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Zotou, Vasiliki. "Effective foreign language teaching : a Greek case study." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.239863.
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Alkalaki, Eleni. "Pedagogical Content Knowledge : A comparative study of Greek heritage language teachers in Sweden." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-194178.
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Instructional quality is essential for student learning. Pedagogical Content Knowledge, which is considered the interim between knowledge and pedagogy has been found to have a positive impact on instructional quality and subsequently student achievement. Studies in Pedagogical Content Knowledge have been mainly targeted on mathematics and science, leaving the language education domain underrepresented. From a comparative perspective, this study investigated Greek heritage language teachers ́ Pedagogical Content Knowledge, taking into consideration their teaching experience. Data collected by interviews, undertaken by nine participants, showed that teachers employ their Pedagogical Content Knowledge mostly by adapting the material, instruction, and assessment to the individual needs of the students. The analysis also suggested differences between more and less experienced teachers. More experienced teachers were found to be more comfortable and autonomous in the classroom, while less experienced teachers mentioned feeling insecure and fearing unexpected situations. More experienced teachers also established more advanced Pedagogical Content Knowledge, because of their ability to connect the new information with previous knowledge of the students as well as using personalized assessment for students. The data also showed that heritage language teachers in Sweden face many challenges in their teaching, with heterogeneity in language proficiency being the most persistent. The implications suggested in this study aim to improve heritage language learning and developing a supportive system for teachers and students in order to avoid the language shift that is present threatens the vitality of heritage languages.
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Karagiozis, Nectaria. "Children's reception and uses of fairy tale narratives in a Greek second language learning environment." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/9033.
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Children perceive stories in particular ways and they use the rules and the roles depicted in their content to negotiate and formulate their everyday world (Wolf and Heath, 1992). This qualitative research study investigates children's construction of meaning and use of fairy tale narratives in a Greek second language learning environment. Twenty-two participants from the Canadian Greek Heritage Language School participate in the study. The students are asked to reflect on their engagements with specific Greek fairy tales, and then to express the ideas and feelings produced through their interaction with these cultural texts. The study highlights the salient role of texts in processes of identity formation, their influence on the definition of values, and their contribution to the installation of notions regarding the community and the future. Many theorists argue that the analysis of cultural texts from this perspective can lead individuals to challenge social constructs.
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Vagianou, Maria. "Cartoon humour in children's dictionaries and its effect on English language learning in Greek primary education." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323988.
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Bechtel, Molly M. "First-generation college students and greek membership : understanding college experiences through the lens of community cultural wealth." Scholarly Commons, 2010. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/752.
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Although first-generation college students and fratemity and sorority members have been explored and described independently within higher education research, less is known about the overlap in these two experiences and the culminating student population which provides the focus for this study. This study investigates the college experiences of six first-generation college students who are members of Greek-letter organizations at universities on the west coast. Case study methodology and community cultural wealth (Y osso, 2005) are used to analyze semistructured, in-depth interviews and provide rich descriptions, which inform an understanding of why students join Greek-letter organizations, the nature of their experience, and how their membership may influence how they experience college. Although participants did not describe their experience in college or in a Greek-letter organization as particularly unique as a result of their generational status, findings indicate a substantial gain in social and navigational capital, which they intended to utilize during and after their college years. Findings also indicate that due to the involvement in the Greek community, first-generation college students experienced college with a greater commitment to persist. By utilizing community cultural wealth to describe and explain first-generation college students in Greek-letter organizations, it emerges as a relevant framework for student affairs educators to incorporate into their practice.
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Karavas, Evdokia. "English language teachers in the Greek secondary school : a study of their classroom practices and their attitudes towards methodological and materials innovation." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1993. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/36100/.
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The study set out to investigate the degree of implementation of a communicative learner-centred curriculum and textbooks in the Greek secondaiy school English language classroom. The aims of the research were: a) to investigate the Greek English language teachers' actual teaching practices and the degree to which they are in accordance with the philosophy and principles of the curriculum, and b) to examine the extent to which certain factors (i.e. teachers' understanding of, and attitudes towards, the communicative learner centred approach, teachers' non- involvement in the innovation process, teachers' opinions of the textbooks, lack of systematic teacher training) may be associated with the teachers' classroom behaviour. For the first part of the research, classroom observations of 14 Greek English language teachers, working in schools within and around the Athens area, were carried out. An observation scheme was developed focusing on the teachers' implementation of activities. The aim of the scheme is to describe the roles the teachers adopt in the classroom. 'reacher roles were also investigated through an analysis of the teachers' linguistic behaviour. Transcripts of the 14 observed lessons were analysed in terms of teachers' error correcting practices (amount and types of learner errors corrected by teachers and the error treatments used) and their questioning practices (amount and types of questions asked by the teachers). For this latter focus a question typology derived from the data was developed. Teachers' attitudes towards, and understanding of, the communicative learner-centred approach were investigated via a Likert type attitude scale developed for the purposes of this study and a questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 28 closed-type items eliciting teachers' opinions of the textbooks and the teachers' guides, and reports of their teaching practices. The questionnaire and attitude scale was completed by an additional 87 teachers working in public secondary schools within and around the Athens area. Finally, as a means of achieving methodological triangulation, interviews with the observed teachers were carried out. The interviews focused on the teachers' knowledge of, and attitudes towards, the approach they have been asked to use. The thesis is divided into 10 chapters. Chapter 1 sets the context of the study, its main objectives and research questions. Chapters 2 and 3 contain reviews of the literature relevant to the communicative approach and the implementation of curriculum innovations. The research questions, model of the study and a detailed account of the development of the research instruments employed in the study are provided in chapter 4. Chapters 5 to 9 deal with the implementation of the research instruments and the results of the data analysis. More specifically, chapter 5 deals with the analysis and findings of the teachers' error correcting practices, and chapter 6 with the findings of teachers' questioning practices . The results of the observation scheme analysis are dealt with in chapter 7. Chapter 8 focuses on the results of the attitude scale and questionnaire completed by the 14 teachers and chapter 9 on the results of the interviews. A summary of the study's main results, a critique of the various research methods employed in the study, as well as implications of the study's findings for practice are presented in chapter 10. The findings of the classroom observations revealed a disparity between the principles of the curnculum and textbooks and their implementation in the classroom. The teachers tended to front the classroom and perform a restricted range of roles, overwhelmingly favouring the roles of transmitter, controller of students' language and evaluator. The analysis of teachers' linguistic behaviour corroborated these findings. The results of the attitude scale, questionnaire and interviews revealed that teachers, due to their lack of training, had a very limited understanding of the main principles of the approach they had been asked to implement. The teachers tended to translate innovatoiy concepts to conform to their existing theories of language and language teaching/learning. The study has aimed to contribute to two areas where language teaching research is largely lacking: a) classroom implementation of a communicative approach in a foreign language teaching context and b) the investigation of language teachers' attitudes and their importance in understanding language teachers' classroom behaviour. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations for would-be curriculum developers working in contexts similar to the Greek one are provided in the concluding chapter of the thesis.
