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European Journal of Education Studies
ISSN: 2501 - 1111
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doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3723419 Volume 7 ā”‚ Issue 2 ā”‚ 2020
ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION
THROUGH AESOPā€™S FABLES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION
OF ICTS - AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM
Paraskevi Fotii
Dr., Educational Coordinator
in third region of Attika,
Greece
Abstract:
In this paper we present an educational intervention that took place in kindergartens of
Athens during 2016-2017. It was intended to bring children in touch with the Ancient
Greek language and art in a playful way, which included Aesop's fables set to music and
the contribution of ICTs. Children had the educational experience through specific visual
and perceptive exercises in which they participated, came in touch and understand
Aesopā€™s fables in Ancient Greek language, which they "sang" and played with the
contribution of specific educational software.
Keywords: ancient Greek, kindergarten, music, Aesopā€™s fables, educational software
1. Introduction
Research data from the fields of Neurosciences and Psychology during the 20th century,
suggests that cognitive, linguistic and socio-emotional development are largely shaped
by the first six years of the childā€™s life. At the same time, the experiences of the children
during infancy and early childhood influence their subsequent progression in school and
their lives, justifying the great attention paid to pre-school education today, as well as the
increasing worldwide interest in pre-school education; as well as its inclusion by
government agencies in the legislative framework as compulsory, under Law 3518/2006.
A young child represents the future, a future full of hope, prospect and potential which
will develop over time (USPG, 2002). Education is the means of converting our abilities
into skills and that must start in childrenā€™s early ages (Robinson, 1998).
For a child who starts their educational course in kindergarten, adopting positive
attitudes towards school and cultivating learning incentives is extremely important -
even more than acquiring knowledge and skills, as stated by Katz (1993). Therefore, it is
necessary to develop a functional learning environment which will be rich in stimuli and
i Correspondence: email vivifoti@gmail.com, pfoti@uniwa.gr
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will encourage children to explore and discover learning by solving real problems; a
didactic model which allows the child to seek, comprehend and apply ā€œuseful
knowledgeā€. Children are involved in social issues, in their own way and according to
their own needs, while relating their task to the real world; a fact which sensitizes and
integrates them into the community in the best possible way (Nagel, 1996). Children can
achieve knowledge building by developing curiosity and judgement within a context
where learning activities will have meaning for them and will help them to better
understand facts and phenomena of their environment (Doliopoulou, 1999/2004).
When a child goes to kindergarten, they are making a very important step towards
learning and living, making the transition from the home to a more organized school
environment; a transition which will greatly influence their stance towards school. A
child in kindergarten receives ā€œį¼€Ī³Ļ‰Ī³Ī®ā€, i.e. education, a word derived by the word
ā€œį¼„Ī³Ļ‰ā€, which means to lead somebody towards a specific direction or objective; namely,
the child is being led to their somatic-spiritual and intellectual maturity through a
harmonious coexistence with the environment.
Kindergarten is a space within which the children are acquainted with a variety of
languages, cultures, as well as skills; since each child has their own rhythm of
development, is in a different stage of development, possibly speaks a different language
and lives in a different home environment. All the above differences comprise
opportunities through which one child learns from the other, and together they will
become the members of a small society.
The exploration of new ideas and innovative practices which can be applied in
kindergarten school, have led to the main theme of this research. The study of research
which has been conducted in Greece, as well as in other countries, and the bibliographic
review, led to questions which formed the structure of this paper.
ā€¢ How can Ancient Greek contribute to Psycho-educational Development of a pre-
school Child?
ā€¢ Which research has already been conducted in Greece and abroad that can prove
the power of the Greek language and its effects on the brain?
ā€¢ How could kindergarten children be taught Ancient Greek through a playful,
educational intervention?
ā€¢ What would be the contribution of Aesopā€™s Fables in this intervention by initially
exploring the pedagogical and didactic importance of folk narratives?
ā€¢ How could technology help, through educational programs?
2. Theoretical framework
The Ancient Greek is a lively language which can sharpen the mind and our visual-
perceptual skills. Research of the Open Psychotherapy Centre was conducted by Ioannis
Tsegos, with 50 normal children, aged 6 to 9, divided into two fully compatible groups,
each consisting of 25 children. The research investigated the reasons behind learning
difficulty; one group of children attended an additional two hours of Ancient Greek
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lessons per week. Their assessment was conducted with the IQ test W.I.S.C.-III, which
has been calibrated in our country by Psychology Professor D. Georgas and the psycho-
educational test ā€œATHENAā€, which was created and calibrated on Greek children by
Psychology Professor I. Paraskevopoulos of the department of Philosophy, Pedagogy
and Psychology. The data collected was studied by using standardized statistical
methods, T-test, Paired T-test, as well as non-parametric tests (Tsegos, 2005).
From the very first phase of research, which lasted nine months, improvement of
certain cognitive functions of the children, aged 6-9 years, was observed; especially of
visual-perceptual functions, such as perception (perceptive ability) and memory
(mnemonic retention). In the final phase (the third examination) of the research, as was
initially planned, the same children, but of older ages (5th, 6th grade), were tested, aiming
at examining skills and functions which correspond to those ages.
At this stage, it was observed that ā€œmultitonalsā€ dominated once more, with
statistically important upward differences in sub-tests which concerned verbal skills,
such as Vocabulary, Verbal Understanding, Concept Generation, Generalizations and
Categories, that is, skills in Abstract Thought and Linguistic Development.
There was also a statistically important upward difference in a test regarding
Visual-Perceptual abilities, such as Optical Short-term Memory, writing accuracy,
symbol processing speed, hand-eye coordination, the ability to learn in general and
proper adaptation to school type work. The ā€œmonotonalsā€, in contrast, did not present
any statistically important upward tendencies in any of the abilities and functions which
were examined, while downward tendencies were observed in certain Verbal and Visual-
Perceptual abilities.
