Abstract
This article analyses parents' views on the role that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays in the context of pedagogy. It also refers to parents' beliefs, fears and expectations towards new technologies. It uses data that were collected from primary schools and kindergartens of the region of Eastern Macedonian and Thrace in Greece. 1450 parents participated in this research, 869 were from primary schools and 581 from kindergartens. The results showed that parents (both from primary school and kindergarten) believe that new technologies help their children in the learning process and they believe that new technologies are beneficial for their children. Despite the fact that parents accept new technologies in their children's lives only for educational purposes, they don't want their children to spend a lot of time on the computer, because they are afraid that their children will not be able to socialize properly
Highlights
This article analyses parents' views on the role that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays in the context of pedagogy
15.80% “totally agree” that Children learn by the use of new technologies, 67.60% of the respondents “agree” and 13.50% were “neutral”. These results show that 83.40% of parents believe that new technologies help their children in the learning process
The results showed that parents are positive towards new technologies and they believe that new technologies are beneficial for their children. 73.20% stated from a medium extent to a great extent that new technologies improve their school performance. 82.30% from medium to a great extent that broadens their knowledge, 85.70% stated that it stimulates them, and 88.80% stated that new technologies are a new teaching method
Summary
This article analyses parents' views on the role that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays in the context of pedagogy. In the early 90's information technology had entered secondary schools, but the last decade it has expanded to primary schools and kindergartens This new technological era has brought a lot of insecurity to teachers and parents who are two of the three main factors in the process of learning. According to Sutherland et al (2000), three are the main factors that can help in the adoption of new technologies at school. These factors are children, teachers and parents. From this triangle, the only part that embraces new technologies without fear and second thoughts, are the children. The same questions remain crucial and concern parents and teachers some of whom do not understand why new technologies are implemented at schools
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