Essays about: "Maria Kitsiou"

Found 1 essay containing the words Maria Kitsiou.

  1. 1. Children of a lesser school : An interdisciplinary study on disability in the Greek educational reality

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Maria Kitsiou; [2015]
    Keywords : special needs; disability; inclusion; integration; education; educational rights; Greece;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT What is the situation for disabled children in the Greek educational system today, in the aftermath of the deep-seated socio-economic crisis? The present study is going to give an insight in children disability and how this is handled by the Greek educational system. To specify and illustrate the need for a qualitative perspective, it is necessary to take into consideration not only the exact numbers of disabled students and schools existing for them, along with the usefulness and functionality of their facilities, but also different qualitative aspects and intersecting parameters determining the attitude towards those children, such as gender, sexuality, age and bodily ability; all of them contributing to a specific collective mind-set that has arisen from a nexus of economical, educational, European and local structures, and their upheaval. READ MORE