Kate Chanock (2006), an Australian researcher, described how Ancient Greek
helped a dyslexic English speaker to become non-dyslexic, while, by political decision
through the educational reform conducted in Great Britain, Ancient Greek will be taught
in schools, so that students can learn proper ā€œEnglishā€ (Beard, 2010).
Iris Project was an educational charity institute, founded by Dr. Lorna Robinson
in 2006, in an attempt to introduce the ancient languages of Greek and Latin to all of
Britain, through narration activities, dramatization and theatre. It began, initially, with a
free magazine which was given to students of elementary schools, and language lessons
on weekends, which subsequently expanded to the cities of London and Oxford as a
literacy program (Wikipedia, 2012).
The central question of the research was to approach the ancient Greeks in a
playful manner. The notion of using a playful approach to Aesopā€™s fables is the main
didactic and methodological pedagogy, combined with the musical accompaniment of
the fables. Using musical intelligence (according to Gardner, 1993) along with the
linguistic, spatial and kinesthetic intelligence allowed us to make an interdisciplinary
connection of cognitive fields, using as many types of intelligence as possible
(Matsaggouras, 2002).
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3. ICT in the educational intervention program
We live in a time where the acquisition of ā€œcomputer cultureā€ allows us to conform to the
demands of todayā€™s society and intensifies the need for ICT integration in the educational
process. Therefore, the utilization of new technologies potential in the learning process
and involvement of the students in utilizing new digital tools which serve learning
purposes are considered necessary.
The researcher, in order to include the ICT in the educational intervention
program, paid special attention to questions and concerns with which pre-school
educators are preoccupied, and those are summarized by Zarani and Economides (2009):
ā€¢ Where? When? How? Why? For how long?
ā€¢ Can they be organized by other means (e.g. supervisory material) and if so, why
choose to use a computer in this specific case?
ā€¢ Do they support the overall development of the child?
ā€¢ Do the children want to participate, or do they feel pressured and do they protest?
ā€¢ Are those activities harmoniously combined with the rest of the program?
ā€¢ How much time of computer occupation will their completion need?
ā€¢ Do they follow the principles of constructivism, exploratory learning and critical
pedagogy?
ā€¢ Do they allow cooperation, interaction and communication between children?
The points mentioned above were questions which the researcher seriously
considered before creating and preparing the childrenā€™s activities with ICT and the
software which was finally selected.
For this educational intervention, the Hot Potatoes Software was used because it
is an open-ended software program, with which comprehension and ancient Greek word
matching exercises can be made - words that the children learned through contact with
the three fables of Aesop and their images and the teacher can easily create many different
types of exercises in the form of web pages (html). The individual Hot Potatoes 6.2
programs are called JQUIZ and JMATCH, and they allow us to speak of evaluation of the
educational intervention program in the form of play, because it combines learning with
play, transforming it into a pedagogical tool for the researcher, but also a type of feedback
of the educational material produced. The JQUIZ and JMATCH educational tools were
used to map pictures of the phenomenon in the order of occurrence and corresponding
words, where the children had to match the ancient Greek words to the new Greek words.
Consequently, students can access it through the local network and when the exercises
are appropriately combined with the lesson, in this intervention with the fable, the
program offers opportunity for feedback and becomes a worthwhile tool in the hands of
the educator, who will not have to be limited to a simple teaching assessment machine.
Based on the above data, an Ancient Greek Quiz was created for the children by
the researcher, through the Hot Potatoes software for understanding and evaluating
achieved knowledge, and especially with the JQUIZ tool, which is used to match images
of the phenomenon in the order it occurs and corresponding words, where the children
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had to match the ancient Greek words to the Modern Greek words, by moving the mouse
and simultaneously observing the on screen cursor, and ā€œdraggingā€ the cursor to a
specific spot by clicking the left mouse button once (single click).
After completing this Ancient Greek JQUIZ, which included three questions of
matching ancient Greek words to Modern Greek words, a matching exercise followed,
using the same Hot Potatoes software and the tool JMATCH, which was also designed
by the researcher. In this exercise, the children had to match the ancient Greek words to
the Modern Greek ones, by moving the mouse and simultaneously observing the on
screen cursor, and ā€œdraggingā€ the cursor to a specific spot by clicking the left mouse
button once. In this manner, they were basically solving a crossword with ancient and
Modern Greek. In both Hot Potatoes software exercises, the children could see their
scores, as well as the right answer, which they had to find in order to complete the
exercise. The score was on a scale of 100/100.
These activities were based on behavioral learning theories, where learning is
related to the stimulus-response connection and requires the active involvement of the
student. Repetitions reinforced connections, so did learning. Guidance, teaching and
practice software is based on these theories, but also on the view that the best way to
learn and develop children's knowledge and attitudes is to experiment and actively
engage the child.
As a continuation of the previous paragraph, the characteristics of visualization,
experimentation, and curiosity activation, as well as the enhancement of students'
memory skills and metacognitive ability.
4. Methodological framework
The research ā€“ action was the methodological tool that took place in schools, because the
teacher himself is simultaneously the researcher and the one who acts; in fact, he is the
one who investigates, assumes a central role in the research process, designs the research
program and actively participates in the whole educational process by formulating
assumptions, strategic actions and making assessments. The research-action was in a
small-scale intervention in the operation of the real world and the close examination of
the effects of this intervention. The research - action was thorough and with specific
purpose, it was collaborative, with the participation of 25 class teachers, it was
participatory, with the participation of all the members of the groups, as well as self-
evaluative, because the modifications are constantly evaluated, since the final goal is to
improve the practice in one way or another.
