ADAPTATION AND MENTAL RESILIENCE OF CHILDREN, PARENTS, IN GREEK KINDERGARTEN SCHOOLS DURING THE NEW ERA OF PANDEMIC COVID-19. TEACHERS' VIEWS

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  • Paraskevi Foti Dr., Educational Coordinator, Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Scientific Stuff in University of West Attica, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejoe.v6i1.3665

Nyckelord:

mental resilience, crisis, adaptation, kindergarten, teacher’s views

Abstract

The pandemic of Covid-19 has invaded in our lives, with multiple and multidimensional challenges. During the close of school units in Greece at March, teachers were initially used types of distance education, while with the opening of the schools during June they had to face issues, such as the separation of classes, the observance of distances, the use of medical mask, experiencing a new, unprecedented situation. In this paper, reference will be made to key issues of adaptation and mental resilience of children and adults. Then a research carried out will be presented in schools of Primary Education of Athens during the period of June and reopening of school units and teacher’s views on the adaptation of children and parents.

Författarbiografi

  • Paraskevi Foti, Dr., Educational Coordinator, Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Scientific Stuff in University of West Attica, Greece
    Paraskevi Foti is a Coordinator of the Primary and Secondary Education at the 3rd Region of Attica (Greek Ministry of Education) and formerly Head of the 4th Kindergarten of Agia Varvara. She has studied piano and higher theory at the National Conservatory of Athens, and she has completed her master’s degree (Med) in Intercultural Education and Management of Diversity. She completed her second degree in Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens with a specialization in Pedagogical Psychology and her doctoral dissertation (PhD) with the title: "The contribution of ancient Greek language to art and language of Aesop and the added value of ICT Technology" with an Excellent degree. Her first book, entitled "Otherness, Prejudice and Stereotypes in the School Class. Teacher Management Methods "(ed. Grigoris, 2016) was selected as a University chart at Harokopeio University and she has also participated in a collective volume on digital educational scenarios (ed. Grigoris, 2017). Her next book is entitled "Understanding our Language, Ancient and New Greek through Aesop" (ed. Grigoris, 2020), and the next one is entitled "STREAM and Educational Robotics for children aged 3-8years" (ed. Grigoris, 2020) .She has published in many international and national conference proceedings as well as in scientific journals and has a keen interest in Information and Communication Technologies and their contribution to the teaching process. She is an eTwinning and Moodle trainer and she supports open source software. She teaches courses as a Scientific Stuff in the Department of Education and Care of the University of West Attica (since 2011) and in the Postgraduate Program of Pedagogy through Innovative Technologies and Biomedical Sciences of the University of West Attica. Her email is vivifoti@gmail.com and pfoti@uniwa.gr and her website is https://blogs.sch.gr/3syn60-at3/

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2021-04-05

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Vol 6 Nr 1 (2021)

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