scholarly journals Educational Leadership in Greece during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Prospects

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Geropoulos ◽  
Kostis Tsioumis
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Positive Elements ◽  
Conventional Teaching ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Of Greece

The subject of this paper is a discussion on the treatment of the Covid-19 pandemic in the educational system of Greece. More specifically, it focuses on the policies and practices implemented by the principals of secondary education schools regarding the health crisis management in the school environment. The paper studies the actions concerning the administration of online teaching during the March-May 2020 period, as well as the reopening of schools in September after the first phase of the pandemic. Despite the difficulties, problems and various obstacles that the leaders met, it is expressed that certain positive elements can arise from the “experience” of the health crisis in education. At the same time, reference will be made to the policies and mandates of the Ministry of Education. So, the approach of the “leaders’ practices” on a central and local level includes: 1) the organization and coordination of e-learning and 2) the challenges faced by secondary education principals during the conventional teaching period.

scholarly journals TOWARDS E-LEARNING IN BASIC SCHOOLS DURING COVID-19: INSIGHTS FROM GHANAIAN TEACHERS

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naa Kai Amanor-Mfoafo ◽  
Kwamina Kurefi Edonu ◽  
Olivia Akrofi ◽  
Ebenezer Nortei Dowuona
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Conventional Teaching ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Approach To Teaching

In the wake of the current closure of schools in Ghana, basic schools have been tasked to deliver teaching and learning using e-learning. This study seeks to explore the readiness of teachers in Ghanaian basic schools to undertake e-learning. Using an online questionnaire, data was collected from 108 teachers in both private and public basic schools in Ghana. A factor analysis was conducted to identify the challenges that influenced the ability of basic school teachers to teach using e-learning. The study findings indicated that a majority of the teacher participants preferred face-to-face teaching as compared to online teaching. The study recommends that basic schools adopt a blended approach to teaching where teachers can combine both face-to-face methods with e-learning methods. The study contributes to discussions on the transition from conventional teaching methods to E-learning methods in educational institutions across Ghana. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0770/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals Teacher Training in Secondary Education of Greece- A General Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalathaki Maria
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Secondary Teachers ◽  
National Level ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
National Education ◽  
Research Institution ◽  
Presidential Decree ◽  
Teachers Training ◽  
And Training ◽  
Of Greece

Teacher Education and Training became more organized and targeted, treated by the Greek State, in the last half of the previous century. The Low 1566/1985 introduced firstly mandatory forms of training for teachers of Primary and Secondary Education which could carrying out by various organizations and Bodies, of many specialties and forms, in many places, with variety of content, methodologies and trainers. With this law, the Schools of Training for Primary and Secondary Teachers were initially established to offer yearly training to the teachers in scientific, didactic and pedagogical issues.In the last 25 years, the 16 Regional Training Centers had the duty to download and decentralize the educational policies to the regions of Greece, to the newly appointed and permanent teachers. According to the Presidential Decree 250/1992, the Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs may assign to the Pedagogical Institute or to a research institution the evaluation of the training work of the Regional Training Centers, at national level. The results of surveys on the efficiency of the training programs and the satisfaction of the Trainers have not published and discussed thoroughly. In the last 5 years, since the Ministry of Education has applied only three short-term Seminars guided, centrally designed and directed, less than 1000 School Advisors have shouldered the full weight of the Primary and Secondary teachers’ training all over the Country, those the abolishment has been announced, without any evaluation report for their work.

scholarly journals E- Learning experience of the medical profession’s college students during COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eidan M. Al Zahrani ◽  
Yaser A. Al Naam ◽  
Saad M. AlRabeeah ◽  
Deemah N. Aldossary ◽  
Lamiaa H. Al-Jamea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Great Chance ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Health Sciences Students ◽  
E Learning