We used the random sampling method for the formation of the total sample and
the six groups from the existing kindergarten classrooms. The method of participatory
observation was used to extract information and collect data, as the observer was an
element directly related to the situations under observation (Delamont & Hamilton,
1993).
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4.1. Sample
Regarding the sample of children participating in the intervention, 87 of them were girls
(49.4%) and 89 were boys (50.6%) (see Figure 1), i.e. the total sample consisted of 176
children. The relatively large number of both the children involved in the research and
the measurements required by our research tool resulted in lots of time required to collect
the necessary data.
4.2. Material
Within the context of the intervention, five tests were given to students, which were
evaluated by the researcher. The areas assessed were understanding, time-perception,
matching, visual ability and visual-perceptual ability. The following table shows the
arithmetic averages and the standard performance deviations per fable and assessment
field.
The Aesopā€™s fables presented to the children were the Turtle and the Hare, the Dog
and the Fox and the Jitsiks and meringues. nitially, there was the discussion and the
discovery of prior knowledge of pupils through question and answer and the
contribution of the puppet theater to the two ancient Greek dolls (bell-shaped)
introduced to children as Fivos and Athena. Followed by the narration of the myth with
the presentation of the images (visualization of the myth) and the first activity
(understanding of the text) the next visit to the schools, was initially followed by the song.
Within the context of the intervention, five tests were given to 276 students, which were
evaluated and were statistically processed with the advanced SPSS IBM Statistics 21 by
the researcher.
4.3 Criteria of evaluation
The areas assessed were understanding, time-perception, matching, visual ability and
visual-perceptual ability. The following table shows the arithmetic averages and the
standard performance deviations per fable and assessment field (see Table 1).
5. Results
Specifically, in terms of fable understanding, in the first myth the average children's
performance is 74.43% in the second 83.69% and in the third it is increased to 92.78% (see
Figure 2).
In terms of time capacity, in the first myth it was 75.80%, in the second myth
86.70% and in the third it was increased to 93.35% (see Figure 3).
As for the correspondence of the ancient with the new, in the first myth the percentage
was 84.49% in the second 89.66% and in the third it was increased to 96.93% (see Figure
4).
In terms of visual ability in the 3 fables the average performance in the first myth
was 77.33%, in the second myth 86.55% and in the third it was increased to 94.15% (see
Figure 5).
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Finally, in terms of visual-perceptual ability with accents, the average children's
performance was 70.54%, in the second myth it was 77.78%, and finally in the third myth
it was increased. at 86.70% (see Figure 6).
The parents participated in the whole educational program with questionnaires
given at the beginning, middle and end of the intervention and formed the basis for
reflection and feedback on the continuation of the program. The age range of parents was
between 30-40 in 57%, 52.6% in primary education and 31.4% in secondary education,
93.7% Greek and 81.8% national origin. had contact with ancient Greek in secondary
education. Through the statistical analysis of the educational intervention, according to
the parents and the feedback received from their children, the rates were initially 85.1%,
then 94.3% and finally 98.9%, while regarding the question of their child's interest in
intervention, it was initially 83.5%, then reached 99.4%, ensuring and demonstrating once
again the success of educational intervention (see Figure 7).
The effectiveness of the program and its success were evaluated by all 25 teachers
who participated, anonymously, in evaluating and completing questionnaires before,
during, and at the end of the intervention. 72% of teachers were high school graduates
and 28% had a postgraduate degree while the average age was 37.2.
After processing the teachers' questionnaires, it appeared that the teachers found
that this intervention program succeeded in contributing to all areas of development,
namely reading, language, visual-perceptual memory, mathematical thinking, in writing,
creativity and expression but also in ICT, with the highest rates in children's musical
development and cultivation, children's visual-perceptual memory, language
development and in mathematical thinking.
The results of the evaluation of the questionnaires completed by the teachers
showed that the overwhelming majority of teachers (88%) considered and considered the
specific intervention program of Ancient Greek as beneficial for children, while in terms
of the interest shown by the children throughout the program, the teachers in the
departments considered that they were very high, at 92%, and agreed to be included in
the curriculum (see Figure 8).
It is worth mentioning that the younger teachers were more positive about the
interest of the children, while the benefit was equally positive at all ages.
6. Discussion
Specific proposals arising from the results of our intervention to design appropriate
programs for pre-school age are:
ā€¢ To integrate the ancient Greek lesson in the curriculum of the kindergarten and on
the axis of the already existing Unified Cross-thematic Curriculum Framework
entitled "Child and Environment" as a separate unit called Child and Ancient
Greece and to include: familiarization of children with Ancient Greece,
ā€¢ familiarization with Ancient Greek Art and its forms of expression,
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ā€¢ familiarization with the Ancient Greek Language. He previously mentioned axes
of the Child and Ancient Greece unit should be approached in teaching forms and
ways whose their main feature and component will be the gaming, experiential
and inventive education of children, i.e. their active participation.
ā€¢ To enrich the curriculum with appropriate teaching material and specific
educational suggestions that are suitable and that the pre-school teachers are able
to use, adapt and "match" them to classroom and pupil data. This material should
be based on the power of the image and of music, but also on the power of ICT
and the computer and to be suitable for the developmental level of children, while
at the same time to be able to stimulate the interest and attention of the pupils.
The behaviourists maintained the concept of reinforcement and reward with the
right frequency of praise to strengthen the child's dedication; from Piaget's cognitive
theory, shaping materials to fit the age and the intellectual level of children; from the
socio-cultural approach of Vygotsky, the zone of proximal development and the highest
potential level that the child can conquer, as well as the concept of guided participation
and the role of the educator as a facilitator who allows the childā€™s agency and learning
through their mistakes.
