| Volume 23 Number 12 | September 23, 2022 |
Puppet Theatre in Greek preschool Education: Kindergarten Teacher Views
Antonis Lenakakis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Antigoni Paroussi
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Vassilis Tselfes
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Citation: Lenakakis, A., Paroussi, A., & Tselfes, V. (2022). Puppet theatre in Greek preschool education: Kindergarten teacher views. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 23(12). Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.26209/ijea23n12
Abstract
The article presents the results of a research in the field of Greek preschool education concerning the use of puppet theatre by teachers. The central question is: in what ways, but also on the basis of what educational/ pedagogical considerations, do teachers use forms of puppet theatre in the education of preschool children. The research was carried out among a representative sample of 977 teachers. The results point to an extensive use of puppet theatre, supported by a compact set of teachers’ views which tend to indicate puppetry either as an animistic communication tool or as a theatrical medium.
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