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The impact of the economic crisis in Greece on the professional lives and teaching practices of primary school teachers: A critical pedagogy approach
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posted on 2023-08-30, 15:48 authored by Polina ChrysochouThis study presents a discussion of the ramifications of the economic crisis ravaging
Greece since 2009 on the professional lives and the teaching practices of Greek primary
school teachers. Placed in the general framework of a global attempt to reform education
by making it comply with neoconservative and neoliberal directions, my thesis discusses
the particular case of Greece and investigates the possibility of an international
educational paradigm seeking to impose a market reasoning on school culture and create
a disciplined privatised educational sector in pursuit of profit.
The issue is approached through the Critical Pedagogy Approach and thus, uses Marxist
analytical tools and places the whole thinking within the philosophical framework of
dialectical materialism. This is an attempt to fully understand and interpret the causes
and nature of the crisis, along with its impact. For this reason, a holistic approach is
employed based on both empirical evidence and a coherent theoretical and philosophical
framework that examines schools and education in an economic, social, political and
ideological context.
The analysis of the data shows that all aspects relevant to the educational process have
been severely affected in terms of infrastructure, relationships, personal development
and quality of teaching and learning. Due to the nature of their profession, teachers
proved a rich source of data regarding all aspects of the crisis and its repercussions on
themselves, their students and Greek society as a whole.
The findings confirmed the initial assumption that was formulated at the beginning of
this thesis, that a critical and radical approach of the crisis is needed in order to fully
comprehend its real causes and unmask the attempts to implement the complete
neoliberal transformation of education.
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Anglia Ruskin UniversityFile version
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- PhD
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- Doctoral
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2018-11-07Legacy creation date
2018-11-07Legacy Faculty/School/Department
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