The basic idea of Brunerā€™s theory that the educator, knowing the level of the child,
can teach "anything", as long as it is comprehensible to the child, was maintained; in
accordance with this, the teaching of the intervention was adapted by activating all three
ways of teaching proposed; and finally, from Gardner's multiple intelligences theory,
combining forms of intelligence, mobilizing the interest of more children and making a
cross-link of cognitive areas, using multiple intelligence types (Matsaggouras, 2002).
The specific intervention program of ancient Greek through Aesop's fables set to
music showed with empirical evidence its successful contribution to children, in terms of
cultivation of language, mathematical and visual-perceptual abilities as well as
familiarization and acquaintance with the ancient Greek language and Art. Based on the
playful approach, the researcher tried to "unite" Music, the ancient Greek Language and
Pre-school Education by forming an educational intervention program that was
evaluated as successful by parents, teachers and, mostly, by children, bringing them in
contact with the language of their ancestors being spoken until today in an experiential
way.
About the Author
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 has completed her masterā€™s degree in Intercultural Education and
Management of Diversity. She completed her second degree in Psychology at Ethnic Kai
Kapodistrian University of Athens with a specialization in Psychology and at the same
department she completed her doctoral dissertation with the title: "The contribution of
ancient Greek language to art and language of Aesop and the added value of ICT
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Technology". Her first book, entitled "Otherness, Prejudice and Stereotypes in the School
Class. Teacher Management Methodsā€ (2016, Athens: Grigoris) was selected as a
university book at Harokopeio University of Athens and also, she has participated in a
collective volume on Teaching Scripts through ICT. (2017, Athens: Grigoris). She has
published in 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 while being an eTwinning and Moodle trainer
in support of open source software. She is a Researcher Associator in the Early Childhood
Department of Education and Care at the University of West Attica teaching the courses
in "Children's Literature" and "Pedagogy of Image" and in the Interdisciplinary Program
of Pedagogy through New Technologies.
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Appendix
a. Figures and Tables
Student sheet
Girls Boys
Figure 1: Gender percentage ratio of students participating in the intervention
Figure 2: Average student performance in the 3 fables comprehension
Figure 3: Average student performance in time sequence in the 3 fables
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Figure 4: Average student matching performance in the 3 fables
Figure 5: Average student visual ability performance in the 3 fables
Figure 6: Average student visual-perceptual ability performance in the 3 fables
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Figure 7: Expectations of parents regarding the usefulness
of the intervention program prior to its implementation
Figure 8: Percentages regarding the evaluation of the usefulness of
the intervention program by teachers prior to the start of the intervention
Table 1: Arithmetic averages and standard performance
deviations based on pupil evaluation per fable and per field
Average Standard Deviation
Contact with dolls 87,92 32,07
1st fable - comprehension 74,43 9,31
1st fable - time capability 75,80 9,17
1st fable ā€“ matching 84,49 10,07
1st fable - visual ability 77,33 9,87
1st fable - visual-perceptual ability 70,54 9,16
2nd fable - comprehension 83,69 8,85
2nd fable - time capability 86,70 10,17
2nd fable ā€“ matching 89,66 9,62
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2nd fable - visual ability 86,65 9,78
2nd fable - visual-perceptual ability 77,78 8,76
3rd fable - comprehension 92,78 8,60
3rd fable - time capability 93,35 11,24
3rd fable ā€“ matching 96,93 6,02
3rd fable - visual ability 94,15 7,28
3rd fable - visual-perceptual ability 86,70 9,53
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  • 1. European Journal of Education Studies ISSN: 2501 - 1111 ISSN-L: 2501 - 1111 Available on-line at: www.oapub.org/edu Copyright Ā© The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. Ā© 2015 ā€“ 2020 Open Access Publishing Group 141 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3723419 Volume 7 ā”‚ Issue 2 ā”‚ 2020 ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH AESOPā€™S FABLES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF ICTS - AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM Paraskevi Fotii Dr., Educational Coordinator in third region of Attika, Greece Abstract: In this paper we present an educational intervention that took place in kindergartens of Athens during 2016-2017. It was intended to bring children in touch with the Ancient Greek language and art in a playful way, which included Aesop's fables set to music and the contribution of ICTs. Children had the educational experience through specific visual and perceptive exercises in which they participated, came in touch and understand Aesopā€™s fables in Ancient Greek language, which they "sang" and played with the contribution of specific educational software. Keywords: ancient Greek, kindergarten, music, Aesopā€™s fables, educational software 1. Introduction Research data from the fields of Neurosciences and Psychology during the 20th century, suggests that cognitive, linguistic and socio-emotional development are largely shaped by the first six years of the childā€™s life. At the same time, the experiences of the children during infancy and early childhood influence their subsequent progression in school and their lives, justifying the great attention paid to pre-school education today, as well as the increasing worldwide interest in pre-school education; as well as its inclusion by government agencies in the legislative framework as compulsory, under Law 3518/2006. A young child represents the future, a future full of hope, prospect and potential which will develop over time (USPG, 2002). Education is the means of converting our abilities into skills and that must start in childrenā€™s early ages (Robinson, 1998). For a child who starts their educational course in kindergarten, adopting positive attitudes towards school and cultivating learning incentives is extremely important - even more than acquiring knowledge and skills, as stated by Katz (1993). Therefore, it is necessary to develop a functional learning environment which will be rich in stimuli and i Correspondence: email vivifoti@gmail.com, pfoti@uniwa.gr
