Programme

Keynote speakers

Cheryl J Craig

Cheryl J. Craig (Opening Ceremony)

Stavroula Kaldi

Stavroula Kaldi (Closing Ceremony)

Christos Govaris

Christos Govaris (Closing Ceremony)

Aggeliki Lazaridou

Angeliki Lazaridou (Closing Ceremony)

George Fragoulis

George Fragoulis (Closing of the Conference)

Conference Programme

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15.00 – 15.45 Reception – Registration: Room Ι1 (Matsagou building, Department of Economics)
15.45– 17.15

Session 1 – Future Perspectives on teaching and learning

Room Ι1 (Matsagou building)

Chair: Roza Valeeva

Session 2 – Navigating change in education

Room I2 (Matsagou building)

Chair: Eleni Zenakou

Renata Čepić, Jasminka Mezak & Petra Pejić Papak

Student teachers’ experiences during teaching and learning with the use of digital technology

Panagiotis Stamatis & Eleni Nikolaou

Cultivating mindfulness skills in school settings: Preschool teachers’ perspectives

Gulnara Gutorova & Albina Drozdikova-Zaripova

Experience and Attitudes of Russian Students – Future Teachers and In-service Teachers towards the Use of Artificial Intelligence

Liliia Karimova & Roza Valeeva

Changing Roles of Teachers in Modern Education (Russian Experience)

Eleni Zenakou, Christina Zisopoulou & Aglaia Stampoltzis

The Influence of Sensory Learning Styles on Students’ Performance in National Examinations

Pantelis Antonopoulos, Eleni Zenakou, Ekaterini Antonopoulou & Aglaia Stampoltzis

Sensory learning styles and Emotional Intelligence in Higher Education students

Lucy García Reyes

School emotional diary, as a resource favorable to the welfare of students. Experience in a school of the Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Oaxaca Mexico

Eftychia Damaskou & George Androulakis

Teachers at the Crossroads: Developing materials for Firstschoolers’ Awakening to Linguistic Diversity

17.15 – 19.00

Room Ι1 (Matsagou building)

SYMPOSIUM: Perspectives on Evaluation and Self-assessment as Practices for Training

SYMPOSIUM ORGANISER: JUAN VICENTE ORTIZ FRANCO

Session 3 – Promoting Inclusive Practices in Education

Room I2 (Matsagou building)

Chair: Marinos Anastasakis

Andrea Milena Ospina Barinas & Angela María González Vargas

Limitations and perspectives of assessment in arts education. An analysis from research experiences in Bogotá, Colombia

Lucy García Reyes & Blanca Elizabeth Garza Garza

The evaluation of learning: Reflections on evaluation practices with secondary and higher education teachers in Oaxaca, Mexico

Armida Arizaí Riestra De La Cruz

Do university professors assess their students with formative intent?

Yolanda González Guevara, Oralia Rentiera Rodrigez & Juan Vicente Ortiz Franco

Difficulties and challenges of self-evaluation in teacher training programs in two universities in Colombia and Mexico

Juan Vicente Ortiz Franco, Blanca Elizabeth Garza Garza & Armida Arizai Riestra De La Cruz

Socio-emotionality and pandemic: impact on the family and educational context of Mexico and Colombia

Angelos Gkontelos & Dimitrios Stamovlasis

Canvassing Innovative Work Behavior of Early Childhood Education Teachers

Marinos Anastasakis & Manolis Dafermos

Moving Beyond the Theory-Practice Dichotomy: Putting Student Teachers’ Development at the Centre of Teacher Education

Effrosyni Kostara & Konstantina Koutroumpa

Experiential Exercises for Students’ Personal Development and Counseling Support: A Case Study from the Harokopio University of Athens

Stella Chantzi

Curricula (APS) 2003 and 2011 in Greece: thoughts, challenges and Reflections

19.15 – 20.30

Οpening ceremony (Auditorium at the Old French Institution)
Keynote speech by Professor Cheryl J. Craig

Teacher Attrition, Burnout, and Shortage: The Role of Curriculum Making and the Best-Loved Self

Short musical performance by members of SYNOLA (the musical ensembles) of the University of Thessaly under the direction of Maria Thoidou

Short musical performance by Juan Vicente Ortiz Franco from Colombia.

20.30

Buffet – Outside the Auditorium of the Old French Institution

9.00 – 10.30

Session 4 – Bridging the Gap: Connecting Present and Future Teaching and Learning

Room I1 (Matsagou building)

Chair: Aikaterini Michalopoulou

Session 5 – Addressing the challenges and opportunities of Equity and Access to quality education

Room Ι2 (Matsagou building)

Chair: Dimitrios Zachos

Session 6 – Advancing Teacher Training and Professional Development

Room A16 (Matsagou building)

Chair: Aikaterini Vasiou

Olga Kostika, Anastasios Siatras & Aikaterini Michalopoulou

Educational, Pedagogical, and Research Trends in the ‘Pedagogical Review’ Journal of the Greek Pedagogical Society

