Corcyra and Ukraine: Empowering Students Critical Thinking and Metacognitive Awareness Using Thucydides Political and Historical Thinking
Journal: Journal of Educational & Psychological Research
Year: 2024

A teaching intervention took place in the 4th Lyceum of Veria, GR in 2014. The purpose of the intervention was to empower (a) students’ historical awareness, (b) students’ ability to identify, correlate and critically comment raw historical material from the internet, (c) students' metacognitive abilities to reflect upon their research findings and articulate their personal view on recent events in Ukraine. Students (boys and girls, 15yrs) critically examined Thucydides account of the Corcyra ci