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Palechorou, Irene. "How can educational drama be used to facilitate the acquisition of Greek as an additional language by ethnic minority pupils in a Cypriot primary classroom?" Thesis, University of Warwick, 2011. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/50021/.
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Globalisation along with dramatic increases in immigration, have led to increased levels of diversification in modern societies. The rapid change of the Cypriot society to a multicultural and multilingual one has resulted in the presence of a multitude of additional languages in Cypriot primary classrooms, reinforcing the concern for the education of pupils whose first language is other than the dominant language of the country. As a primary school teacher I am concerned in developing an effective pedagogy that can support these pupils’ additional language learning. Thus, the specific action research project at the heart of this research examines how educational drama can be used to facilitate the acquisition of Greek as an additional language by ethnic minority pupils in a Cypriot primary classroom. Throughout this thesis language learning is understood as a social construct, a continual, negotiated exchange of meanings, between the child and the environment, drawing on social theories of language that stress the overarching importance of cultural and social interactions for second language learning. Guided by theory, this research argues for the inter-relationship between social and linguistic processes and how specific drama strategies enable both one and the other. Evidence from this research suggests that a dramatic context that reflects the cultural and linguistic diversity of the classroom has a positive effect in GAL students’ affective variables, and particularly the socio-cultural factors and the personal variables within oneself, as well as the affect on L2 learning of the reflection of that self to other people. Illustrative drama schemes, developed throughout the project, together with concrete examples of children’s work are provided to represent more clearly how living contexts and fictitious worlds can be created within which the different functions of language can be identified and developed. At the same time unconventional and anxiety-reducing strategies for assessing second language learning are presented.
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Papadomichelaki, Roumpini Alkaterini, and Lash Keith Vance. "English language institute in Greece: A business proposal." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2151.
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Chrysostomou, Maria. "Primary teachers’ perceptions and attitudes on the status of experiential learning in outdoor language teaching in Cyprus." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Nationellt centrum för utomhuspedagogik (NCU), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-95434.
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Outdoor education is considered to be a recent teaching approach and method in a general educational framework, which is related to learning through authentic places and different direct experiences. However, the learning process within the educational system in Cyprus is mainly based on traditional models of teaching. Despite that fact, a modified society established the necessity for a new educational curriculum, which was implemented in 2010. Thus, the current research is focused on a curriculum-related study on outdoor learning and teaching, based on experiential learning in primary schools in Cyprus. Specifically, the focal point is on teachers’ perceptions regarding the status of experiential learning within the Greek language curriculum and the possibilities of implementing outdoor language activities, in order to enhance students’ learning. Through a qualitative approach, this research included analysis of the data extracted from ten semi-structured synchronous online interviews with primary teachers. The data were analysed thematically and summarized in five themes related to the connections between outdoor learning, experiential learning and language teaching. In particular, the relevant findings demonstrated that experiential learning is mainly presented on a theoretical base through the language curriculum and that outdoor language activities, although they can enhance the implementation of more efficient lessons, are limited. The results reveal primary teachers’ basic knowledge on the field of outdoor education, as they additionally noted some important barriers of outdoor learning, such as time limitations, lack of support and the traditional way of thinking. Thus, they pointed out the necessity of applying significant changes that will support the new Greek language curriculum and its basic principles. Additionally, the teachers acknowledged several benefits of outdoor language teaching mainly related to the students’ personal and social development. The above findings contribute to the current limited scientific knowledge, concerning the practice of outdoor education in primary level in Cyprus. To conclude, the results of the specific study are focused on the perceptions of the ten participants, so they cannot be generalized. Therefore, further research on the related field would be important for a wider investigation of outdoor language learning within the Cypriot educational system.
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Ewing, Christopher Boyd. "Effects of Fluency and Accuracy-Only Training on Acquisition and Retention of Letter Naming by Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4881/.
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This study examines the effects of accuracy-only training and fluency training on retention of material learned. Two adolescent participants with traumatic brain injuries were taught to name 2 sets of lowercase Greek letters. Each of the 2 sets consisted of 7 letters. Practice and rate of reinforcement were controlled for in this study. Fluency trained letters showed higher retention (percent correct during retention checks) than the accuracy-only trained letters.
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Pereira, NÃzia Olimpia Dias Borges. "Potential of the Creole language in environmental education: secondary schools in the city of Praia, Cape Green." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2013. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=11274.
