THE DIGITAL SKILLS OF TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
THE DIGITAL SKILLS OF TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to collect, process and discuss data, literature review and primary information using questionnaires, regarding the reasons for use by the Primary Education teachers in order to make use of digital skills, computers and other technological means in their workplace. The statistical techniques mentioned in this paper are those of descriptive statistical analysis, the display of averages in relevant questions of the questionnaire and the use of inductive methods in order to verify the verification of the research questions or not. The methods of the aforementioned statistical analysis belong to the statistical program of SPSS No.23 and whose results are shown in the results. The 33.8% of the interviewed parents stated that ICT is used in educational teaching for their children as students, for the production of teaching material to a very large extent, 25.6% to a moderate extent, 18% to a small extent, and the remaining 17.3% to a very large extent, the 36.3% of the interviewed parents stated that ICT is used in educational teaching for their children as students, to search for information via the Internet to a very large extent, 34.8% to a very large extent and 20% to a moderate extent degree and the 29% of the parents interviewed stated that they do not use ICT at all for their children as students, to manage e-mail, 26.7% use it to a small extent for this purpose, 19.8% moderately degree and another the same percentage, to a very large extent. The majority of respondents would describe their technological / digital skills as quite satisfactory. Accordingly, the vast majority of interviewed teachers stated that ICT can be used in all subjects of the educational process. The main problems faced by teachers regarding the use of technology in the educational process are the inappropriateness of the infrastructure, connectivity problems, the non-supportive environment from the Director and the lack of resources to upgrade the existing computers. Therefore, a future research could focus on the factors that are set as obstacles for the use of ICT regarding the reasons for use by the Primary Education teachers in order to make use of digital skills, computers and other technological means in their workplace, both by teachers and students.

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