Greek Model Experimental Schools,Too Good to Last:An Attempt to Evaluate

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摘要 Since2011,theGreekMinistryofEducationintroducedLaw3966—institutingthemodelexperimentalschools.Newpolicieswereappliedtothesespecialschoolsthatdifferentiatethemfromothertypesofschools.Themajorchangesweretowardspersonnelrecruitment.AsfortheveryfirsttimeinGreekpubliceducation,teacherswererecruitedafterevaluationandinterviewandstudentswerejoinedtheseschoolsafternationalexams,too.Ontheotherhand,someoftheinnovativeeducationalmethodsimplementedweretheexcellencegroupsinstitutedfortheveryfirsttimeinGreekpublicschools—participationinEuropeanprograms(e.g.,Erasmus+)andopen-to-societyeducationalprograms.Additionally,informationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT)wasstronglyintroducedinlearningprocedure,teacherswereencouragedtoparticipateinhighlyratedin-servicetrainingcourses,andaseriousnumberofconferenceswereorganizednationally.Despiteoftheseremarkableeducationalachievementsin2016,thegovernmentdecidedtomakesomeseriouschangesinthelaw,thus,causingfatalsetbackstoschools’projectplans.Inmanyexperimentalschools,thefive-yeareducationalplan,whichwasplannedaccordingtoLaw3966,wasbrutallyinterrupted,asthistypeofschoolsactuallydidnotexistanymore!Astheinitialplanwaspredictingamajorevaluationafterafive-yearperiod,thesecruciallawchangescancelledanytypeofevaluation,almosttwoyearsbeforetheendofthisperiod.Eventually,teacherswerenomoreinterestedinproducingandintroducinginnovationintheirclassrooms.Inthispaper,wearetryingtorecordthechangescausedtothenumberandqualityofeducationalactivities(excellencegroups,educationalprograms,andinnovativeteachingmethods)afterthesemajorlawchanges.Wedetectedadramaticdecreaseinthenumberofactivitiesandexceptionaldisappointmenttohighlyqualifiedteachersandeducators.So,wearequestioningourselves:WeremodelexperimentalschoolstoogoodtobeGreek,orthesechangesweretooGreekto
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出处 《美中教育评论:B》 2017年12期
出版日期 2017年12月22日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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