Teachers' attitudes toward linguistic variation can influence what students learn about language. Most research on attitudes toward dialects has focused on people's attitudes based on phonological variation and ethnographic reports. The problem to be addressed was that teachers'…
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In this study, conducted in the context of a Greek Cypriot high school, I examine how students understand the history of Cyprus, and how this understanding has influenced their political perspectives and their vision about the future of the island. During the last century Cyprus…
The Left in Cyprus is characterized by a peculiar combination of seemingly heterogeneous elements: the party which expresses the broader subculture of the “peoples movement” is ideologically communist, but its practice and that of the mass organizations of the Left seem closer t…
The current study investigated the impacts of a program that employed a blend of sports and cultural enrichment, known as Olympism, to build bridges between Greek and Turkish Cypriot children residing on the island of Cyprus. The program, called Doves Olympic Movement Summer Cam…