Μία ‘οικοσυστημική’ θεώρηση των αναδυόμενων προκλήσεων στη σχολική εκπαίδευση του 21ου αιώνα – η περίπτωση του ελληνικού δημόσιου σχολείου

Abstract

In the era of globalization characterized by the interconnection and interdependence of economic, political, social and educational systems in a transnational level, there are emerging modern educational challenges ‘ecosystemic’ in nature, reflected in school education of the countries in the western world and, specifically, in the Greek state school. The purpose of the present study is to highlight the need for an ‘ecosystemic’ view of the 21^st century education discussing on the one hand the international trends through a critical literature review of empirical studies as well as official reports of supranational organizations, on the other the emerging new educational reality in the Greek state school which undergoes the exercising external forces as a result of the ‘ecosystemic’ interaction with the broader globalized socio-educational context in the era of education for global citizenship. Τhe topic develops through a critical discussion of the global trends and advancements in the field which substantiate the emerging need to realize and unsedrstand the 21^st-century ‘ecosystemic’ challenges which essentially penetrate the vision of the education for global citizenship. To this end, there is specific reference to the mission of the 21^st-century education defined by the vision of global citizenship and an outline of the ‘ecosystemic’ impact on the Greek state school the last decades, such as multicultural classes, violence and school bullying, digital school, learning communities-mobility and 21^st-century skills, pointing out meanwhile the emerging challenges for the educational policy making as regards the review and reformation of the curricula and educational practices as well as the redefinition of the  teacher ‘s and modern state school role in the 21^st century.