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Explores the historical contexts of informal learning in Greece; a topic that has received limited historiographical attention
Includes original research and an array of historical sources within the study
Focuses on the period between 1880-1930, the years historians note to be the height of the Greek nationalistic ambitions in the Balkans
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
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“This most welcome volume traces the history of education in Greece during the age of romantic nationalism. Education was central in the Greek nation-building process. By placing the case of Greece into a broader comparative context, the book marks an important intervention into the history of education as a whole.” (Thomas W. Gallant, Nicholas Family Endowed Chair and Professor of Modern Greek History & Archaeology, University of California, San Diego, USA, and Social Sciences Editor, Journal of Modern Greek Studies)
“How do children become members of a nation? Most of our answers have focused upon the school, where the modern nation-state socializes its new citizens. But a host of informal institutions--families, folklore, theater, and more--have also played significant roles in in the process, as Zervas reminds us. Educating the nation's young was never just about schools, so scholars of education--and of nationalism--need to look beyond them.” (Jonathan Zimmerman, Professor of History of Education, University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
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North Park University, Chicago, USA
Theodore G. Zervas
About the author
Theodore G. Zervas is Associate Professor of Education at North Park University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Formal and Informal Education during the Rise of Greek Nationalism
Book Subtitle: Learning to be Greek
Authors: Theodore G. Zervas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48415-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48414-7Published: 09 December 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-48415-4Published: 08 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 186
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, History of Education, Political Science, European History, Educational Policy and Politics