Mobile Assessment Procedures for Mental Health and Literacy Skills in Education

Authors

  • Agathi Stathopoulou Center for Diagnosis, Differentiation and Support
  • Zoe Karabatzaki School Advisor at the Ministry of Education
  • Georgia Kokkalia N.C.S.R.’Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D
  • Eleni Dimitriou N.C.S.R.’Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D
  • Paraskevi Ioanna Loukeri N.C.S.R.’Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D
  • Alexandra Economou University of Athens, Department of Psychology
  • Athanasios Drigas N.C.S.R.’Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v12i3.8038

Keywords:

mobile technology, secondary education, literacy, mental health

Abstract


Mobile technology seems crucial for learning and teaching as it plays an important role in student’s social, emotional and academic life. This paper examines its role in secondary education focusing in mobile applications that support literacy and mental health in students. The results of a research that investigated the relationship between performance in language of secondary school pupils and the occurrence of depression symptoms are presented.

Author Biographies

Agathi Stathopoulou, Center for Diagnosis, Differentiation and Support

Agathi Stathopoulou  is a teacher in Secondary Education with a specialization in Greek philology. She holds a PhD in Special Education. She has taken part in research projects and seminars. At the current period is �  serving as a special educator at the Center for Diagnosis, Differentiation and Support, where pupils with special educational needs are assessed, in  the B area of Athens. She is also a scientific associate at Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D of N.C.S.R. ’Demokritos’.

Zoe Karabatzaki, School Advisor at the Ministry of Education

Zoe Karabatzaki is a School Advisor at the 21st Preschool Educational Region of Athens. She holds a Ph.D. on Educational Sciences (Special Education). She has participated in many educational seminars and conferences as a keynote speaker and as instructor. Furthermore, she has taken part in research programs that were supported by many universities of Greece. She has written two books, chapters in collective volumes, articles in scientific journals and educational notes. She has taught at the Department of Special Education of UTH (University of Thessaly), at the Department of Education and Early Childhood of UOA and the Department of  Greek Literary  of Democritus University of Thrace. She is also a scientific associate at Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D of N.C.S.R. ’Demokritos’.

Georgia Kokkalia, N.C.S.R.’Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D

Georgia Kokkalia (MSc in Specific Learning Difficulties) is a Special Education Teaching Professional and Phd Candidate in University of Athens. She has participated in various research projects regarding the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Special Education and in Kindergarten

Eleni Dimitriou, N.C.S.R.’Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D

Eleni Dimitriou  (MSc in Special Needs and Inclusive Education) is a Special Education Teaching Professional in Secondary Education and a Phd Candidate, for the University of Athens. She is also a scientific associate at Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D of N.C.S.R. ’Demokritos’. She has participated in various research projects in Special Education and as Rapporteur for the Seminar: “Special Education subjects with the support of the Technology”

Paraskevi Ioanna Loukeri, N.C.S.R.’Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D

Paraskevi Ioanna Loukeri (Msc Education Management and Leadership in the University of Southampton), is a Primary School Teacher  and PhD candidate in the Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has publications on educational management and she is also a scientific associate at Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D of N.C.S.R. ’Demokritos’.

Alexandra Economou, University of Athens, Department of Psychology

Alexandra Economou is an assistant professor at the University of Athens in the department of Psychology.  She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate neuropsychology and experimental psychology courses at the University of Athens in the Department of Psychology while her interests focus on cognitive and biological psychology. Dr. Economou is also vice-president of the Greek Aphasia Association.

Athanasios Drigas, N.C.S.R.’Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications, Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D

Athanasios Drigas is a director of research at N.C.S.R. Demokritos. He is the Coordinator and founder of Net Media Lab, Brain & Mind R&D since 1996. From 1985 to 1999 he was the Operational manager of the Greek Academic network. He has been the Coordinator of Several International Projects, in the fields of ICTs, and e-services (e-learning, e-psychology, e-government, e-inclusion, e-culture etc). He has published more than 200 articles, 7 books, 25 educational CD-ROMs and several patents. He has been a member of several International committees for the design and coordination of Network and ICT activities and of international conferences and journals.

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Published

2018-07-20

How to Cite

Stathopoulou, A., Karabatzaki, Z., Kokkalia, G., Dimitriou, E., Loukeri, P. I., Economou, A., & Drigas, A. (2018). Mobile Assessment Procedures for Mental Health and Literacy Skills in Education. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 12(3), pp. 21–37. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v12i3.8038

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2018)

Section

Papers