Philately as a teaching aid through the implementation of a small-scale project in a Greek primary school

ABSTRACT

This article aims to discuss the use of postage stamps in everyday teaching. The first part presents a brief clarification of the basic philatelic terms found in the text. The second part presents the ways in which philatelic collections can be used in the teaching of specific subject matters. Part 3 contains five teaching suggestions as small classroom projects using postage stamps as the main teaching material. Finally, the empirical part 4 presents a brief project about ancient Greek theatre which was implemented to a Greek primary school.

KEYWORDS:

• Philately
• postage stamps
• alternative teaching material

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

ORCID

Vasileios Zagkotas http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3381-2825

Notes

1 See the online edition of Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/philately (viewed: 11/11/2018)

2 See the Douglas Muir’s (British Postal Museum) online article on https://postalheritage.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/rowland-hill-the-penny-black/ (retrieved 11/11/2018). In addition, there is a Price Guide for Penny Black with comments about its rarity on http://www.pennyblackstamp.co.uk/penny_black_price_guide.html (retrieved 11/11/2018). See also Roisin O’ Connor’s article on 175th anniversary of the Penny Black circulation (The Observer, 30/04/2015): https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/175th-anniversary-of-the-penny-black-stamp-google-doodle-celebrates-landmark-british-design-10217406.html (retrieved 11/11/2018).