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A New Understanding of Modern Greek History of Education in Light of the Postmodern Theoretical Accounts about Nationhood and Identity
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Persianis, Panayiotis – Cogent Education, 2021
The aim of this paper is to present and explain the long and bitter contestation between two poles over the orientation, the aims and the content of education as well as the form of the Greek language to be used in the school textbooks. During the last seventy years (1750-1821) of the Ottoman rule of Greece the poles were cultural but were…
Descriptors: Greek, Textbooks, Educational History, Social Systems
Trans-Scripting as a Multilingual Practice: The Case of Hellenised English
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Androutsopoulos, Jannis – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2020
This paper introduces the term 'trans-scripting' to examine fleeting, socially unstable practices of writing a language in a non-canonical script. As a theoretical notion, trans-scripting conceives of script as a semiotic resource whose situated choice and sequential alternation can create discursive meaning. The case study is on 'Hellenized…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Semiotics, Written Language, Case Studies
Liberals, Conservatives and Romantic Nationalists in Interwar Education Policy in Greece: "The High Mountains" Episode
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Athanasiades, Harris – History of Education, 2015
Greek historiography of interwar education policy unproblematically accepts the assumption that the bone of contention between the "Liberal demoticists" and the "Conservative purists" was the language issue; particularly whether "demotic" or "katharevousa" should be the language of instruction in schooling.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Political Attitudes, Historiography, Educational Attitudes