaching process and its valorization by the educators. The results of the research demonstrate that, except for the Model Experimental Schools, the State Secondary Schools are lacking not only in necessary technological equipment but also in special teaching classrooms, which, in turn, entails the teachers’ inability to valorize technological means and upgrade the teaching process applying student-centered, experiential didactic techniques.

Highlights

The present paper aligns with the view that school, taking into consideration the crucial role information plays in contemporary society, ought to promote critical thinking and cultivate students’ literacy in various fields, mainly, though, language and technology
Taking into consideration the fact that the contemporary economic, social and technological challenges in the global environment, inevitably, affect, among other aspects of life, education, especially as regards the educational contents, practices, or logistics infrastructure that can be valorized in schools, what this paper investigates is the extent to which school logistics infrastructure is utilized by Secondary Schools teachers, the means and the selected teaching techniques applied as well as its influence on the educational process
The objective of this research was to record the university students’ perceptions of the technological infrastructure of the school units as well as the means and the selected teaching techniques applied by the Secondary Schools teachers

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Introduction

The present paper aligns with the view that school, taking into consideration the crucial role information plays in contemporary society, ought to promote critical thinking and cultivate students’ literacy in various fields, mainly, though, language and technology. Students, in this case, have to be seen as entities with special, personal experiences, abilities and knowledge. Taking into consideration the fact that the contemporary economic, social and technological challenges in the global environment, inevitably, affect, among other aspects of life, education, especially as regards the educational contents, practices, or logistics infrastructure that can be valorized in schools, what this paper investigates is the extent to which school logistics infrastructure is utilized by Secondary Schools teachers, the means and the selected teaching techniques applied as well as its influence on the educational process. On completion of our literature review, no similar work has been recorded in Greece, we consider that this paper contributes to the scientific research by presenting new data drawn in a field so far unexplored

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