Immigration in EUROPEANA
Immigration and culture in Europeana platform
Exploring Migration Cultural Heritage https://pro.europeana.eu/page/europeana-migration
Migration collection https://www.europeana.eu/en/collections/topic/128-migration
Continue ReadingKozal’s Christmas: a festive tale from Cats Protection
This year, Cats Protection Christmas animation is a festive tale with a difference: it takes inspiration from a real life story. Get the tissues out and watch Kozal’s rags to riches story…
Ecology
Modern ecology did not first emerge until the 19th century. It was during the 19th century that the word “ecology” was coined by the German naturalist and philosopher Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919). Haeckel formed the word from the Greek “oîkos” (house) and “logógos” (knowledge, reason) — and with good reason, since this is, in a broad sense, the study of our home. Known for disseminating Darwin’s work, in his General Morphology of Organisms, Haeckel describes ecology as the science that studies the relationships of organisms with the world around them.
Continue ReadingGreek Educational System
The Greek education system is governed by national laws and legislative acts (decrees, ministerial decisions), while the general responsibility for education lies with the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs.
Continue ReadingEuropean Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education
Our ultimate vision for inclusive education systems is to ensure that all learners of any age are provided with meaningful, high-quality educational opportunities in their local community, alongside their friends and peers.
Early School Leaving
Early school leaving is a complex, dynamic and multifaceted phenomenon, resulting from a combination of personal, social, economic, educational and family-related factors, very often linked to socio-economic disadvantage. It is rarely a sudden decision, and usually the visible result of a long process of underachievement and progressive disengagement from education.
Continue ReadingHamogelo / The smile of the child
Andreas
Andreas was born on the 21st of April 1985 in a family with strong bonds. As a child, he was very sensitive, and used his “small” power to offer love and smiles to everyone who was near him!
Continue ReadingEvzone Featured in Iconic Photo in Historic LIFE Magazine 79 Years Ago
Source Greek Reporter
It was mid-December 1940, approximately fifty days after the outbreak of the Greco-Italian war, when the American magazine ”LIFE” featured a Greek Evzone on its cover.
How to Celebrate the New Year in Traditional Greek Style
Source Greek Reporter
Do you ever wonder how people in Greece celebrate the annual New Year’s festivities? The country and its people are so passionate about their culture and traditions that it’s no wonder there are so many New Year’s traditions for the holiday that is known in Greece as “Protohronia.”
Continue ReadingThe Three Gifts of the Magi: The Most Precious Relics on Mount Athos
Source Greek Reporter
Among the innumerable treasures and holy relics preserved at the Holy Monastery of St. Paul on Mount Athos (in Greek Άγιον Όρος, meaning “Holy Mountain”) the most precious, and invaluable to Greek Orthodoxy, are the Holy Gifts offered by the three Magi of the East to the newborn Jesus.
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