Proceedings of The 6th World Conference on Future of Education
Year: 2023
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.33422/6th.wcfeducation.2023.05.106
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Reactions and Impact of The Ekpaideftikós Omilo’s Operation in Greece
Dr. Stella Chantzi
ABSTRACT:
This presentation refers to the impact of the establishment and operation of the Educational Club (Ekpaideftikós Omilos) (EO) from its establishment in 1910 to its suspension in 1930 and to the Communication strategy. (Ekpaideftikós Omilos was an Educational Association that was founded in 1910 in Athens, with founders Tsirimokos, Triantafyllidis and Delmouzos with the aim of improving the education of Greek teachers and Greek schools. The establishment of the EO provoked reactions from the purists of the Athens’ university, who with their articles and bitter comments opposed the new reasoning of the EO, while ‘’Orthodox’’ demoticists are also critical of him. After 1927, unions of conservative circles in Athens expressed their distaste for the members of the EO and characterized them as antichrist-communists. The paper presents people’s reactions to the Association’s work and action. In particular, it refers to the reactions of purists and non-purists since the establishment and action of the EO, in the views of the association’s workers and study of the relationships. Also, the paper focuses on the impact of the EO’s action on ordinary teachers as well as the views of the group’s pioneers themselves.The paper uses the interpretive historical method of analyzing archival material and attempts a brief comparative assessment of them.
keywords: Ekpaideftikós Omilos, Teachers, Demoticists, Purists