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CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel SuperiorApesar de ser o principal veÃculo de comunicaÃÃo dos cabo-verdianos, residentes e na diÃspora, a lÃngua Crioula nÃo logrou alcanÃar o estatuto de lÃngua oficial de Cabo Verde, passados 38 anos, desde a independÃncia polÃtica do PaÃs. Com forte presenÃa na cultura das Ilhas, o Crioulo, no entanto, sà se destaca em ambientes informais, ao contrÃrio do PortuguÃs, cuja legitimidade à reconhecida pela ConstituiÃÃo de 1992 como lÃngua oficial de Cabo Verde. Com este reconhecimento oficial, o Crioulo foi literalmente afastado da administraÃÃo, do ensino formal e informal, dos negÃcios e da diplomacia. Na EducaÃÃo Ambiental, a discriminaÃÃo do Crioulo atinge nÃveis de pura ausÃncia. Esta pesquisa fala das potencialidades do uso da lÃngua materna de Cabo Verde, o Crioulo, como instrumento na EducaÃÃo Ambiental nas escolas de ensino secundÃrio, no MunicÃpio da Praia. Sua habilidade como lÃngua estruturada à demonstrada por meio de pesquisas diversas que antecedem esta dissertaÃÃo, e, entrevistas dirigidas aos professores, coordenadores e diretores das escolas do ensino secundÃrio no MunicÃpio da Praia, capital de Cabo Verde, comprovam o seu potencial. A pesquisa aponta claramente a vontade de valorizar o Crioulo, introduzindo-a como lÃngua de apoio, juntamente com a LÃngua Portuguesa no que concerne à EducaÃÃo Ambiental, faltando a vontade polÃtica dos decisores para a sua implantaÃÃo. Neste trabalho, propÃe-se o inÃcio de amplo debate nacional sobre as potencialidades da lÃngua-mÃe, como instrumento de mudanÃas de comportamentos, em face da degradaÃÃo do meio ambiente e dos seus impactos para a sociedade, nomeadamente para as geraÃÃes vindouras.
The understanding the cultural identity of the Cape Verdeans should be the first step for a project of environmental education that make use of the full linguistic capabilities of their country and of its specificities. The use of the mother tongue, Creole which ancestrally linked to the identity of the people of Cape Verde displays a potential proportional to the own identity, conservationist by the nature. Despite being the main vehicle of communication of Cape Verdeans,residents and those in the diaspora, the Creole language has failed to achieve the status of Cape Verde official language since the country political independence, 38 years ago. With a strong presence in culture of the Islands, the Creole, however, stands out only in informal environments, whereas Portuguese is established as official language of the country. The Creole has been literally away from the Administration and from the formal and informal education processes. Concerning the Environmental Education, the discrimination of Creole reaches levels of sheer absence. This research seeks to search and to understand the potential of the use of Cape Verde mother tongue, the Creole, as an instrument for the Environmental Education at the secondary schools level in the Municipality of Praia, proven through interviews targeting teachers, coordinators and directors of secondary schools in the territory of Municipality of Praia. The research clearly points out to valorize Creole, inserting it as language of support, sideways with the Portuguese language with regard to Environmental Education, lacking political will of decision-makers for its deployment. The findings shows that Capeverdean mother tongue is acknowledged to have great potential, as an instrument of behaviors changes trough out environmental degradation and its impact on society, in particular for generations to come.
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Sprague, Adam. "Analyzing the Feedback Preferences and Learning Styles of Second-Language Students in ESOL Writing Courses at Bowling Green State University." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1489519863691965.
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Rigolio, Alberto. "Beyond schools and monasteries : literate education in Late Roman Syria (350-450 AD)." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:85ff7460-1425-418e-8718-652473a371e6.
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The subject of the present work is the provision of higher literate education in late Roman Syria (c. 350 - c. 450). The difference that Christianity made to literate education has always been in danger of being explained with the introduction and the development of a new kind of instruction provided in monasteries. A rigid dichotomy between secular schools and Christian monasteries, however, finds limited validation in our sources for literate education. While early Christian literature often presented monasteries as providers of education, documentary evidence offers a more blurred picture. On the one hand, studentsʼ papyri show the penetration of Christianity into schools, and, on the other, secular instructional texts have been found in the excavations of early monasteries in Egypt. This thesis presents a neglected corpus of Christian instructional texts that call into question an oppositional understanding of scholastic and monastic education in the Syrian region during late Antiquity. The corpus consists of the Syriac translations of six literary pieces by (or attributed to) Plutarch, Lucian, and Themistius that bring together features of rhetorical education with an interest in Christian asceticism (ch. 2). While the contents and the transmission of the Syriac translations reveal the link to Christianity and Christian ascetic practice (ch. 3), the textual form and the choice of the texts unearths the underlying connection to traditional literate education (ch. 4). These documents, which will be put in relation to instructional literature composed in Greek, Latin, and Syriac in the same period, challenge the existence of a neat line dividing scholastic and monastic education in the Syrian region during late Antiquity. A fresh analysis that is not constrained by a preconceived model of monastic instruction better accounts for the involvement of early Christian leaders in higher education and prompts a new investigation of their conduct on the social scene. Their agency now appears much closer to that of their non-Christian counterparts, sophists in primis, and raises the broader question of the extent to which they owed their considerable success to the implementation of strategies ultimately derived from the world of professional paideia.
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Adams, Emily. "Bringing John Green to Schools: Incorporating Young Adult Literature in a Secondary English Language Arts Classroom." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2014. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1570.
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As educators and administrators continue to struggle with the low literacy proficiency rates in this country, a new genre of literature is making its way into the classroom. Young Adult Literature, such as the works of John Green, are becoming a more familiar sight inside the classroom. However, some parents, educators, and members of the school districts are not happy with this new trend. In the last year, alone, young adult books have been challenged hundreds of times in hopes of getting them removed from the classroom and library. I believe that these books need to stay in the schools, though. Through this thesis, I explore the possibility of Young Adult Literature having more of a presence in the secondary English Language Arts classroom in order to increase motivation, engagement, social awareness, and literacy rates. In this research project, only 13% of 11th and 12th grade English Language Arts students
reported enjoying the reading they were currently assigned, despite their statement that they enjoy reading, in general. These books do not lead to motivated and engaged readers. By
incorporating Young Adult Literature into the standard curriculum of an English Language Arts classroom, teachers can enhance motivation, engagement, and productivity. Students can
continue to learn the same literary concepts and techniques, in addition to being exposed to current social problems. When Young Adult Literature is brought into a classroom, an
environment is created in which students can learn what they think, why they think it, and how to respect the differing opinions of others.B.S.
