OPEN JOURNAL FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH (OJER)
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Playful Learning and Skills Improvement
Panagiota Andreopoulou * yota_an@yahoo.com * ORCID: 0000-0003-0945-3412
University of the Aegean, Faculty of Humanities, Rhodes, Department of Preschool Education & Educational Design, GREECE
Loukas Moustakas * lmoustakas@aegean.gr * ORCID: 0000-0001-7467-0072
University of the Aegean, Faculty of Humanities, Rhodes, Department of Preschool Education & Educational Design, GREECE
Open Journal for Educational Research, 2019, 3(1), 25-38 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojer.0301.03025a
Online Published Date: 6 July 2019
LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
ARTICLE (Full Text - PDF)
KEY WORDS: play, skills, creativity, education, quantitative research, questionnaire.
ABSTRACT:
Learning is essential throughout human life. Accordingly, teachers and educators seek ways to strengthen learning. The use of play in the learning process seems to promote learning. Therefore, this research attempts to study how the integration of play in the learning process favors skills upgrading, using the quantitative research method and in particular the questionnaire. The sample consists of primary, secondary teachers and adult educators. In its context, variations in the attitudes of the participants in the sample arise, as regards their gender, the level of education, in which they work, and the years of service in it. The research results are in line with existing literature confirming the contribution of play to the improvement of skills and underline the need for further research and sensitization of the educational community so that it forms an integral part of the educational process, from formal up to adult education.
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Panagiota Andreopoulou, School of Humanities, Department of Preschool Education and Educational Design, University of the Aegean, 39 Radiofonias str., Ilion 13122, GREECE.
E-mail: yota_an@yahoo.com.
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