Perceptions and implementations of Froebelian pedagogy in the Greek education. A transcultural analysis

Transcultural approaches become more and more popular in historiography of education shifting research interest from national entrenchments to spatial and cultural unities. Considering diffusion of pedagogical ideas as cultural transfer, this paper aims at studying how Froebelian pedagogy was perceived and implemented in the context of the different environments of Greek education, under the Ottoman rule and the nation state, during the end of the 19th century. It also seeks to demonstrate how different actors constructed their own adaptation of pedagogical knowledge, prioritizing the social over the pedagogical dimension of the educational process. Taking into account historical data of the Greek case, the paper also discusses hybridization and indigenization of pedagogical ideas as cross-cultural exchanges.