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Mattheou, Dimitrios

doi:10.2753/eue1056-493435035

European Education

2003

DOI: 10.2753/eue1056-493435035

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Guest Editor's Introduction

Dimitrios Mattheou¹

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“…Education reform is a recurrent theme in the Greek political arena. As Mattheou (2003) points out, over the last forty years, various reforms have been enacted, with the number of other minor reforms even greater. As the Greek educational system, historically, represents a highly centralized system, education reform has been the exclusive responsibility of the state.…”

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National Curriculum Reform and New Elementary School Language Arts Textbooks in Greece: The Characteristics, Innovations and Methodological Directions of the National Curriculum for Language Arts and the Specifications for New Textbooks

Fterniati¹,

Spinthourakis²

2006

The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review

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Curriculum reform in education is dependent on the recognition of changes in the world around us as well as advances made in theory and praxis. Such reform needs to be founded on inclusive and well-designed plans as well as on efforts of policy makers and stakeholders to successfully implement these reforms. The purpose of this paper is to present the reforms initiated by the newly legislated Language Arts curriculum for the Greek Elementary School. The new language arts curriculum represents a move from a higher-end closed curriculum to a lower-end open curriculum. It introduces important changes in the Greek elementary school practice including the formal adoption of specifically defined crossthematic and communicative text-oriented approaches, as well as collaborative and critical teaching/learning within a multicultural society. We contrast these changes with the previous national curriculum in terms of teaching practices and philosophy. The changes noted in the new curriculum with respect to language teaching are linked with contemporary language learning and teaching theory. The reforms outlined, while not necessarily new, are however highly innovative from the vantage point of the Greek educational reality. Furthermore, in this paper we outline the framework and specifications used to develop the new textbooks and teaching materials.

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National Curriculum Reform and New Elementary School Language Arts Textbooks in Greece: The Characteristics, Innovations and Methodological Directions of the National Curriculum for Language Arts and the Specifications for New Textbooks

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Spinthourakis²

2006

The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review

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National Curriculum Reform and New Elementary School Language Arts Textbooks in Greece: The Characteristics, Innovations and Methodological Directions of the National Curriculum for Language Arts and the Specifications for New Textbooks

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