  • 2. Paraskevi Foti ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH AESOPā€™S FABLES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF ICTS - AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 7 ā”‚ Issue 2 ā”‚ 2020 142 will encourage children to explore and discover learning by solving real problems; a didactic model which allows the child to seek, comprehend and apply ā€œuseful knowledgeā€. Children are involved in social issues, in their own way and according to their own needs, while relating their task to the real world; a fact which sensitizes and integrates them into the community in the best possible way (Nagel, 1996). Children can achieve knowledge building by developing curiosity and judgement within a context where learning activities will have meaning for them and will help them to better understand facts and phenomena of their environment (Doliopoulou, 1999/2004). When a child goes to kindergarten, they are making a very important step towards learning and living, making the transition from the home to a more organized school environment; a transition which will greatly influence their stance towards school. A child in kindergarten receives ā€œį¼€Ī³Ļ‰Ī³Ī®ā€, i.e. education, a word derived by the word ā€œį¼„Ī³Ļ‰ā€, which means to lead somebody towards a specific direction or objective; namely, the child is being led to their somatic-spiritual and intellectual maturity through a harmonious coexistence with the environment. Kindergarten is a space within which the children are acquainted with a variety of languages, cultures, as well as skills; since each child has their own rhythm of development, is in a different stage of development, possibly speaks a different language and lives in a different home environment. All the above differences comprise opportunities through which one child learns from the other, and together they will become the members of a small society. The exploration of new ideas and innovative practices which can be applied in kindergarten school, have led to the main theme of this research. The study of research which has been conducted in Greece, as well as in other countries, and the bibliographic review, led to questions which formed the structure of this paper. ā€¢ How can Ancient Greek contribute to Psycho-educational Development of a pre- school Child? ā€¢ Which research has already been conducted in Greece and abroad that can prove the power of the Greek language and its effects on the brain? ā€¢ How could kindergarten children be taught Ancient Greek through a playful, educational intervention? ā€¢ What would be the contribution of Aesopā€™s Fables in this intervention by initially exploring the pedagogical and didactic importance of folk narratives? ā€¢ How could technology help, through educational programs? 2. Theoretical framework The Ancient Greek is a lively language which can sharpen the mind and our visual- perceptual skills. Research of the Open Psychotherapy Centre was conducted by Ioannis Tsegos, with 50 normal children, aged 6 to 9, divided into two fully compatible groups, each consisting of 25 children. The research investigated the reasons behind learning difficulty; one group of children attended an additional two hours of Ancient Greek
  • 3. Paraskevi Foti ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH AESOPā€™S FABLES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF ICTS - AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 7 ā”‚ Issue 2 ā”‚ 2020 143 lessons per week. Their assessment was conducted with the IQ test W.I.S.C.-III, which has been calibrated in our country by Psychology Professor D. Georgas and the psycho- educational test ā€œATHENAā€, which was created and calibrated on Greek children by Psychology Professor I. Paraskevopoulos of the department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology. The data collected was studied by using standardized statistical methods, T-test, Paired T-test, as well as non-parametric tests (Tsegos, 2005). From the very first phase of research, which lasted nine months, improvement of certain cognitive functions of the children, aged 6-9 years, was observed; especially of visual-perceptual functions, such as perception (perceptive ability) and memory (mnemonic retention). In the final phase (the third examination) of the research, as was initially planned, the same children, but of older ages (5th, 6th grade), were tested, aiming at examining skills and functions which correspond to those ages. At this stage, it was observed that ā€œmultitonalsā€ dominated once more, with statistically important upward differences in sub-tests which concerned verbal skills, such as Vocabulary, Verbal Understanding, Concept Generation, Generalizations and Categories, that is, skills in Abstract Thought and Linguistic Development. There was also a statistically important upward difference in a test regarding Visual-Perceptual abilities, such as Optical Short-term Memory, writing accuracy, symbol processing speed, hand-eye coordination, the ability to learn in general and proper adaptation to school type work. The ā€œmonotonalsā€, in contrast, did not present any statistically important upward tendencies in any of the abilities and functions which were examined, while downward tendencies were observed in certain Verbal and Visual- Perceptual abilities. Kate Chanock (2006), an Australian researcher, described how Ancient Greek helped a dyslexic English speaker to become non-dyslexic, while, by political decision through the educational reform conducted in Great Britain, Ancient Greek will be taught in schools, so that students can learn proper ā€œEnglishā€ (Beard, 2010). Iris Project was an educational charity institute, founded by Dr. Lorna Robinson in 2006, in an attempt to introduce the ancient languages of Greek and Latin to all of Britain, through narration activities, dramatization and theatre. It began, initially, with a free magazine which was given to students of elementary schools, and language lessons on weekends, which subsequently expanded to the cities of London and Oxford as a literacy program (Wikipedia, 2012). The central question of the research was to approach the ancient Greeks in a playful manner. The notion of using a playful approach to Aesopā€™s fables is the main didactic and methodological pedagogy, combined with the musical accompaniment of the fables. Using musical intelligence (according to Gardner, 1993) along with the linguistic, spatial and kinesthetic intelligence allowed us to make an interdisciplinary connection of cognitive fields, using as many types of intelligence as possible (Matsaggouras, 2002).
