The authors explore why teachers are totally unprepared to accept in the classroom the various versions of diversity: ethnic, social, cultural. They argue that this is largely due to the way they have been trained and are called upon to educate. In Greek education, the value of homogeneity and the silencing of difference are two
Entry Category: Educational Practices & Pedagogies / Teacher Training
Compass – Manual for Human Rights Education with young people
A methodological guide to human rights education for young people, which provides teachers, animators and scientists working with young people with a theoretical framework, methodological guidelines, practical exercises, educational material and activity suggestions, in order to inform and motivate young people to actively engage with the broader issue of human rights and, by extension, the
Schools For All – Inclusion of refugee children in Greek schools. Manual: 31 Basic Activities
A practical resource for educational settings and schools across Europe to create an inclusive, welcoming learning environment for refugee students. The handbook is freely available in Greek and English as a pdf and in Greek as a digital platform.It contains proposals and actions that have been put into practice in training and in the schools
Heterogeneity and school
The authors explore why teachers are totally unprepared to accept in the classroom the various versions of diversity: ethnic, social, cultural. They argue that this is largely due to the way they have been trained and are called upon to educate. In Greek education, the value of homogeneity and the silencing of difference are two
“We” and the “others”: teachers’ experiences
The authors describe their experiences from two different educational contexts: a primary school in Athens with 65% Turkish-speaking students, internal migrants from Thrace, and a high school in Thrace with exclusively minority students. They explain how they experienced contact with difference in all its forms (students, parents, fellow teachers) and how the conflicts that daily
From here and from everywhere: Educational changes and pedagogical practices for an open school
This proceedings volume brings together research and educational practices addressing pedagogical change and the challenge of diversity in contemporary schools. Through multiple thematic areas—ranging from education policy to refugee inclusion and intercultural pedagogy—it emphasizes the need for open, inclusive, and adaptive educational frameworks. The volume positions education as a site of transformation and democratic engagement
Negotiating Identities: Education for Empowerment in a Diverse Society
The stereotypes of low achievement of minority students can be overturned. The key to this lies in empowering students’ identity. The teacher-student relationship emerges as the predominant space where learning takes place; the identity of the bilingual student is strengthened as a product of negotiation between the subjects.
The teacher who let children dream
A film by Daniel Losset produced by French Public Television (2006) on the activities of the pioneering educator Celestin Freinet during the inter-war period. The film tells the story of Freinet’s efforts, against the establishment and reactionary society, to create an open and democratic school that let children dream and express themselves freely.
Practicum network of Early Childhood Education Departments in Greece
The official website of the Practicum network of Early Childhood Education Departments in Greece, which consists of scientists from the Departments of Early Childhood Education of the country’s universities who work in their departments in the field of practical training of students and have developed relevant research activity. The Network has been operating since 2008
Passion for Life (L ‘école buissonnière)
The film is about the pioneering ideas of the French educator Celestin Freinet. It is based on his wife’s notes and documents his early years as a young teacher in interwar France. In 1920, Freinet was appointed to the boys’ primary school in a small traditional village in Provence. Troubled by his students’ lack of