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Language Diversity in Greece

Local Challenges with International Implications

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Editors:
  1. Eleni Skourtou

    1. Department of Primary Education, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece

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  2. Vasilia Kourtis-Kazoullis

    1. Department of Primary Education, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece

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  3. Themistoklis Aravossitas

    1. Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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  4. Peter Pericles Trifonas

    1. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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  • Explores the effects of implementing educational programmes aimed at migrant groups
  • Discusses multilingualism, multiculturalism, racist and nationalist discourses and practices
  • Shows how Greece has dealt with an unprecedented influx of refugees during a major economic crisis
  • Illustrates how local challenges can produce international implications

Part of the book series: Multilingual Education (MULT, volume 36)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction: Language Diversity in Greece

    • Eleni Skourtou, Vasilia Kourtis-Kazoullis, Themistoklis Aravossitas, Peter Pericles Trifonas
    Pages 1-7

  3. Immigrant Students in the Greek Educational System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Bilingual Infants and Their Treatment in the Greek Kindergarten

      • Dionysia Kontogianni, Vassilios Oikonomidis
      Pages 11-22

    3. Bilingual Students in the Public Primary Education Context in Greece: A Deterrent for the Greek Educational Landscape or a Chance for Improvement?

      • Evangelia Papalexatou, Vasilios Zorbas
      Pages 23-37

    4. Interviewing as Understanding: Principles and Modalities for Transforming a Qualitative Research Instrument into a Stage of the Integration Process for Immigrants

      • George Androulakis, Anastasia Gkaintartzi, Roula Kitsiou, Zoi Liveranou, Evi Markou
      Pages 39-48

    5. Identities under Negotiation in a Second Language Academic Literacies Course

      • Christina Takouda, Dimitrios Koutsogiannis
      Pages 49-60

    6. School and Family Cooperation: Strengthening Parents’ Knowledge of Greek

      • Eleni Karantzola, Ioannis Galantomos
      Pages 61-75

    7. Greek-Spanish Community: The Maintenance of the Spanish Language in Mixed Families

      • Anastasia-Olga Tzirides
      Pages 77-92

  5. Education of Roma Students

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. Investigating Literacy Issues on Roma Education

      • Eleni Skourtou
      Pages 157-167

    3. Expanded Pedagogical Spaces: Enhancing Roma Students Involvement in School

      • Eleni Gana, Charoula Stathopoulou, Christos Govaris
      Pages 169-181

    4. Underachievement of Roma Children in Greece

      • Dimitrios Kassis
      Pages 183-192

  6. Education in the Greek Diaspora

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. Narratives of Greekness in the Diaspora

      • Efthymia Papalexopoulou
      Pages 195-208
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About this book

This volume explores how linguistic and cultural diversity in Greece, caused by various waves of emigration and immigration, has transformed Greek society and its educational system. It examines the country’s current linguistic diversity, which is characterised by the languages of immigrants, repatriates, refugees, Roma, Muslim minorities, and Pomaks as well as linguistic varieties and dialects; and how schools and the state have designed and implemented programmes to deal with the significant educational challenges posed by these culturally and linguistically diverse groups.

In this regard, the book takes into account the nature and evolution of Greek society; Greece’s traditional role as a labour-exporting country with a long history of migration to other countries; and major political, economic and social developments, such as the collapse of communism, the opening of borders in Eastern Europe, and the influx of immigrants from Muslim countries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Primary Education, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece

    Eleni Skourtou, Vasilia Kourtis-Kazoullis

  • Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Themistoklis Aravossitas

  • Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Peter Pericles Trifonas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Language Diversity in Greece

  • Book Subtitle: Local Challenges with International Implications

  • Editors: Eleni Skourtou, Vasilia Kourtis-Kazoullis, Themistoklis Aravossitas, Peter Pericles Trifonas

  • Series Title: Multilingual Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28396-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-28395-7Published: 26 February 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-28398-8Published: 26 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-28396-4Published: 25 February 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2213-3208

  • Series E-ISSN: 2213-3216

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 253

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Language Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Linguistic Anthropology, Intercultural Communication

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