Abstract
This paper attempts to record and analyze the positions of the presidencies of the Greek Primary Teachers' Federation (DOE) on the issue of education of culturally diverse students in Greece, during the period 1990 - 2010. In other words, it attempts to identify and interpret the reasons and actions of the official trade union organization of primary school teachers, on the issue of education of culturally diverse students in Greece during this period. More specifically, attempts to record and interpret the vision, the degree of involvement, the political and ideological framework, the general attitude, the agreement or not with the respective government choices, possible differentiation from political parties and factions etc. In particular, the dissertation is developed in two parts and in 9 chapters. The first part theoretically approaches the issue of educating students who differ from the cultural norm, as a conception, as a necessity, as a process and as an institution. In this c ...
This paper attempts to record and analyze the positions of the presidencies of the Greek Primary Teachers' Federation (DOE) on the issue of education of culturally diverse students in Greece, during the period 1990 - 2010. In other words, it attempts to identify and interpret the reasons and actions of the official trade union organization of primary school teachers, on the issue of education of culturally diverse students in Greece during this period. More specifically, attempts to record and interpret the vision, the degree of involvement, the political and ideological framework, the general attitude, the agreement or not with the respective government choices, possible differentiation from political parties and factions etc. In particular, the dissertation is developed in two parts and in 9 chapters. The first part theoretically approaches the issue of educating students who differ from the cultural norm, as a conception, as a necessity, as a process and as an institution. In this context, a more comprehensive research is conducted on the way in which societies and educational systems perceive the issue and have managed the presence of culturally different students in the public school classroom. The second part deals with the research of relevant texts of DOE, which was conducted with the technique of content analysis and critical discourse analysis, and finally, the research findings of the work are presented and discussed. In detail: - In the first chapter, the necessary conceptual clarifications of the main terms are given regarding the issues of diversity, the types of diversity, the nation state, the construction of cultural diversity as well as its presence in Greece. - In the second chapter, reference is made to cultural diversity, and the ways (models) of managing cultural diversity, while the philosophical and political issues that arise in the context of education are described. - The third chapter presents the multicultural Greece of the 20th century, the political, social and educational situation of Greece in 1990 (beginning of the period we are examining). There is a brief overview of the general public discourse, but also of the scientific and pedagogical discourse that is articulated in Greece, in relation to the education of culturally different students (mainly immigrants) during this period. - In the fourth chapter, and as our work focuses on the study of the discourse of the Greek Primary Teachers' Federation, there is a brief presentation of the history of the teachers’ trade union movement, focusing on the establishment and operation of DOE and its involvement in shaping educational policy, as well as in the work of the DOE. - The fifth chapter of the dissertation refers to the research interest of this study, its usefulness, its purpose and objectives. It is also described the originality of the research, the methodology, the material, the sources, the way data was collected, the analysis and the coding of them. - The sixth chapter presents the discourse of DOE’s presidencies regarding foreigners and repatriated immigrants, Roma refugees and immigrants. -The seventh chapter presents the thematic analysis of the content of the discourse for the culturally different students in the Greek public school, the reference to the terms of inclusion / integration / acceptance - equal opportunities, intercultural education, mother tongue. - The eighth chapter presents the critical analysis of DOE’s presidencies discourse regarding culturally diverse students as it is articulated in the relevant texts of the Teachers’ Forum. - The ninth and last chapter of the paper presents the findings of the research and the relevant discussion that takes place.
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