Abstract Background Worldwide, most of educational institutions have moved to online electronic learning methods because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 8, 2020, the Saudi Ministry of Education announced remote learning for public and private schools and universities as a preventive and precautionary measure to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The objective of this study was to explore the e-learning experience of the students of the colleges of health sciences with regard to the technical preparedness, academic achievements, e-learning advantages and limitations. A well-structured and validated questionnaire on a five-point Likert scale and open-ended questions about their e-learning experience was distributed to a heterogeneous purposive sample of the health sciences students in Saudi Arabian universities. Results Of the 1288 respondents, of various demographical features a relatively higher proportion of 58.2 % agreed that they had enough information about the online learning. However, the proportion who reported receiving adequate guidance, technical support, and having satisfactory hardware and internet access to online learning were 48.1 %, 42, and 35.4 %, respectively. Of all participants, 40.8 % agreed that they had gained a good understanding of their courses learning outcomes. Only 30.0 % agreed that the quality of the online teaching was similar to traditional classes and 56.1 % agreed that the online learning is unsuitable for the medical sciences studies. E-learning advantages mentioned were the flexible accessibility of the learning materials, time, effort, and money saving, acquiring and improving technical and self-learning skills, health safety, interaction without shyness, and better academic accomplishment. On the other hand, disadvantages and difficulties included inadequate tools to facilitate online learning, poor internet connection, lack of technological skills by the educators and students. In addition, there was inadequate or lack of practical classes, lack of a unified clear policy for the conduct of online classes and exams and grade distribution, limited online exam time. Conclusions The sudden shift to e-learning without prior preparedness has revealed some pitfalls that need to be adjusted. The initial findings were considered satisfactory for such a new experience for both learners and students. However, there is a great chance for improving and expanding the e-learning process.

scholarly journals Analysis The Barrier of E-learning in Mathematics Using Type-2 Fuzzy Data

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-73
Author(s):  
Rahul Kar ◽  
Ashok Kumar Shaw
Keyword(s):  
System Reliability ◽  
Fuzzy System ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Great Utility ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Electronic Technologies

E-Learning is learning utilizing electronic technologies to access educational curriculum outside of a traditional classroom. In most cases, it refers to a course, program or degree delivered completely online. E-learning is also a big platform to learn mathematics. But in the current public health crisis, we are all working quickly to move our classes out of the classroom. Fortunately, even if online teaching and learning are new to all of us, some uncertainties are there exists. According to modern view uncertainty is considered essential to science and technology, it is not only the unavoidable plague but also it has impact a great utility. Generally, fuzzy sets are used to analyse fuzzy system reliability. To analyse the fuzzy system reliability, the reliability of each component of the system is considered as a Triangular intuitionistic Type 2 fuzzy number (TIT2FN).

scholarly journals Investigation and Analysis of College Students’ Online Learning Behavior in the Post-epidemic Era—Take Suqian College as an Example

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. p67
Author(s):  
Luo Youhao ◽  
Yang Jianxiang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Epidemic Period ◽  
The World ◽  
E Learning

The COVID-19 epidemic broke out in the world in 2020. With the continuous efforts of people all over the world for a year, the development trend of the epidemic was gradually restrained, and countries began to enter the post-epidemic period one after another. With the students from all over the country returning to school gradually, how to strengthen the normal study of young college students and how to restore the normal teaching order in schools is a huge challenge to both schools and students during this special period of epidemic prevention and control. This paper starts with the phenomenon that the learning effect of online education for college students in Suqian University is not ideal, and carries out on-the-spot questionnaire survey to explore the problem. According to the research, some students have cultivated their good learning habits in the home-school environment, but there are still some problems, such as the majority of students lack of inertial thinking of online learning, lack of attention to online learning and unable to find a suitable mixed online teaching model. Schools should select appropriate teaching models to guide students to participate in online learning. Students should also actively cooperate with teachers to carry out educational work, restrain themselves and devote themselves to study within the stipulated time. Finally, I hope that this paper can effectively promote the development of online e-learning by putting forward some countermeasures and suggestions for the construction of high-quality e-learning model in schools.

scholarly journals Pandemic-Triggered Online Teaching in Romania. A Language Teacher’s Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Enikő Tankó
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Digital Language ◽  
Teacher's Perspective

