School of Philosophy and Education

• History of pedagogical ideas
• History of Modern Greek Education
• Local Educational History
• History of Teacher Education

Selected publications:

1. V. Foukas (2005), The pedagogical training of Secondary teachers in Greece (1837-1910): Searches, opinions, prospects, Thessaloniki: Kyriakidis Brothers’ Publishing House (in Greek).
2. S. Ziogou, V. Foukas, P. Chatzimpei (2010), Childhood and Pedagogical theory in Greece (19th – first decades of the 20th century): From “the small adult” to the “child’s psychology”, in: L. Hopkins, M. Macleod, W.C. Turgeon (επιμ.), Negotiating Childhoods, Oxford U.K.: Inter-Disciplinary Press, p. 87-97.
3. S. Ziogou & V. Foukas (ed.) (2013), Schools and Teachers of Thessaloniki (19th cent. – Interwar): Portraits of benefactors and teachers, Thessaloniki: Despina Kyriakidis (in Greek).
4. V. Foukas (2014), The Pedagogical theory and science in Greece (18th and 19th century): Key representatives – representative texts, Thessaloniki: Despina Kyriakidis (in Greek).
5. V. Foukas (2016), The Faculty of Philosophy of University of Thessaloniki (1926-1940): Persons and programs, development and innovation, Thessaloniki: Despina Kyriakidis (in Greek).
6. V. Foukas (2017), Women’s education in Greece (1929-1979): Modernisation, democratisation and coeducation, in: Antonella Cagnolati & Antonio Fco. Canales Serrano (ed.), Women’s education in Southern Europe: Historical Perspectives (19th-20th centuries), Italy: Aracne editrice, p. 261-295.
7. K. Dalakoura, V. Deliyianni-Kouimtzi, Chr. Tzikas, V. Foukas (ed.) (2017), Issues in the History of Greek Education and Gender (19th and 20th century) in honor of the Emeritus Professor Sidiroula Ziogou-Karastergiou, Thessaloniki: Kyriakidis Publications (in Greek).
8. S. Iliadou-Tahou, D. Mavroskoufis, I. Betsas, V. Foukas, D. Haralambous (ed.) (2018), One hundred years since the language education reform of 1917, Thessaloniki: Kyriakidis Publications (in Greek).
9. V. Foukas (2018), Challenges in Greek education during the 1960s: the 1964 educational reform and its overthrow, Espacio, Tiempo y Educación, 5 (1), p. 71-93.
10. V. Foukas (2018), Children’s Rights in Greek Education (1830s-1920s): Gender, Educational Experiences, School Life, The Educational Review, USA, 2 (6), p. 352-359.
11. V. Foukas (2019), The journey of pedagogical ideas: Routes and stations in the history of pedagogy and education (17th – 20th century), Thessaloniki: Kyriakidis Publications (in Greek).
12. V. Foukas (2020), Snapshots from Greek educational policy: Haralambos Hristopoulos, the longest-lasting Minister of Education of the 19th century, Thessaloniki: Kyriakidis Publications (in Greek).