Name: Challenges and Concerns in 21st Century Education
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Challenges and Concerns in 21st Century Education

Edited By: Spyridon-Georgios Soulis, Maria Liakopoulou, Alexandra Galani

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This book examines 21st-century education, focusing on how today's challenges can become opportunities for renewal. It explores the role of education in modern society, highlights prospects for future schools, and presents practical examples for teachers and educators.

This book offers a multifaceted approach to education in the 21st century. It focuses not only on the problems schools have to face nowadays, but…

This book offers a multifaceted approach to education in the 21st century. It focuses not only on the problems schools have to face nowadays, but also on the numerous challenges that emerge and can be used as opportunities for reflection and renewal in education. The aim of the book is to holistically approach educational reality as shaped by the latest social, political and economic developments. The ultimate goal is not limited to a description of the current situation. Given its range and topicality, this book expands the discussion and examines the role of education in modern society, highlights the challenges and prospects for the schools of the future, enriches the relevant research, provides documented data for action planning in terms of educational policies, and presents examples of good educational practices which will be useful to teachers and everyone who works in education.

Dr Spyridon-Georgios Soulis is Professor of Special Education at the Department of Primary Education, School of Education, University of Ioannina, Greece. His research interests include special education, inclusive education, disabilities, and especially intellectual disabilities.

Dr Maria Liakopoulou is Assistant Professor of School Pedagogy at the Department of Primary Education, School of Education, University of Ioannina, Greece. Her area of expertise is school pedagogy, with specific emphasis on teacher education, school leadership, educational assessment and school improvement.

Dr Alexandra Galani is a Senior Teaching Fellow (E.E.P.) in Greek as a foreign language at the Department of Primary Education, School of Education, University of Ioannina, Greece. Her research interests are in the following areas: morphology, morphosyntax, and second/foreign language teaching and learning.

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