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The phenomenon of "brain drain" usually involves the flows of graduates from the less developed countries to more developed ones. The phenomenon of "brain drain" is interpreted in the case of Greece, which is a developed country, as a result of the low demand for scientific personnel in the Greek labor market. A new immigrating wave of Greek people who leave abroad has become enormous in the last three years. This time it is not about unskilled workers, who seek for their fortunes, but about new graduates, who are qualified and have acquired the knowledge that allow them to work in more developed countries. It is about a phenomenon that had begun before the elation of economic crisis and everything points to the fact that it will culminate during the next period of time. Finally, skilled international migration undermines the development, which is impossible to be accomplished without knowledge.

Religious education has been an issue of social and political debate in many countries but mostly in countries

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Preparing students for the honor and privilege of being able to assume the role of citizen is one of the main roles and aims of education, which is considered to be one of the most important institutions as far as political socialization and civic education of children is concerned. The power of a state lies with its citizens. In a democracy, everyone is responsible for what happens in the public sphere and thus, everyone must be properly prepared for and committed to the role of citizen. The question is whether the current education system is ready and able to form conscientious and active citizens. This study consists of 103 activities that were designed with civic education in mind by students of various education faculties of various universities in Greece (students of faculties of primary education N = 54, students of faculties of preschool education N = 49) and analyzed. The average age of the students that participated in the study was 20.3 years. The results show that students choose activities that are mainly related to environmental education and democracy and focus less on activities related with interculturalism. More advanced students (i.e. students who are closer to graduation) are usually using more measurable objectives and experiential methods. As far as ISSN 2164-4063 2017 students of faculties of primary education are concerned, it was observed that prefer to implement activities related to citizenship in large classes. Students of faculties of preschool education on the other hand, seem to plan and organize more complete activities, using specific verbs. International Journal of Learning and Development