EDUC 499: Greece - Summer 2019’s Updates
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Reading Response 5: Refugee Crisis
The collection of resources in this module were really helpful and served as a great introduction to this topic (which is also what I chose for my annotated bibliography.) I was particularly interested in the videos that presented the perspective of...More
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Reading Response 4: Greek Financial Crisis and Education
The Greek financial crisis feels like an inevitable result of the EU monetary union where there is an obvious difference between the countries that started out with strong currencies and those that did not. What I find most interesting has been the...More
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Refugee Crisis
The concept of citizenship is an interesting one when we consider the multiple ways that it gets challenged every day. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to a nationality and thus no one is to remain statele...More
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Annotated Bibliography
Addady, M. (2016). Here's How Much Less Europeans Care About Diversity Than Americans
Fortune
This article examines a Pew survey that asked various countries in Europe and the United States if “Do you think having an increasing number of peop...More
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5. Refugee Crisis and Education
I found the videos very interesting to watch. Regarding the definition of citizenship, I think there is room to expand this definition regarding the situation. I never really thought about the strict definition. A citizen is someone who is a subject...More
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4. Greece Financial Crisis
The financial crisis in Greece definitely affected their education system. Hearing about the broken economy in Greece, I never fully understood the effects it had on society; more specifically the education system and that connection. Multiple refor...More
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Annotated Bibliography
I chose to explore topic 3 "What does diversity mean in Greece" because diversity integration has been an essential topic of interest for me during my Master's program. My goal is to continue to work with educators and school staff developing polici...More
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Reading Response 2: Greek History and Culture
My prior knowledge about Greece was mostly shaped by a few factors throughout my life. First, at the beginning of my career I worked as a middle school teacher and taught Ancient Civilizations to sixth graders, which featured Ancient Greece as a key...More
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Annotated Bibliography: Greek Education System
Polydorides, G. (1978). Equality of Opportunity in the Greek Higher Education System: The Impact of Reform Policies. Comparative Education Review, 22(1), 80-93. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/stable/1187826
The equa...More