Abstract With the restrictions caused by the pandemic, schools closed and classes went online in the spring of 2020. Suddenly, teachers found themselves in unexpected situations they had to deal with. With limited IT skills and no training courses offered by the Ministry of Education guiding them into the world of Google Classroom, Meet, or Zoom, teachers all over Romania had to cope with e-learning somehow. In the present study, I propose to investigate some of the positive and negative aspects of going online, to compare digital language classes involving different age groups (pupils of elementary schools or middle schools vs university students), as well as the diverse social background which influenced online learning to a large extent. I also intend to look at teaching different language skills: is there any relevant change in this respect as opposed to teaching face-to-face?

scholarly journals The Effect of Electroacoustic Music in Enhancing Interpersonal Relationships in School Community An Empirical Research for Secondary Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 891-900
Author(s):  
VASSILEIA BOURA
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
School Environment ◽  
School Community ◽  
Electroacoustic Music ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study

Electroacoustic music, as the contemporary art of sounds originating from the human environment, is selected to play a unifying role of interdisciplinary study areas in school, but also be the vehicle for the school community to form links with the wider society for enhancing students' learning, emotional skills and carrier orientation. Electroacoustic music learning methods are empiricaly proved to play an important role in students' education and in future citizens' attitude and ethics. This paper is based on empirical practices and statistically analysed results. Previous studies, worldwide, have shown a positive relationship between music and academic achievement. This study explores the possible reasons why electroacoustic music positively affects interpersonal relationships in school environment. Educators and curriculum developers may want to include electroacoustic music in their instructional units, on an international level. Bioscientists and psychologists may extend this empirical research to scientific. Since 2012 different empirical educational programmes in Greek European and public schools under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, have aimed to enhance learning and intra-school interpersonal relationships in Secondary Education. The programmes reffered to in this paper discribe the results of electroacoustic music effect on interpersonal relationships in the school environment.

scholarly journals Digital Campus – a future former investment in education for a sustainable society

2021 ◽  
Vol 234 ◽  
pp. 00029
Author(s):  
Narcisa Roxana Moşteanu
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Digital Campus ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Administrative Management ◽  
Conventional Teaching ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Social And Physical Environment ◽  
The University

Intelligent learning and research are happening everywhere, nevertheless, conventional teaching and learning in universities, based on face-to-face or in person approach is still the basic environment. Actual movements in socio-economic life around the world impose e-learning and e-presence. However, moving digital is more than online teaching, is changing the environment. The present research paper aims to demonstrate how a digital campus, with all aspects, can perform a crucial role in enriching the university campus’s structure and culture to ensure the quality assurance of teaching, research and administrative management using actual innovative technologies. Moreover, digital campus changes the perspective of social and physical environment, and the present paper found out that Digital campus provide anytime and anywhere access to university facilities (maintaining the environment clean in the same time), learning, research, and meeting the industry as well.

scholarly journals Assessing Students’ Acceptance and Challenges in using Google Classroom as an E-learning Platform at Shari Higher Secondary School, Paro

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tshering Lham ◽  
Pema Jurmey
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning

COVID-19 pandemic had affected Education system around the world. Bhutan also closed down its academic institutions for around 4 months after detection of the first COVID-19 patient. Ministry of Education rolled up the idea of using online forum as an instructional tool to ensure the continuity of education. Besides many available platform, Shari Higher Secondary School decided to use Google Classroom as an instrument for online teaching learning process. Hand-on training were given to both the teachers and students on the usage of G-suite Moodle focusing on Google Classroom. This study attempted to assess students’ perception on the acceptance and challenges of using Google Classroom tool. An online survey based on 5-point Likert scale saw 219 students responding. The survey included statements of agreement on acceptance and challenges dimension. A follow up interview was also sought from few participants. SPSS was used to compute both descriptive and inferential statistics that include mean scores, one sample t-test, and correlation. It was found that students were ready to accept the Google Classroom based online teaching and learning notwithstanding the few challenges that they face.

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