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Bowden, Chelsea Mina. "Isocrates' Mimetic Philosophy." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1331049173.
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Youssef, Soha. "International Teaching Assistant (ITA) training program at Bowling Green State University: Putting the needs of ITAs and the expectations of undergraduate native English-speaking students (NESSS) in conversation." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1522601913474312.
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Vanhalme, Charlotte. "Citoyenneté postmoderne et didactique des langues anciennes: quel projet d'autonomie intellectuelle pour l'apprenant ?" Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209794.
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Il s’agit de déterminer si différents constats posés initialement relatifs à l’évolution de la société et du monde scolaire sont les épiphénomènes d’une tendance générale ou s’ils sont simplement issus d’une synchronie fortuite. De l’analyse de ces constats émergent des problématiques qui se cristallisent autour de concepts. D’une part, on identifie la perception de la citoyenneté, de l’autre, le développement d’un projet d’autonomie intellectuelle, assorti d’une conscientisation des apprentissages. Nous traitons d’abord les questions relatives à la citoyenneté dans le cursus scolaire avant d’approfondir les questions concernant la didactique, adoptant l’hypothèse que les liens entre ces constats participent d’une même dynamique mais s’actualisent à des degrés divers. Ainsi, la recherche débute par les différentes situations pédagogiques dans lesquelles les apprenants sont confrontés à la citoyenneté durant leur cursus officiel dans certains pays ou communautés représentatives. Le second chapitre présente l’analyse profonde et minutieuse des dynamiques sociétales sous-jacentes aux écueils mentionnés pour se focaliser ensuite sur le contexte scolaire. Une définition du sens des notions utilisées est nécessaire au troisième chapitre avant d’envisager toute réponse aux questions liminaires en pédagogie puis en didactique des langues anciennes, aux chapitres quatre et cinq. Le travail se concrétise par un corpus de textes accompagnés de pistes d’exploitation avant de conclure et d’envisager les perspectives.&9679; Clef :comment les langues anciennes peuvent-elles aider les élèves à s’approprier les concepts de l’éthique citoyenne ?L’autonomie intellectuelle, condition sine qua non de l’éthique citoyenne, ne provient pas ipso facto d’une lecture assidue des auteurs classiques mais elle peut constituer le projet qui sous-tend toute démarche de l’enseignant. Praxéologique à tendance pragmatique, cette recherche ne vise point à un utilitarisme réducteur de leur enseignement mais tente de répondre à un besoin axiologique.
&9679; Objectif :montrer comment une orientation méthodologique et déontologique précise dans l’apprentissage des langues anciennes sensibilise aux problématiques citoyennes du même type que celles qui caractérisent notre société postmoderne
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BENEDETTI, MARTA. "I classici attraverso l'Atlantico: la ricezione dei Padri Fondatori e Thomas Jefferson." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/10784.
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La tesi si occupa di verificare l’influenza che i classici greci e latini hanno esercitato su i padri fondatori americani e più in particolare su Thomas Jefferson. La prima sezione tratteggia il contesto universitario e lo studio delle lingue classiche tra seicento e settecento, comprendendo non solo le università inglesi (Oxford e Cambridge) e scozzesi, ma anche i nuovi college nati nelle colonie americane. Tale analisi dei modelli e delle pratiche educative ha permesso, in effetti, di comprendere meglio l’influenza dei classici sui rivoluzionari americani. Nello specifico viene scandagliata a fondo l’educazione ricevuta da Jefferson. Tra i numerosi spunti di studio aperti da codesto argomento, il lavoro si concentra sulle modalità con cui i classici gli furono insegnati, sul suo Commonplace Book (una raccolta di brani tratti in parte da autori antichi letti in giovinezza) e su documentazione epistolare. Quest’ultima è oggetto particolare di studio, allo scopo di scoprire quali opere antiche Jefferson, in età adulta e durante la vecchiaia, lesse e apprezzò. Essendo un collezionista di libri, comprò moltissimi testi classici come dimostrano alcuni suoi manoscritti.
Nonostante manchino dati precisi a riguardo, risulta inoltre che Jefferson, benché facesse largo uso di traduzioni, preferiva leggere in originale e che probabilmente abbia letto la maggior parte di questi libri durante il ritiro dalla vita politica.
La seconda parte della tesi si concentra, invece, a indagare quanto la sua educazione classica abbia contributo alla formazione della sua personalità e delle sue idee, nonché alla forma stessa del suo pensiero in merito ad alcune tematiche. Lo studio è di conseguenza dedicato all’esperienza umana di Jefferson, in particolare alla sua riflessione sulla morte e sull’eternità, temi fortemente legati alla sua ricezione di idee epicuree e stoiche. Epicureismo e Stoicismo rappresentano, in definitiva, i due sistemi filosofici antichi che hanno maggiormente influenzato la sua personalità e il suo pensiero.The aim of the present work is to evaluate the impact of the ancient classics on the American Founding Fathers, with a particular focus on Thomas Jefferson. The first section gives a wide portrait of the academic context in which the Founders were educated, comprising not only of Oxford, Cambridge, and the Scottish universities, but also the colonial colleges. The evaluation of the educational practices in use at the time makes it possible to understand better the classical impact on revolutionary Americans. In particular, this analysis studies in depth Jefferson's education. Of the many possible perspectives and approaches to this topic, the present work focuses on the way ancient classics were taught to him, his Commonplace Book, which reports part of the ancient classics he read during his youth, and his correspondence. The latter has been studied especially to understand which other ancient writers he read, valued, and esteemed in his adulthood and old age. As book collector, Jefferson bought an incredible number of ancient classics, as attested by a few manuscripts of his book lists. Despite the dearth of sure evidence, it is very likely that he read the ancient works largely during his retirement. He loved reading them in the original, though he made great use of translations. The second part of this work is dedicated to investigating how Jefferson's classical education contributed to the building of his personality and ideas, as well as how he elaborated specific classical themes in his own life. The study is thus focused on Jefferson's personal human experience, specifically on his reflection on human mortality and the afterlife. These themes, indeed, are strictly linked to his reception of Epicurean and Stoic tenets, the two ancient philosophical systems which had the greatest and most profound impact on Jefferson's personality and thought.
