Αντιλήψεις καθηγητών φυσικής αγωγής για τη διδακτική μεθοδολογία της σύγχρονης εξ αποστάσεως επιμόρφωσης

Abstract

Teachers’ life long training, that is an essential piece of their professional career, is the subject of constant demand of them and of each educational reform interest. The rapid growth of technology and the choices of teaching and learning that it provides give possibilities for synchronous and asynchronous methods of distance continuing training which get over the problems traditional face to face methods create. A synchronous tele-education software provide virtual environment of teaching in which the possibility for enhance interactive and collaborative learning is given. The purpose of the present study was the investigation of physical educators’ perspectives, who participated in a training program which was conducted with the synchronous software centra, for the synchronous online teaching method process. From the results appeared the participants’ satisfaction from the particular instructive method and their conviction that it allows the energetic attendance and the collaborative learning, without influences by the lack of physical presence in the same space of teacher and learners.