Considerations on national identity in the Greek education policy: historic and religious dimensions

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/scad.32237
Keywords:
National identity, Greek education policy, historic dimensions, Religious Education
Evaggelia Kalerante
University of Western Macedonia
Calliope Tsantali
University of Western Macedonia
Abstract

This paper is concerned with the instruction
of History and Religious Education in the
Greek education system. Concentration is
placed on the complex national and religious
narrative about the school dynamics related
to the values and religious-national patterns
transfer. The resistant traditional policy is portrayed
and, in terms of semantics, it focuses
on nation-centralization through political
and spiritual symbols. They confine, explicitly
or implicitly, the approach towards the intercultural
concept which forms the prerequisite
of the transformation that makes the concept
of “national” meaningful through the
promotion of completeness and unification
principles as factors towards the formation of
citizens capable of being incorporated in the
expanded political and cultural environments

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Author Biographies
Evaggelia Kalerante, University of Western Macedonia

Kalerante Evaggelia is Associate professor of Educational Policy Department at the University of
Western Macedonia. She is a graduate of Policy Department at the Law School of Athens, of the
Faculty of Pedagogy in Athens and of the Faculty of Kindergarten teachers. She completed her
Postgraduate Studies in Sociology. The topic of her Doctoral Thesis is Educational Policy. She is
involved with issues of Educational Policy, Sociology of Education and Political Sociology. Having
been involved with Sociology of Art and Literature, she also collaborates with the School of Fine
Arts. (contact: ekalerante@yahoo.gr)

Calliope Tsantali, University of Western Macedonia

Tsantali Calliope holds a degree in English Language and Literature, School of Philosophy, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki. She completed her Master studies in Continuing Education and
Lifelong Learning at the Open University of Cyprus. She is a PhD Candidate in the field of Education
Policy at the University of Western Macedonia. She worked as an adult teacher and she is
currently working as EFL teacher in Primary Education. (contact: calliopetsantali@yahoo.gr)

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