Entry Category: Educational Practices & Pedagogies / Teacher Training

Dialogue threads, steps in the formation of a collaborative classroom. Starting with the Freinet Pedagogy – Applying tools of an alternative pedagogy

Detailed report/evaluation of a teacher of the 132nd Primary School of Athens, who applied with her class the tools of Freinet’s Pedagogy during the two-year pilot training program and implementation of Frene’s Pedagogy in public education in 2017-2018. The teacher gives examples of her applications of Frene Pedagogy techniques in her classroom, highlighting the complexity

Education and social justice: The Contribution of Critical Pedagogy

This text refers to the relationship between education and social justice. Focusing on the Critical Pedagogy movement, the paper presents the movement’s proposal for the social mission of education in the perspective of reforming political and social conditions. Issues concerning the role of the school, its political dimension, its relationship with the social context and

The teaching of the mother tongue of foreign language learners at school: A long-term effort with positive results

The article presents a multi-year educational intervention implemented under the responsibility and coordination of the Teaching Staff Association of a multicultural school in central Athens. The initiative focused on the instruction of the native languages of non-native students. Despite the broad participation and the well-documented pedagogical benefits for the entire student body, the initiative faced

“Schools need to open in the afternoon to be schools”: teaching Greek to parents and community members in a public school in Athens.

This study explores, through qualitative methodology, the pedagogical goals and practices of primary school teachers who teach Greek to adult migrant parents and community members in a public school in Athens. It examines instructional approaches, the dynamic interaction with learners, and the formation of an inclusive educational space, where communication and coexistence with the formal

The Ombudsman for Children for the 132 Primary School of Athens

During the 2007-2008 school year, the Ombudsman for Children followed up on an issue that had arisen regarding the operation of the 132nd Primary School of Athens. He visited the school, met and discussed with the students and the Teachers’ Council and addressed to the Ministry of Education his observations and questions concerning the safeguarding

Young Children Big Challenges – Pre-school Education & children with refugee experience

This collective volume focuses on early childhood education for children with refugee backgrounds in Greece, highlighting the institutional, pedagogical, and social challenges that hinder their equitable access to education. Through theoretical analyses and empirical accounts, it emphasizes the need for inclusive policies and educational practices that acknowledge the children’s linguistic and cultural capital and foster

Through Yeti’s eyes: cultivating respect for the ‘other’ in education

The author presents in a concise and simple way various theoretical approaches to respect for diversity, while giving concrete examples from everyday practice. The thread running through all the chapters of the book is the author’s constant reflection on issues of professional ethics and the dilemmas that arise from them. The message for education professionals

Moments of joy at school

The school can and should function as a source of joy and creativity. Love, mutual help, solidarity, friendship, involvement with the arts, play, teamwork, when integrated into the daily life of the school, are basic conditions to enable us, teachers and children, to feel joy and satisfaction. Can the school cultivate these skills? The pupils

Website of the 132nd Primary School of Athens

The official website of the 132nd Primary School of Athens includes the activities of the school, news and announcements, students’ works (e.g. films they have created), articles and publications of the teachers of the school in educational/scientific journals, as well as educational material that resulted from educational programs implemented by the teachers, for example newspapers,