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Aggeliki Iosifidou – Online Submission, 2024
This study aims to research the phenomena of Racism and Xenophobia in pre-school education in the context of Greek reality through the attitudes and views of teachers who are the communicators of educational practice. The radical change in the racial and religious homogeneity of Greek education in recent decades as a result of globalization and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Racism, Stranger Reactions, Teacher Attitudes
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Kossyvaki, Lila – Support for Learning, 2021
This paper considers recent evidence on autism education in Greece in order to shed light on current developments and attitudes. Given the increase in relevant research in the country, a scoping review to identify topics that have been explored so far and propose areas for future research and implications for practice is timely and necessary.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Cultural Influences
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Leondari, A.; Magos, K.; Oikonomou, A. – Education 3-13, 2014
Social stereotyping and prejudice constitute pressing societal problems and have many causes. Terror Management Theory offers a compelling and heavily researched account of individuals' reactions towards "dissimilar others" when faced with thoughts of mortality. Building from previous research with adult samples, the present study aimed…
Descriptors: Fear, Ethnic Groups, Social Bias, Ethnic Stereotypes
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New, William S. – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2012
This article examines Greek Romani identity from an exogenous viewpoint focused not on who Romani people think and feel they are, but on what others make of them, through official discourse, political action, and educational policy. This article combines a normative argument about social justice as recognition (Axel Honneth) with an empirical case…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Politics of Education
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Gerouki, Margarita – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2010
The aim of this work is to raise awareness of sexual minority issues with a special focus on the primary school domain in Greece. Greece is considered a conservative country where most people regard homosexuality as taboo and non-heterosexual people as an invisible group. Research data from interviewing primary Greek teachers showed that…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Interviews, Foreign Countries, Homosexuality