A notable example is Greece
where many top-down reform efforts have been made in the last
ten years in an attempt by the Ministry of Education to improve
education and to align national curricula with international trends
(e.g., Cross Thematic Curriculum, 2003; New books, 2006; New
School-Priority the student, 2011). In the most recent educational
change, an innovative new course namely Research Project, wasintroduced to Greek high schools (10th to 12th grade) (http://www.
pi-schools.gr/; http://www.minedu.gov.gr/).