Formal and Informal Education during the Rise of Greek Nationalism [electronic resource] : Learning to be Greek /
Zervas, Theodore G.author.
This book examines informal modes of learning in Greece from in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, set against the backdrop of Greek nationalist interests and agendas. For much of this period, one of the Greek state's major goals was to bind the nation around a common history and culture, linked to a collective and homogenous community. This study addresses the critical relationship between the average Greek child and their home, community, and school life during the earliest stages of their education. The stories, games, songs, and theater that children learned in Greece for much of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries went beyond shaping their moral character or providing entertainment, but were instrumental in forging a Greek national consciousness.
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Family, Community, and Childhood in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Greece -- Chapter 3. The School and the Textbook -- Chapter 4. Greek Children's Literature -- Chapter 5. Learning Informally Through Story, Song, and Children's Shadow Theater -- Chapter 6. Lives of Informal Learning -- Chapter 7. Conclusion. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book examines informal modes of learning in Greece from in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, set against the backdrop of Greek nationalist interests and agendas. For much of this period, one of the Greek state's major goals was to bind the nation around a common history and culture, linked to a collective and homogenous community. This study addresses the critical relationship between the average Greek child and their home, community, and school life during the earliest stages of their education. The stories, games, songs, and theater that children learned in Greece for much of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries went beyond shaping their moral character or providing entertainment, but were instrumental in forging a Greek national consciousness.
International education .
Comparative education.
Social groups.
Family.
Education-History.
Political science.
Europe-History.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
International and Comparative Education.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
History of Education.
Political Science.
European History.
Educational Policy and Politics.