The Cronus Syndrome

A Quantitative Study for the Evaluation of Local History as a Teaching Subject in the Educational Reality of Secondary Education in Gamified Inclusion Classes

Authors

  • Maria Zafeiriou Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, Greece
  • Thanasis Daradoumis Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, Greece
  • Evangelia Sampanikou Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, Greece
  • Evangelia Kavakli Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33422/icfte.v4i2.1550

Keywords:

locality, game based learning, historical consciousness, integrated classroom

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to identify local history as a necessary teaching subject in the educational reality of Greek Secondary Education, in gamified inclusion classes. The objective is twofold: to explore the attitudes of the school community towards teaching local history as an autonomous subject in the curriculum, and the role of gamification as a teaching tool for adolescent students. The study was based on the collection of quantitative data through questionnaires completed and processed by an adequate sample of both serving teachers in Lesvos in 2024-2025 and students from all three grades of the 2nd High School of Mytilene. Its originality lies in the gamification of local history inside and outside the classroom. The research results showed that the playful teaching of local history helps in discovering the past through the present in an experiential manner. The "Cronus syndrome" in history teaching describes a situation where the teaching of general history "overwhelms" local history, which is equally valuable for understanding historical knowledge and identity. Addressing this imbalance is important for a more holistic and meaningful history education that integrates both general and local dimensions. The "schooling" of local history requires further investigation in an attempt to make it "visible" instead of "invisible".

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Author Biographies

Thanasis Daradoumis , Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, Greece

DARADOUMIS, Thanasis Full Professor at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, Greece. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia-Spain. He has published over 170 articles in journals, books and conference proceedings, from which over 60 are articles in JCR/Scopus-indexed journals, whereas he has been advisor of several PhD theses. He is a member of the editorial board of several international conferences and journals, whereas he has coordinated or participated in various National and European R&D projects. His research interests are: Emotional Intelligence, Alternative (Holistic) Education, Learning Analytics, E-learning, Collaborative, Affective and Adaptive Systems, and CSCL. Contact: daradoumis@aegean.gr

Evangelia Sampanikou, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, Greece

SAMPANIKOU, Evangelia Professor, Art History and Visual Culture, is working at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication at the University of the Aegean since 2000. Since 2009 she is participating into the international development of Posthumanism. She is a founding member of the Beyond Humanism Conference Series and editorial board member of the Beyond Humanism Book Series (Peter Lang Publishing). She is also a Tutor-Counselor at the Hellenic Open University. She is the author / editor of several books, while she has also published a number of book chapters and articles. She has also successfully supervised an extended number of postgraduate (MSc) theses for the University of the Aegean and a similar number of theses for the Hellenic Open University from 2004 to nowadays. She has so far also successfully supervised seven fulfilled PhD theses for the University of the Aegean and co-supervised seven more, for the University of the Aegean and other universities. Contact: esampa@aegean.gr

Evangelia Kavakli, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, Greece

KAVAKLI, Evangelia is an Information Systems Professor at the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean. She obtained her PhD in Computation from the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology in 1999. She is in charge of the Cultural Informatics Laboratory of the University of the Aegean. Her research on the topics of goal oriented requirements engineering, enterprise knowledge modelling, information systems privacy and cultural informatics, has been supported in the context of national and EU funded projects. Her current research focuses on design issues of cyber-physical social systems. She has published over 60 peer- reviewed papers in reputed international journals and conferences and edited books. She is member of the editorial board of the Requirements Engineering Journal and has served in the program committee of a substantial number of international conferences in the field of information systems. Contact: kavakli@ct.aegean.gr

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Published

2026-02-22

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2025): Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Future of Teaching and Education

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