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Aravossitas, Themistoklis. "From Greek School to Greek's Cool: Heritage Language Education in Ontario and the Aristoteles Credit Program - Using Weblogs for Teaching the Greek Language in Canada." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/25467.
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Heritage Language Education is considered the cornerstone of Canada’s multiculturalism policy. In Ontario, the mission to preserve the cultural capital of the various ethnic communities is carried out primarily by non-profit organizations and groups with limited official support.
My thesis is the autobiographical inquiry of an internationally educated teacher who is involved in a Greek language credit program in Toronto. My commitment to understanding the needs of the new generation of learners guided me through a series of professional development initiatives and the creation of an educational blog which is currently used by students, parents and teachers of the Aristoteles Credit School.
By presenting my experiences as I navigated the multidimensionality of HLE in Ontario, I hope to offer a case of a bottom-up reform attempt which is based on transformative pedagogy and brings heritage language education to the epicentre of community activity and educational change in the 21st century.
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Papoutsakis, Konstantinos. "The institutional and administrative framework for the teaching of modern Greek in the Diaspora." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11798.
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M.A. (Greek)The aim of this dissertation is to examine the stance of the Greek state and the implementation of the educational model in the last 30 years as far as concerns the great issue of education for the Greeks ofthe Diaspora. This research attempts to create the prerequisites for constructing a new institutional platform that will satisfy the substantial future needs of Greek language education abroad through browsing, gathering, recording and critically approaching of the institutional framework that relates to Greek language education abroad and the work of other researchers who have tackled similar issues. In the theoretical part we look into the institutional framework and the institutions that support Greek language education abroad by critically evaluating the educational model and its goals. In the practical part which refers to the institutional decisions, we explore whether the needs and goals of the educational model of Greek education abroad are covered. We examine the potential of upgrading what is provided by the national centre ofeducational services and the funds spent in that matter. More specifically the structure ofthe dissertation is as following: In the first part we explain basic terminology related to the education of Greeks living abroad, which is used throughout the dissertation. The educational institutions - laws (goals, aims and critical approach of the educational policy), as well as the bodies - forms of Greek language education abroad are presented. Furthermore, we critically examine the functions and responsibilities of the Education Offices abroad and study the bilingual private school SAHETI in South Africa. The second part refers to the implementation of the educational model, the produced results and the cost of Greek language education abroad. More specifically, through critically analyzing the statistics and the numerical data of the study, we examine the students of Greek language education abroad, the education staff, the education departments that exist and their operational costs. Moreover, the process of choosing the teachers to be seconded in countries abroad is seen from a critical angle and the demands-qualifications of teachers which are prerequisites to achieve the goals of the educational model are analyzed. We also make suggestions for institutional renewal, upgrading, as well as changing the way in which the teachers and administrative services abroad are monitored. In the closing part we draw conclusions, make suggestions for renewing the national educational model all the while taking into consideration the social, political and educational developments. The overall aim is to upgrade the quality of the educational services provided abroad.
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Δρυ, Ιωάννα. "Σύγκριση εκπαιδευτικού υλικού για τη διδασκαλία της γραμματικής σε μη φυσικούς ομιλητές στη δευτεροβάθμια εκπαίδευση." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10889/5476.
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Αντικείμενο της παρούσας έρευνας είναι ο τρόπος διδασκαλίας της γραμματικής της ελληνικής γλώσσας στους μαθητές που δεν είναι φυσικοί ομιλητές της. Πιο συγκεκριμένα ερευνάται κατά πόσον στα εκπαιδευτικά υλικά που έχουν παραχθεί από το Κέντρο Διαπολιτισμικής Αγωγής του ΕΚΠΑ και από το Πρόγραμμα Εκπαίδευσης Μουσουλμανοπαίδων του ΕΚΠΑ και αφορούν τη διδασκαλία της γραμματικής σε αλλόγλωσσους ακολουθούνται οι αρχές της διδασκαλίας της ελληνικής ως δεύτερης/ξένης γλώσσας, όπως αυτές καθορίζονται από το Αναλυτικό Πρόγραμμα διδασκαλίας της ελληνικής σε αλλοδαπούς μαθητές. Η σύγκριση αφορά το υλικό που αναφέρεται στη διδασκαλία του επιθέτου (ονοματική φράση) και του μέλλοντα (ρηματική φράση). Βασίστηκε σε ποιοτικά κριτήρια βάσει των οποίων ερευνήθηκε το εκπαιδευτικό υλικό. Στα συμπεράσματα της έρευνας ελήφθησαν υπόψη οι διαφορετικές ανάγκες που κατά περίπτωση καλύπτουν τα συγκεκριμένα εκπαιδευτικά υλικά.
Η έρευνα εντάσσεται στο πλαίσιο του γενικότερου προβληματισμού σχετικά με την παραγωγή κατάλληλου εκπαιδευτικού υλικού για τη διδασκαλία της ελληνικής γλώσσας στους αλλόγλωσσους μαθητές που φοιτούν όχι μόνο στα μειονοτικά αλλά και στα υπόλοιπα ελληνικά σχολεία. Ανάλογο εκπαιδευτικό υλικό χρειάζεται να χρησιμοποιείται από τους συναδέλφους όλων των σχολείων με τη μορφή εναλλακτικού ή παράλληλου υλικού, στο πλαίσιο της ενισχυτικής διδασκαλίας ή και της κανονικής σχολικής τάξης για την ενίσχυση της γλωσσομάθειας των αλλοδαπών μαθητών στη δευτεροβάθμια εκπαίδευση.-
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Balamosev, Konstantinos. "The language of early Byzantine epistolography in the light of unpublished letters from the Vienna papyrus collection (4th - 7th cent. AD)." Doctoral thesis, 2019. https://depotuw.ceon.pl/handle/item/3200.
