OUR PHILOSOPHY
Tell me and I forget….
Teach me and I learn…
Involve me and I remember….
Benjamin Franklin
Since 1990 when Annita and Styliana Manetaki founded the Centre of Foreign Language Studies MANETAKI, our aim has always been to constantly research and follow new developments in the field of education and in society in general.
We are not in agreement with a stressful and rigorous approach to studying, which transforms a school into a testing centre and students into report cards.
We believe that the most important part of a person’s life – their years at school – should also be the most pleasant. Our close contact with the students through teaching enables us to discern ways in which to modernize education and make it more appealing. However, alongside our continual upgrading and modernization, some of our basic principles have remained the same throughout the years.
Our beliefs...
Holistic approach and assessment of students
A student is not only academic success, but an aggregate of abilities, emotions -and behaviours.
Equal opportunities for all students
Our practice is to avoid making any distinctions between “excellent” and “weak” students.
Respect
Respect for the individuality/ diversity of students
Making students feel happy and secure
Learning, as a fun-filled and pleasurable experience, with the help of specialized equipment and teaching methods in a colorful, happy and friendly environment helps students to develop a love for a foreign language, and hence, make progress.
Exposing students to a foreign language environment
We achieve this by using mainly the target language, and not Greek, in the school. It’s common knowledge that translation is an easy option for all of us; in the long run, though, it deters the learning progress.
Experiential teaching
Experiential teaching requires the participation of students in the learning process and guarantees the assimilation of knowledge. Multimedia, Internet, as well as other teaching aids used in the classroom, all contribute greatly towards this.
Cultivating and developing our student’s personalities
Cultivating and developing our student’s personalities
Mutual respect, Consistency, Sense of responsibility
These three principles characterize the communication that takes place between parents, students and teachers in our school.