Economic System in Greece
Questions About Economic System:
What goods will be produced with Greece's resources?
How will these goods be produced?
Who will use these goods?
Will these goods be exported?
Answer:
As for agricultural products, there will be many products that are produced such as wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine, tobacco, potatoes, beef, and dairy products. Industries that are big in Greece are tourism, food processing, tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, metal products, mining, and petroleum. These goods are produced through farming and harvesting. Many items are packaged. Items from industries come from natural resources that Greece has. Factories and plants are set up to produce products also. Of these, food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, and textiles will be exported to countries like Italy, Germany Turkey, Cyprus, Bulgaria, United States, United Kingdom, and Egypt. People in these countries will be the ones to use these goods. When the items are shipped from Greece to other countries, the countries to receive the shipments may have additional business with the goods before again shipping it off to the final consumer of the product.
What goods will be produced with Greece's resources?
How will these goods be produced?
Who will use these goods?
Will these goods be exported?
Answer:
As for agricultural products, there will be many products that are produced such as wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine, tobacco, potatoes, beef, and dairy products. Industries that are big in Greece are tourism, food processing, tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, metal products, mining, and petroleum. These goods are produced through farming and harvesting. Many items are packaged. Items from industries come from natural resources that Greece has. Factories and plants are set up to produce products also. Of these, food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, and textiles will be exported to countries like Italy, Germany Turkey, Cyprus, Bulgaria, United States, United Kingdom, and Egypt. People in these countries will be the ones to use these goods. When the items are shipped from Greece to other countries, the countries to receive the shipments may have additional business with the goods before again shipping it off to the final consumer of the product.
Sources Cited:
Greece. (n.d.). Retrieved March 20, 2017, from http://www.heritage.org/index/country/greece
The World Factbook: GREECE. (2017, January 12). Retrieved March 20, 2017, from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html
Greece. (n.d.). Retrieved March 20, 2017, from http://www.heritage.org/index/country/greece
The World Factbook: GREECE. (2017, January 12). Retrieved March 20, 2017, from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html
The Status of Education in Greece
There are three priorities established by the United Nations Global Education Initiative. These three priorities are (1) Putting every child in school, (2) Improving the quality of learning, and (3) Fostering global citizenship (GEFI). A quick overview of Greece’s education system is that pre-school, primary school, secondary school is required for all students ages 6 to 15 years of age. Secondary school lasts 3 years. Higher level education is college level education and is based on national test scores (Papazoglou). There are several ways that Greece is attempting to make sure it meets the three UN Global Initiative priorities.
The first priority, putting every child in school, is being met because it is compulsory that children in Greece that are of ages 6 through 15 attend school. Just by this being required by law ensures that most children are in school. Of course after the age of 15, the option of dropout becomes available to the student. But agencies that the Ministry are being assisted by work to keep schools in conditions to where they want to keep attending school.
The Ministry’s agencies are also working to improve the overall quality of learning. For example, School’s Building Organization (OSK) is responsible for equipment and building of schools, the School Book Publishing Organization provides needed books for learning, and State Scholarship Foundation gives scholarships to children in need for schooling (Papazoglou). There is even an agency that works towards getting students technologies needed to thrive in the classroom, like laptops for the fast moving technology age. Of course, there are improvements being made towards students being able to use what they learn for work and this has to do with higher level education. There is finding going towards different areas to benefit higher level learning (Table 4).
As for fostering higher level education, I think this is an area where Greece needs a bit more help on. From an article called, “Europeans not convinced growing diversity is a good thing, divided on what determines national identity”, the authors found that most Greek people preferred that there was less cultural diversity in the country because they believed that it created more problems for them (Mitchell) The people thought that tradition was more favored. They also found that older generations believed in tradition, while the younger generations embraced change and were more open to cultural diversity. This could have implications for how the education system is run in Greece. The education system is run by older generations, so this could possibly be affecting the lack of fostering global citizenship in the country. But hopefully, moving forward, when many newer generations become put in charge of government duties, the education system will change in how it promotes global citizenship among its students.
Overall, Greece has its strengths and weaknesses when it comes to abiding my the three main priorities of the UN Global Education Initiative (GEFI). But moving forward, there are always new ideas and ways to thrive in education.
Citations:
http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/07/11/europeans-not-convinced-growing-diversity-is-a-g
od-thing-divided-on-what-determines-national-identity/
The first priority, putting every child in school, is being met because it is compulsory that children in Greece that are of ages 6 through 15 attend school. Just by this being required by law ensures that most children are in school. Of course after the age of 15, the option of dropout becomes available to the student. But agencies that the Ministry are being assisted by work to keep schools in conditions to where they want to keep attending school.
The Ministry’s agencies are also working to improve the overall quality of learning. For example, School’s Building Organization (OSK) is responsible for equipment and building of schools, the School Book Publishing Organization provides needed books for learning, and State Scholarship Foundation gives scholarships to children in need for schooling (Papazoglou). There is even an agency that works towards getting students technologies needed to thrive in the classroom, like laptops for the fast moving technology age. Of course, there are improvements being made towards students being able to use what they learn for work and this has to do with higher level education. There is finding going towards different areas to benefit higher level learning (Table 4).
As for fostering higher level education, I think this is an area where Greece needs a bit more help on. From an article called, “Europeans not convinced growing diversity is a good thing, divided on what determines national identity”, the authors found that most Greek people preferred that there was less cultural diversity in the country because they believed that it created more problems for them (Mitchell) The people thought that tradition was more favored. They also found that older generations believed in tradition, while the younger generations embraced change and were more open to cultural diversity. This could have implications for how the education system is run in Greece. The education system is run by older generations, so this could possibly be affecting the lack of fostering global citizenship in the country. But hopefully, moving forward, when many newer generations become put in charge of government duties, the education system will change in how it promotes global citizenship among its students.
Overall, Greece has its strengths and weaknesses when it comes to abiding my the three main priorities of the UN Global Education Initiative (GEFI). But moving forward, there are always new ideas and ways to thrive in education.
Citations:
- Global Education First Initiative. (n.d.). Retrieved April 9, 2017, from
- Mitchell, T. (2016, July 11). 1. Europeans not convinced growing diversity is a good thing,
http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/07/11/europeans-not-convinced-growing-diversity-is-a-g
od-thing-divided-on-what-determines-national-identity/
- Papazoglou, M. (n.d.). The Greek Education System. About Greece. Retrieved from