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The doctoral thesis aims at presenting the language and style of early Byzantine epistolography, as well as the ideas and emotions that underlie it, seen through the prism of unpublished material from the collection of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. Its starting point is the examination of private letters written on papyri dated from the 4th to the 7th century AD. The dissertation processes a "raw" material, thanks to which we can get an immediate insight into linguistic and stylistic evolution, social networks developing in the Byzantine province of Egypt, people and their emotions.
This work consists of a catalog of the edited texts to help navigate through the material and the following parts:
A. The introductory part, divided into three sections: 1) Review of literature on the history of ancient Greek epistolography, and previous monographs, key articles and research; 2) A detailed description of the work methodology; 3) Language aspects and stylistics. Part 3 discusses the most interesting discoveries from the linguistic point of view and other observations made on the basis of the edited texts, of particular value for researchers in the field of history and other related fields.
B. Texts: edition of twenty-five letters made according to papyrological standards; accurate transcription; commentary on individual lines of text (analysis of the form and content of documents): grammar, phonetics, structural phenomena, prosopographic data, socio-historical analysis, paleographic comparisons with other texts.
C. Conclusions: summary of research results.
Finally, in the form of annexes, there appear full indexes of dates, names, professions and officials, terms related to religion and the Church, and a general index of Greek words. One of the annexes, illustrated with photos, is devoted to the abbreviations appearing in the texts. The annexes also contain a list of so-called nomina sacra, or abbreviations of a special form used to write names, proper names, and terms closely related to the Christian religionRozprawa doktorska ma za zadanie przedstawić język i stylistykę wczesnobizantyjskiej epistolografii, a także idee i emocje w niej obecne, widziane przez pryzmat niepublikowanego wcześniej materiału z kolekcji Biblioteki Narodowej Austrii w Wiedniu. Jej punktem wyjścia jest badanie listów prywatnych pisanych na papirusach, datowanych od IV do VII w.n.e. Rozprawa opracowuje „surowy” materiał, dzięki któremu możemy uzyskać natychmiastowy wgląd w ewolucję językową i stylistyczną, sieci społecznościowe rozwijające się w bizantyjskiej prowincji Egiptu, na ludzi i ich emocje. Niniejsza praca składa się z katalogu opracowanych tekstów ułatwiającego poruszanie się po materiale oraz następujących części: A. Część wstępna, podzielona na trzy sekcje: 1) Przegląd literatury omawiającej historię starożytnej greckiej epistolografii oraz dotychczasowych monografii, najważniejszych artykułów i badań; 2) Szczegółowy opis metodologii pracy; 3) Aspekty językowe i stylistyka. Część 3 omawia odkrycia najciekawsze z punktu widzenia języka oraz inne obserwacje poczynione na podstawie opracowanych tekstów i mające szczególną wartość dla badaczy reprezentujących dziedziny historyczne. B. Teksty: edycja dwudziestu pięciu listów wykonana wedle standardów papirologicznych; staranna transkrypcja; komentarz do poszczególnych linii tekstu (analiza formy i treści dokumentów): gramatyka, fonetyka, zjawiska strukturalne, dane prosopograficzne, analiza społeczno-historyczna, paleograficzne porównania z innymi tekstami. C. Konkluzje: podsumowanie wyników badań. Na koniec, w postaci aneksów, pojawiają się pełne indeksy dat, imion, zawodów i urzędników, terminów związanych z religią i Kościołem, oraz ogólny indeks słów greckich. Jeden z aneksów, ilustrowany zdjęciami, poświęcony jest skrótom występującym w tekstach. Aneksy zawierają także listę tzw. nomina sacra, czyli skrótów o szczególnej formie stosowanych do zapisu imion, nazw własnych i terminów ściśle powiązanych z religią chrześcijańską.
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Φανουράκη, Κλειώ. "Η διδασκαλία των φιλολογικών μαθημάτων μέσω της θεατρικής αγωγής στη δευτεροβάθμια εκπαίδευση." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10889/5341.
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Η εργασία έχει ως στόχο να διερευνήσει τον βαθμό και τον τρόπο με τον οποίο η θεατρική αγωγή μπορεί να αποβεί χρήσιμη για τη διδασκαλία της Αρχαίας και της Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας και Γραμματείας στη Δευτεροβάθμια Εκπαίδευση. Με βάση το θεωρητικό υπόβαθρο του ‘δράματος στην εκπαίδευση’ ως μεθοδολογίας για τη διδασκαλία των φιλολογικών μαθημάτων, η διερευνητική εμπειρική μελέτη που ακολούθησε στηρίχθηκε στην επιλεκτική εφαρμογή θεατρικών τεχνικών και συμβάσεων, λαμβάνοντας ωστόσο υπόψη και τους περιορισμούς της σχολικής πραγματικότητας (έλλειψη εξοικείωσης των μαθητών αλλά και των φιλολόγων με τη θεατρική αγωγή, περιορισμένος διδακτικός χρόνος κλπ.). Η γνωριμία με το αντικείμενο της θεατρικής αγωγής αποτέλεσε βασικό κριτήριο σχεδιασμού της έρευνας, ενώ την ίδια στιγμή γινόταν μέσο για τη διδασκαλία των φιλολογικών μαθημάτων.