  • 4. Paraskevi Foti ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH AESOPā€™S FABLES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF ICTS - AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 7 ā”‚ Issue 2 ā”‚ 2020 144 3. ICT in the educational intervention program We live in a time where the acquisition of ā€œcomputer cultureā€ allows us to conform to the demands of todayā€™s society and intensifies the need for ICT integration in the educational process. Therefore, the utilization of new technologies potential in the learning process and involvement of the students in utilizing new digital tools which serve learning purposes are considered necessary. The researcher, in order to include the ICT in the educational intervention program, paid special attention to questions and concerns with which pre-school educators are preoccupied, and those are summarized by Zarani and Economides (2009): ā€¢ Where? When? How? Why? For how long? ā€¢ Can they be organized by other means (e.g. supervisory material) and if so, why choose to use a computer in this specific case? ā€¢ Do they support the overall development of the child? ā€¢ Do the children want to participate, or do they feel pressured and do they protest? ā€¢ Are those activities harmoniously combined with the rest of the program? ā€¢ How much time of computer occupation will their completion need? ā€¢ Do they follow the principles of constructivism, exploratory learning and critical pedagogy? ā€¢ Do they allow cooperation, interaction and communication between children? The points mentioned above were questions which the researcher seriously considered before creating and preparing the childrenā€™s activities with ICT and the software which was finally selected. For this educational intervention, the Hot Potatoes Software was used because it is an open-ended software program, with which comprehension and ancient Greek word matching exercises can be made - words that the children learned through contact with the three fables of Aesop and their images and the teacher can easily create many different types of exercises in the form of web pages (html). The individual Hot Potatoes 6.2 programs are called JQUIZ and JMATCH, and they allow us to speak of evaluation of the educational intervention program in the form of play, because it combines learning with play, transforming it into a pedagogical tool for the researcher, but also a type of feedback of the educational material produced. The JQUIZ and JMATCH educational tools were used to map pictures of the phenomenon in the order of occurrence and corresponding words, where the children had to match the ancient Greek words to the new Greek words. Consequently, students can access it through the local network and when the exercises are appropriately combined with the lesson, in this intervention with the fable, the program offers opportunity for feedback and becomes a worthwhile tool in the hands of the educator, who will not have to be limited to a simple teaching assessment machine. Based on the above data, an Ancient Greek Quiz was created for the children by the researcher, through the Hot Potatoes software for understanding and evaluating achieved knowledge, and especially with the JQUIZ tool, which is used to match images of the phenomenon in the order it occurs and corresponding words, where the children
  • 5. Paraskevi Foti ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH AESOPā€™S FABLES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF ICTS - AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 7 ā”‚ Issue 2 ā”‚ 2020 145 had to match the ancient Greek words to the Modern Greek words, by moving the mouse and simultaneously observing the on screen cursor, and ā€œdraggingā€ the cursor to a specific spot by clicking the left mouse button once (single click). After completing this Ancient Greek JQUIZ, which included three questions of matching ancient Greek words to Modern Greek words, a matching exercise followed, using the same Hot Potatoes software and the tool JMATCH, which was also designed by the researcher. In this exercise, the children had to match the ancient Greek words to the Modern Greek ones, by moving the mouse and simultaneously observing the on screen cursor, and ā€œdraggingā€ the cursor to a specific spot by clicking the left mouse button once. In this manner, they were basically solving a crossword with ancient and Modern Greek. In both Hot Potatoes software exercises, the children could see their scores, as well as the right answer, which they had to find in order to complete the exercise. The score was on a scale of 100/100. These activities were based on behavioral learning theories, where learning is related to the stimulus-response connection and requires the active involvement of the student. Repetitions reinforced connections, so did learning. Guidance, teaching and practice software is based on these theories, but also on the view that the best way to learn and develop children's knowledge and attitudes is to experiment and actively engage the child. As a continuation of the previous paragraph, the characteristics of visualization, experimentation, and curiosity activation, as well as the enhancement of students' memory skills and metacognitive ability. 4. Methodological framework The research ā€“ action was the methodological tool that took place in schools, because the teacher himself is simultaneously the researcher and the one who acts; in fact, he is the one who investigates, assumes a central role in the research process, designs the research program and actively participates in the whole educational process by formulating assumptions, strategic actions and making assessments. The research-action was in a small-scale intervention in the operation of the real world and the close examination of the effects of this intervention. The research - action was thorough and with specific purpose, it was collaborative, with the participation of 25 class teachers, it was participatory, with the participation of all the members of the groups, as well as self- evaluative, because the modifications are constantly evaluated, since the final goal is to improve the practice in one way or another. We used the random sampling method for the formation of the total sample and the six groups from the existing kindergarten classrooms. The method of participatory observation was used to extract information and collect data, as the observer was an element directly related to the situations under observation (Delamont & Hamilton, 1993).
  • 6. Paraskevi Foti ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH AESOPā€™S FABLES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF ICTS - AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 7 ā”‚ Issue 2 ā”‚ 2020 146 4.1. Sample Regarding the sample of children participating in the intervention, 87 of them were girls (49.4%) and 89 were boys (50.6%) (see Figure 1), i.e. the total sample consisted of 176 children. The relatively large number of both the children involved in the research and the measurements required by our research tool resulted in lots of time required to collect the necessary data. 4.2. Material Within the context of the intervention, five tests were given to students, which were evaluated by the researcher. The areas assessed were understanding, time-perception, matching, visual ability and visual-perceptual ability. The following table shows the arithmetic averages and the standard performance deviations per fable and assessment field. The Aesopā€™s fables presented to the children were the Turtle and the Hare, the Dog and the Fox and the Jitsiks and meringues. nitially, there was the discussion and the discovery of prior knowledge of pupils through question and answer and the contribution of the puppet theater to the two ancient Greek dolls (bell-shaped) introduced to children as Fivos and Athena. Followed by the narration of the myth with the presentation of the images (visualization of the myth) and the first activity (understanding of the text) the next visit to the schools, was initially followed by the song. Within the context of the intervention, five tests were given to 276 students, which were evaluated and were statistically processed with the advanced SPSS IBM Statistics 21 by the researcher. 4.3 Criteria of evaluation The areas assessed were understanding, time-perception, matching, visual ability and visual-perceptual ability. The following table shows the arithmetic averages and the standard performance deviations per fable and assessment field (see Table 1). 5. Results Specifically, in terms of fable understanding, in the first myth the average children's performance is 74.43% in the second 83.69% and in the third it is increased to 92.78% (see Figure 2). In terms of time capacity, in the first myth it was 75.80%, in the second myth 86.70% and in the third it was increased to 93.35% (see Figure 3). As for the correspondence of the ancient with the new, in the first myth the percentage was 84.49% in the second 89.66% and in the third it was increased to 96.93% (see Figure 4). In terms of visual ability in the 3 fables the average performance in the first myth was 77.33%, in the second myth 86.55% and in the third it was increased to 94.15% (see Figure 5).
