School Readiness From Kindergarten to Primary School

Authors

  • Georgia Kokkalia Net Media Lab-Brain & Mind R&D, Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications, N.C.S.R. "Demokritos"
  • Athanasios S. Drigas Net Media Lab-Brain & Mind R&D, Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications, N.C.S.R. "Demokritos"
  • Alexandra Economou Department of Psychology, University of Athens
  • Petros Roussos Department of Psychology, University of Athens

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v14i11.10090

Keywords:

Kindergarten education, primary education, school

Abstract


The current paper review gives a brief and representative description of the role that school readiness from kindergarten education to primary education plays in every child’s academic life. Therefore many researchers note that school readiness tools play a notable role for the kindergarten teachers, the family and of course for the child in order to achieve a successful school life. Thus, the research team of this paper gives the presentation of some school readiness tools that are used by kindergarten teachers and specialist’s worldwide scoping to underlie strengths and weaknesses of preschoolers. Additionally, it is thought worthwhile to say that the readiness tools that are presented are used with the traditional way while some of them with the support of new technology. Lastly, the theoretical base of the significant role that school readiness plays from kindergarten to first grade and its crucial role for the child’s academic development is discussed shortly.

Author Biographies

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

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 (E- mail: gioulina@hotmail.com).

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

Athanasios Drigas is a Director of Research at N.C.S.R. Demokritos. He is the Coordinator of Telecoms Lab and founder of Net Media Lab since 1996. 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 300 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 ICT services and of international conferences and journals. (e-mail: dr@iit.demokritos.gr).

Alexandra Economou, Department of Psychology, University of Athens

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. (E-mail: aoikono@psych.uoa.gr)

Petros Roussos, Department of Psychology, University of Athens

Petros Roussos is an assistant professor at the University of Athens in the department of Psychology. Since 1994 he has taught cognitive psychology, research methods and statistics in psychology at the University of Crete (Greece), the University of the Aegean (Greece), the University of Athens and many other colleges and higher education institutions. He has served as adjunct research fellow of the Hellenic Pedagogical Institute (1998-2000), as Psychology Department Chair at the University of Indianapolis Athens Campus (2000-2004) and as Researcher at the Unit of Analysis and Documentation at the Greek Ministry of Employment and Social Protection (2004-2005). He is also a graduate member of the British Psychological Society, member of the Hellenic Psychological Society, and General Secretary of the Hellenic Cognitive Science Society (E-mail: roussosp@psych.uoa.gr).

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Published

2019-06-14

How to Cite

Kokkalia, G., Drigas, A. S., Economou, A., & Roussos, P. (2019). School Readiness From Kindergarten to Primary School. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 14(11), pp. 4–18. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v14i11.10090

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 11 (2019)

Section

Papers