Στη δραματοποίηση κατά τη διδασκαλία συγκεκριμένων διδακτικών ενοτήτων, η οποία έλαβε χώρα σε συνεργασία με τον φιλόλογο του εκάστοτε τμήματος αλλά πάντα με την παρουσία της γράφουσας ως βασικής εμψυχώτριας, συμμετείχαν 1040 μαθητές και 30 φιλόλογοι, από όλες τις τάξεις του Γυμνασίου και του Λυκείου (διαφορετικών τύπων σχολείων) από το Νομό του Ηρακλείου Κρήτης. Στα ερωτηματολόγια, τα οποία δίνονταν ύστερα από τη διεξαγωγή κάθε διδασκαλίας, απάντησαν 768 μαθητές και όλοι οι φιλόλογοι. Τα αποτελέσματα κατηγοριοποιήθηκαν και αναλύθηκαν στατιστικά (για την επαγωγική ανάλυση των δεδομένων χρησιμοποιήθηκε το κριτήριο x2).
Η πλειονότητα των μαθητών και των φιλολόγων διατύπωσε πολύ θετική γνώμη για τη διδασκαλία των φιλολογικών μαθημάτων μέσα από τις θεατρικές τεχνικές, ενώ απέδωσε την αποτελεσματικότητά της στα εξής: κατανόηση και αφομοίωση του μαθήματος, το οποίο έγινε πιο ευχάριστο, καλλιέργεια επικοινωνίας και συνεργασίας μεταξύ των μαθητών, δημιουργική αλλαγή στη σχέση μαθητή – φιλολόγου, επίδρασή της στην απόδοση των μαθητών, ενεργή και αυτόβουλη συμμετοχή όλων (και δη των ώς τότε χαρακτηριζόμενων ως αδιάφορων ή αδύναμων μαθητών) στο μάθημα, καλλιέργεια δεξιοτήτων και ενδιαφερόντων σε σχέση με το αντικείμενο διδασκαλίας. Τα αποτελέσματα μελετήθηκαν με βάση το φύλο των μαθητών, τη σχολική βαθμίδα, το είδος του σχολείου και το συγκεκριμένο φιλολογικό μάθημα. Η ερμηνεία των αποτελεσμάτων οδηγεί στο συμπέρασμα ότι, εφόσον υπάρχει κατάλληλος σχεδιασμός, η δραματοποιημένη διδασκαλία των φιλολογικών μαθημάτων μπορεί να αποβεί ωφέλιμη για την επίτευξη των ειδικών στόχων των συγκεκριμένων μαθημάτων αλλά και των γενικότερων σκοπών της εκπαίδευσης.This research investigates the level and way with which theatre education can be useful for the teaching of the Ancient and Modern Greek Language and Literature in Secondary Education. Based on the theoretical background of drama in education as a methodology for the teaching of the philological lessons, the exploratory research derived from the selective application of theatre techniques and conventions taking into account both the limitations of the current conditions of Secondary Education (the lack of familiarization of both the students and philologists in theatre’s education, limited didactic time etcetera). The acquaintance with the subject of theatre education constituted basic criteria for the research planning, while at the same time became a medium for the teaching of philological subjects. During the application of dramatization in the teaching of specific didactic units, which took place in collaboration with the philologist of each class but always with the presence of the existing writer as the basic drama teacher, 1040 students and 30 philologists participated, coming from all the six classes of Greek gymnasium and lyceum (varying in school types) from the prefecture of Heraclion-Crete. The questionnaires given after each class were answered by 768 students and all the philologists. The results were categorized and analyzed statistically (for the inductive analysis of data, the criterion used was x2). The majority of students and philologists expressed a positive opinion for the teaching of the philological lessons through theatre techniques, while they attributed its effectiveness on: comprehension, assimilation of the class which became more pleasant, cultivation of communication and collaboration between students, creative change in the relationship between student and philologist and its effect on students output, active and voluntary participation (including the students characterized as “weak”), cultivation of skills and interests in relation to the subject of teaching. The results were studied based on the gender of students, the school level, the school type and the specific philological subject. The interpretation of the results concludes that as long as there is a specific planning, the dramatization of teaching the philological subjects can be effective for the realization of the achievement of specific goals of these subjects and for the general aims of education (paideia).
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Σιμόπουλος, Γιώργος. "Η διαπολιτισμική ικανότητα του εκπαιδευτή ενηλίκων : Μια έρευνα στο πεδίο της διδασκαλίας της Ελληνικής ως δεύτερης γλώσσας." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10889/7953.
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Σκοπός της διατριβής ήταν να διερευνηθεί η συγκρότηση των παραδοχών, στάσεων και πρακτικών που συνδέονται με τη διαπολιτισμική ικανότητα των εκπαιδευτών ενηλίκων στο πεδίο της διδασκαλίας της ελληνικής ως δεύτερης γλώσσας σε μετανάστες εκπαιδευόμενους. Εξετάστηκε η σχέση του βαθμού διαπολιτισμικής ικανότητας των εκπαιδευτών ενηλίκων με τις παραδοχές τους σε σχέση με την επαγγελματική τους ταυτότητα, καθώς και με βασικές αρχές της εκπαίδευσης ενηλίκων. Διερευνήθηκε, επίσης, η συνάφεια της ανάπτυξης της διαπολιτισμικής ικανότητας με επιλογές επαγγελματικής ανάπτυξης που σχετίζονται με θεωρητικές αναφορές σχετιζόμενες με το πλαίσιο της μετασχηματίζουσας μάθησης.
Η έρευνα βασίστηκε σε μεθοδολογική τριγωνοποίηση, αξιοποιώντας ερωτηματολόγιο που συμπληρώθηκε από 211 εκπαιδευτές που διδάσκουν την ελληνική γλώσσα ως δεύτερη ή ξένη, παρατήρηση 20 τμημάτων διδασκαλίας, συνεντεύξεις με τους εκπαιδευτές και δείγμα εκπαιδευομένων αυτών των τμημάτων (23 και 47 συνεντεύξεις αντίστοιχα) και συμμετοχική παρατήρηση των συναντήσεων και του εξ αποστάσεως διαλόγου μιας –σε εθελοντική βάση συγκροτημένης– ομάδας 18 εκπαιδευτών.