  • 7. Paraskevi Foti ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH AESOPā€™S FABLES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF ICTS - AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 7 ā”‚ Issue 2 ā”‚ 2020 147 Finally, in terms of visual-perceptual ability with accents, the average children's performance was 70.54%, in the second myth it was 77.78%, and finally in the third myth it was increased. at 86.70% (see Figure 6). The parents participated in the whole educational program with questionnaires given at the beginning, middle and end of the intervention and formed the basis for reflection and feedback on the continuation of the program. The age range of parents was between 30-40 in 57%, 52.6% in primary education and 31.4% in secondary education, 93.7% Greek and 81.8% national origin. had contact with ancient Greek in secondary education. Through the statistical analysis of the educational intervention, according to the parents and the feedback received from their children, the rates were initially 85.1%, then 94.3% and finally 98.9%, while regarding the question of their child's interest in intervention, it was initially 83.5%, then reached 99.4%, ensuring and demonstrating once again the success of educational intervention (see Figure 7). The effectiveness of the program and its success were evaluated by all 25 teachers who participated, anonymously, in evaluating and completing questionnaires before, during, and at the end of the intervention. 72% of teachers were high school graduates and 28% had a postgraduate degree while the average age was 37.2. After processing the teachers' questionnaires, it appeared that the teachers found that this intervention program succeeded in contributing to all areas of development, namely reading, language, visual-perceptual memory, mathematical thinking, in writing, creativity and expression but also in ICT, with the highest rates in children's musical development and cultivation, children's visual-perceptual memory, language development and in mathematical thinking. The results of the evaluation of the questionnaires completed by the teachers showed that the overwhelming majority of teachers (88%) considered and considered the specific intervention program of Ancient Greek as beneficial for children, while in terms of the interest shown by the children throughout the program, the teachers in the departments considered that they were very high, at 92%, and agreed to be included in the curriculum (see Figure 8). It is worth mentioning that the younger teachers were more positive about the interest of the children, while the benefit was equally positive at all ages. 6. Discussion Specific proposals arising from the results of our intervention to design appropriate programs for pre-school age are: ā€¢ To integrate the ancient Greek lesson in the curriculum of the kindergarten and on the axis of the already existing Unified Cross-thematic Curriculum Framework entitled "Child and Environment" as a separate unit called Child and Ancient Greece and to include: familiarization of children with Ancient Greece, ā€¢ familiarization with Ancient Greek Art and its forms of expression,
  • 8. Paraskevi Foti ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH AESOPā€™S FABLES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF ICTS - AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 7 ā”‚ Issue 2 ā”‚ 2020 148 ā€¢ familiarization with the Ancient Greek Language. He previously mentioned axes of the Child and Ancient Greece unit should be approached in teaching forms and ways whose their main feature and component will be the gaming, experiential and inventive education of children, i.e. their active participation. ā€¢ To enrich the curriculum with appropriate teaching material and specific educational suggestions that are suitable and that the pre-school teachers are able to use, adapt and "match" them to classroom and pupil data. This material should be based on the power of the image and of music, but also on the power of ICT and the computer and to be suitable for the developmental level of children, while at the same time to be able to stimulate the interest and attention of the pupils. The behaviourists maintained the concept of reinforcement and reward with the right frequency of praise to strengthen the child's dedication; from Piaget's cognitive theory, shaping materials to fit the age and the intellectual level of children; from the socio-cultural approach of Vygotsky, the zone of proximal development and the highest potential level that the child can conquer, as well as the concept of guided participation and the role of the educator as a facilitator who allows the childā€™s agency and learning through their mistakes. The basic idea of Brunerā€™s theory that the educator, knowing the level of the child, can teach "anything", as long as it is comprehensible to the child, was maintained; in accordance with this, the teaching of the intervention was adapted by activating all three ways of teaching proposed; and finally, from Gardner's multiple intelligences theory, combining forms of intelligence, mobilizing the interest of more children and making a cross-link of cognitive areas, using multiple intelligence types (Matsaggouras, 2002). The specific intervention program of ancient Greek through Aesop's fables set to music showed with empirical evidence its successful contribution to children, in terms of cultivation of language, mathematical and visual-perceptual abilities as well as familiarization and acquaintance with the ancient Greek language and Art. Based on the playful approach, the researcher tried to "unite" Music, the ancient Greek Language and Pre-school Education by forming an educational intervention program that was evaluated as successful by parents, teachers and, mostly, by children, bringing them in contact with the language of their ancestors being spoken until today in an experiential way. About the Author 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 has completed her masterā€™s degree in Intercultural Education and Management of Diversity. She completed her second degree in Psychology at Ethnic Kai Kapodistrian University of Athens with a specialization in Psychology and at the same department she completed her doctoral dissertation with the title: "The contribution of ancient Greek language to art and language of Aesop and the added value of ICT
