Globalization has been associated with rapid and significant changes in national and international politics and a growing complexity in economic and sociocultural realms. Inevitably, the new realities create pressures in social and economic structures that, in turn, shape changes at national levels. The field of education is drawn into these…

A discussion of quality in preservice and inservice teacher education in Greece focuses on the political and social issues that have given it form, differences between preservice training for primary and secondary teachers, changes in inservice education, quality control and assessment, and related research on quality. (SM)

Highlights English language teaching in Greece, both in the government school system and in private English language education, focusing on the teachers, the classrooms, the classroom and syllabus, and inservice support. Discusses English in higher education, opportunities for teachers in Greece, and support for all teachers of English in Greece.…