Elderly People with Disabilities in the Internet Age

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to explore behaviour regarding the use of the internet by elderly people with movement disabilities. The study illustrates the ways, and the frequency, that they make use of the internet; while identifying the attitudes of non-users towards the internet. Quantitative research was carried out from a sample of 180 questionnaires divided into dyads (ninety users of the internet and ninety non-users) in order to explore and evaluate the attitudes and views of the elderly. The findings identify the factors that motivate older individuals with disabilities to move towards making use of the internet, and allow an understanding of the reasons why some of them are still distrustful towards the internet.

Views of Students’ of Pedagogical Departments on the Teaching of Mathematics in Kindergarten

“…Quantitative research was chosen, and the questionnaire was used as a tool because quantitative research results in quantitative data, and the purpose of the research proposal is to find a percentage that concerns the influence of mathematical stress on children's selfconfidence and school performance. The advantages of quantitative research and questionnaires are that they can be sent to many people, and the researcher cannot change the existing data and the participants' answers (Kyriazopoulos & Samanta, 2011;Paraskevopoulos, 1999). Participants can answer the questions freely without any commitment because they are anonymous and not done directly by the researcher (Paschaliori & Milesi, 2005;Tsalagiorgou & Avgitidou, 2017).…”

Views of students of pedagogical departments on the teaching of mathematics in kindergarten

“…The reason why the quantitative research was chosen and the questionnaire as a tool is because quantitative research results in quantitative data and the purpose of the research proposal is to find a percentage that concerns the influence of mathematical stress on children's self-confidence and school performance. The advantages of quantitative research and questionnaire are that they can be sent to many people, the researcher cannot change the existing data and theanswers of the participants (Kyriazopoulos and Samanta, 2011;Paraskevopoulos, 1999). Participants can answer the questions freely without any commitment, because they are anonymous and not done directly by the researcher (Tsalagiorgou & Avgitidou, 2017;Paschaliori and Milesi, 2005).…”