  • 9. Paraskevi Foti ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH AESOPā€™S FABLES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF ICTS - AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 7 ā”‚ Issue 2 ā”‚ 2020 149 Technology". Her first book, entitled "Otherness, Prejudice and Stereotypes in the School Class. Teacher Management Methodsā€ (2016, Athens: Grigoris) was selected as a university book at Harokopeio University of Athens and also, she has participated in a collective volume on Teaching Scripts through ICT. (2017, Athens: Grigoris). She has published in 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 while being an eTwinning and Moodle trainer in support of open source software. She is a Researcher Associator in the Early Childhood Department of Education and Care at the University of West Attica teaching the courses in "Children's Literature" and "Pedagogy of Image" and in the Interdisciplinary Program of Pedagogy through New Technologies. References Beard, M. 2010. The Parthenon Harvard University Press Bernstein, L. 1976. The unanswered question: Six talks at Harvard. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, Brown, J., Sherill, C., & Gench, B. 1981. Effects of integrated Physical Education .Music program in changing early childhood perceptual motor performance. Perceptual and Motor Skills 53 :151-154. Chanock, K. 2006. Help for a dyslexic learner from an unlikely source: the study of Ancient Greek. Literacy, Volume40, Issue 3: 164-170. Dalcroze, E. J. 1921/1967 Rhythm, Music and Education (translated by H. F. Rubinstein). Surrey: The Dalcroze Society. DEPPS 2002. Interdisciplinary Single Side of Kindergarten Curriculum and Activity Planning and Development Programs. Athens, Ministry of Education and Science Dewey, J. 1971. A common faith. New Haven, CT.: Yale University Press. Dodge D. T. & Colker R. 1988. The Creative Curriculum fir early childhood, Teaching Strategies Inc. Washington D.C. Hoene Wronski 1978. Definitions of music. New York: Da Capo Press. Karageorgis, C., & Terry, P. 1997. The psychophysical effects of music in sport and exercise. Journal of Sport Behavior 20 : 54-68. Doliopoulou E. 1998. The Computer in Preschool in Pedagogical Review 27: 97-115. Doliopoulou, E. 1999. Contemporary Trends in Preschool Education. Athens, Typothito ā€“ George Dardanos. Katz, P. 1982. Development of childrenā€™s racial awareness and inter group attitudes, in: L. Katz (ed), Current topics in early childhood education, Norwood, NJ, Ablex: 17 ā€“ 54. Kendall R. A. 1986. The role of acoustic signal partitions in listener categorization of musical phrases. Music Percept 4(2):185-214. Markantonis, I. 1981. "Education" in Papyros Larous Britannika, vol. 2, Papyros Publishing Organization, Athens,
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  • 11. Paraskevi Foti ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH AESOPā€™S FABLES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF ICTS - AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 7 ā”‚ Issue 2 ā”‚ 2020 151 Appendix a. Figures and Tables Student sheet Girls Boys Figure 1: Gender percentage ratio of students participating in the intervention Figure 2: Average student performance in the 3 fables comprehension Figure 3: Average student performance in time sequence in the 3 fables
  • 12. Paraskevi Foti ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH AESOPā€™S FABLES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF ICTS - AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 7 ā”‚ Issue 2 ā”‚ 2020 152 Figure 4: Average student matching performance in the 3 fables Figure 5: Average student visual ability performance in the 3 fables Figure 6: Average student visual-perceptual ability performance in the 3 fables
  • 13. Paraskevi Foti ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH AESOPā€™S FABLES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF ICTS - AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 7 ā”‚ Issue 2 ā”‚ 2020 153 Figure 7: Expectations of parents regarding the usefulness of the intervention program prior to its implementation Figure 8: Percentages regarding the evaluation of the usefulness of the intervention program by teachers prior to the start of the intervention Table 1: Arithmetic averages and standard performance deviations based on pupil evaluation per fable and per field Average Standard Deviation Contact with dolls 87,92 32,07 1st fable - comprehension 74,43 9,31 1st fable - time capability 75,80 9,17 1st fable ā€“ matching 84,49 10,07 1st fable - visual ability 77,33 9,87 1st fable - visual-perceptual ability 70,54 9,16 2nd fable - comprehension 83,69 8,85 2nd fable - time capability 86,70 10,17 2nd fable ā€“ matching 89,66 9,62
  • 14. Paraskevi Foti ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION THROUGH AESOPā€™S FABLES WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF ICTS - AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM European Journal of Education Studies - Volume 7 ā”‚ Issue 2 ā”‚ 2020 154 2nd fable - visual ability 86,65 9,78 2nd fable - visual-perceptual ability 77,78 8,76 3rd fable - comprehension 92,78 8,60 3rd fable - time capability 93,35 11,24 3rd fable ā€“ matching 96,93 6,02 3rd fable - visual ability 94,15 7,28 3rd fable - visual-perceptual ability 86,70 9,53 Creative Commons licensing terms Author(s) will retain the copyright of their published articles agreeing that a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) terms will be applied to their work. Under the terms of this license, no permission is required from the author(s) or publisher for members of the community to copy, distribute, transmit or adapt the article content, providing a proper, prominent and unambiguous attribution to the authors in a manner that makes clear that the materials are being reused under permission of a Creative Commons License. Views, opinions and conclusions expressed in this research article are views, opinions and conclusions of the author(s). Open Access Publishing Group and European Journal of Education Studies shall not be responsible or answerable for any loss, damage or liability caused in relation to/arising out of conflicts of interest, copyright violations and inappropriate or inaccurate use of any kind content related or integrated into the research work. All the published works are meeting the Open Access Publishing requirements and can be freely accessed, shared, modified, distributed and used in educational, commercial and non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).