Τα δεδομένα της έρευνας αποτυπώνουν την κυριαρχία, στο μεγαλύτερο μέρος των εκπαιδευτών, μονοπολιτισμικών οπτικών ως προς το στόχο διδασκαλίας της δεύτερης γλώσσας και τη διαχείριση πολιτισμικών πλαισίων αναφοράς. Οι εκπαιδευτές αυτοί υιοθετούν εκπαιδευτικές πρακτικές μετωπικής διδασκαλίας, ενώ, παράλληλα, η διάκριση ανάμεσα σε εκπαιδευόμενους «με» και «χωρίς» κουλτούρα, οδηγεί ένα μέρος τους σε έντονα αρνητικά συναισθήματα και πρακτικές υποτίμησης ορισμένων ομάδων εκπαιδευομένων. Μειοψηφική (της τάξης του 20-25%) εμφανίζεται η ομάδα των εκπαιδευτών που είναι ανοιχτοί στη διαπραγμάτευση των παραδοχών, δημιουργώντας χώρους διαλόγου, αποστασιοποίησης από τις «ασφαλείς παραδοχές» και κριτικού στοχασμού που ενδέχεται να λειτουργήσει μετασχηματιστικά. Οι εκπαιδευτές αυτοί αντιμετωπίζουν τους εκπαιδευόμενους ως ενεργούς συνδημιουργούς γνώσης, υιοθετούν σε μεγαλύτερο βαθμό συμμετοχικές εκπαιδευτικές τεχνικές, ενώ αναζητούν και αξιοποιούν την ανατροφοδότηση από εκπαιδευόμενους και κριτικούς φίλους, σε συνδυασμό με πρακτικές ενδοσκόπησης, ως στοιχεία της επαγγελματικής τους ανάπτυξης. Από τα δεδομένα της έρευνας αναδεικνύεται, τέλος, η συμβατότητα της μεθοδολογίας ανάπτυξης της διαπολιτισμικής ικανότητας με εκείνη που οδηγεί σε μετασχηματίζουσα μάθηση, ως προς χαρακτηριστικά όπως ο βιωματικός προσανατολισμός και η εστίαση στην επεξεργασία των παραδοχών αλλά και στην ανάδυση των συναισθημάτων που τις συνοδεύουν.The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the formation of assumptions, attitudes and practices related to intercultural competence of adult educators in the field of teaching Greek as a second language to immigrant students. The thesis examined the relationship between the degree of intercultural competence of adult educators and their assumptions in relation to their professional identity and basic principles of adult learning. It also investigated the relevance between the development of intercultural competence and professional development options related to the context of transformative learning. The research was based on a methodological triangulation, utilizing questionnaire completed by 211 educators who teach Greek as a second or foreign language, observation of 20 teaching groups, interviews with trainers and trainees sample of the above mentioned groups (23 and 47 interviews respectively) and participatory observation of the meetings and the distance conversation of a voluntary structured group formed by 18 trainers . The research data illustrate that monocultural views in relation to the target of teaching a second language, as well as management of cultural frames of reference, are common for the majority of trainers. These educators adopt frontal teaching educational practices, while at the same time the distinction between learners 'with' and 'without ' culture leads a number of trainers into intense negative emotions and practices of devaluation of certain groups of learners. The group of educators that appear open to assumptions’ negotiation seems to be a minority (approximately 20-25 %). These educators keep a distance from "consolidated assumptions" and create spaces of dialogue and critical reflection, that may have a transformational effect. They treat students as active co-creators of knowledge and adopt a greater degree of participatory training techniques, while seeking and utilizing feedback from students and “critical friends”, combined with introspection practices, as elements of their professional development. From the research data emerges, finally, the compatibility of the methodology for the development of intercultural competence and the methodology that leads to transformative learning, in terms of characteristics such as experiential orientation and focus on treatment of the assumptions and the emergence of feelings that accompany assumptions.
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Σαββαλίδου, Φλώρα. "Αξιολόγηση αναγκών των διερμηνέων ελληνικής νοηματικής γλώσσας ως προς τη διερμηνεία σε εκπαιδευτικό πλαίσιο πρωτοβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10889/6359.
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Τα τελευταία χρόνια ολοένα και περισσότεροι κωφοί μαθητές φοιτούν στα σχολεία γενικής εκπαίδευσης. Η φοίτηση όμως αυτή δε συνοδεύεται, όπως συμβαίνει σε άλλες χώρες, με παροχή των κατάλληλων υποστηρικτικών υπηρεσιών ώστε η εκπαίδευση να είναι προσβάσιμη σε αυτούς τους μαθητές. Μια από αυτές τις υπηρεσίες είναι η παροχή εκπαιδευτικού διερμηνέα νοηματικής γλώσσας. Η παρούσα έρευνα επιχείρησε μια πρώτη καταγραφή των αναγκών των διερμηνέων που θα κληθούν να παράσχουν αυτές τις υπηρεσίες σε πλαίσια πρωτοβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης. Τα αποτελέσματα έδειξαν ότι η μεγαλύτερη και επιτακτικότερη ανάγκη των διερμηνέων νοηματικής γλώσσας είναι η εξασφάλιση κατάλληλης εκπαίδευσης στα άτομα που θα εργαστούν με κωφούς μαθητές.In the last years a growing number of deaf students attend mainstream schools. However, their attendance is not combined with a provision of supporting services to assure that their education is accessible to them. One of theses services is the provision of an educational sign language interpreter. The present study is a preliminary investigation of the needs of the interpreters who are going to work as educational interpreters in elementary education. The results have shown that the biggest and most urgent need of sign language interpreters is the provision of the appropriate training and education to the interpreters who will work with deaf students.