Exploring the Greek Kindergarten Teachers' Views and Practices during the Implementation of Educational Programs

Abstract

In this paper kindergarten teachers describe the types of services and practices they often use to design and implement an educational program. The authors' paper aims to identify and present the kindergarten teachers' views and practices, concerning the types of educational programs-they usually conduct-the kindergarten teachers' training status and needs on designing and implementing such programs according to the mandated Curriculum Studies of Preschool Education for Greece, as well as the teaching methods and equipment settings they usually use in an educational program. They also indicate the problems and difficulties most kindergarten teachers meet while carrying out an educational program, as well as the reasons most kindergarten teachers prefer to carry out an "informal school program." An "informal school program" takes place at a local level and kindergarten teachers do not take this approach to a higher level, in order not to have any particular problems with the school context, the mandated Curriculum Studies and timetable of Preschool Education for Greece currently and the teaching methods, aids and materials.