Evangelia Kalogirou & Aikaterini Michalopoulou

Early childhood educational contexts and the development of democratic citizenship. Exploring key concepts in theory and practice

Aikaterini Vergetaki-Peirasmaki

The Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Primary Education: Enriching the School Curriculum to Engage Students and Creatively Enhance Critical Thinking

Panagiota Diamanti, Stavroula Kaldi & Maria Chatzi

Cultivating Critical Thinking in Elementary School: An Example of Utilizing Artificial Intelligence Tools

Anna Angelidou

Quantitative Research on Educational Activities in Primary Education, within the framework of implementing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals

Anastasia Gkaintartzi, Magda Vitsou, Sotiria Kalbeni & Kostas Magos

DINAMI- Developing INclusive Actions for MInors: A University service-learning project in Juvenile Correctional Facilities

Christos Govaris, Stavroula Kaldi, Ourania Maria Ventista, Vassiliki Tzika, Alexandra Stavrianoudaki & Nikolaos Manesis

Inequalities and discrimination in the school class: Interpreting student teachers’ views

Dimitrios Zachos

Teaching intercultural education in the university: reflections and possibilities

Aikaterini Vasiou & Georgios Vleioras

Student-teachers on stage: Navigating emotional challenges with appropriate skills

Marinos Anastasakis & Eleni Vasilaki

Change Over Time: Do Variations in the Semantic Profiles of Tools, Artefacts, Instruments, and Resources Denote Changes in Educational Research and Practice?

Efstathios Xafakos & Vasileios Stavropoulos

Investigating voluntary and involuntary presenteeism of Greek Primary School teachers and its relationship with organizational commitment, overcommitment and Fulfilled Life Affective Experience

Efstathios Xafakos & Konstantinos Malafantis

Designing the Inclusive School that functions as a learning organization: Greek primary school teachers’ views and perceptions

10.30 -10.45

Coffee break

10.45 – 12.15

Session 7 – Future Perspectives on teaching and learning

Room I1 (Matsagou building)

Chair: Filippos Evangelou

Session 8 – Promoting Inclusive Practices in Education

Room I2 (Matsagou building)

Chair: Diamanto Filippatou

Session 9 – Advancing Teacher Training and Professional Development

Room A16 (Matsagou building)

Chair: Laura Sara Agrati

Filippos Evangelou & Ioannis Fykaris

The Philosophy of Didactics as a background for the documentation of teaching practice

Maria Assunção Flores

Teacher education in times of teacher shortage: challenges, strategies and possibilities

Tara Ratnam & Cheryl J. Craig

Imagining possible futures for educational research and practice: Shifting the focus from ME to WE

Stelios Pantazidis & Sophia Moisiadou

Commoning Practices and Self-education: Comparing Teacher Training in Two Freinet Networks

Thanos Touloupis & Dimitrios Pnevmatikos

Α Preliminary Examination of Teachers’ and Parents’ Perspective on Sexually Inclusive Primary Education: The Role of Homophobic Prejudice and Moral Disengagement

Thanos Touloupis

A Preliminary Comparison of Intention to Quit Between Heterosexual and Homosexual Elementary School Teachers: Perceived School-related and Individual Contributors

Anna Gerakini & Diamanto Filippatou

Psychoeducational classroom interventions promoting inclusion of pupils with special educational needs in mainstream schools: Α case study

Christiana Deliewen Afrikaner

Embracing Change: Fostering Education for a Sustainable Future through the Arts in Namibia

Georgia Kouseri

Evaluating academic courses for teaching of history: interpretations, reflections and proposals

Laura Sara Agrati, Loredana Perla, Viviana Vinci & Arianna Beri

Professionalize teachers. Knowledge and uses of computer-based assessment tools

Despoina Styla, Evangelia Antoniou, Eirini Orovou & Maria Tzitiridou

Reflective diary/journal and health promotion in Primary education

Meher Rizvi

Creating Authentic Assessment Framework for Reimagining Teaching and Learning

Vassiliki Pliogou & Sophia Tromara

Gender Equality starts with Food: The Gender Hunger Gap, Education and Sustainability

12.15 -13.30

Light lunch

13.00 – 13.30

Poster presentation – Ground floor (Matsagou building)

1. Maria Papaioannou, Eleni Zenakou, Ekaterini Antonopoulou & George Tsitsas

Gender Stereotypes and Mathematics Comprehension: A Systematic Literature Review

2. Sahar Fayek Khalil

Peripheral Action Research Towards Community and Art Equity

3. Anna Tsolaki, Anastasia Kontostoli & George Fragoulis

An educational intervention for promoting the inclusion of Roma children in Greece

13.30 – 15.30

Workshop – Room I1 (Matsagou building)

Organisers: Panagiota Diamanti & Vassiliki Tzika

Theme: Using AI in teaching and learning

9.00 – 10.30

Session 10 – Redesigning the Curriculum

Room I1 (Matsagou building)

Chair: Anastasios Siatras

Session 11 – Learner-Centric Pedagogical Approaches

Room I2 (Matsagou building)

Chair: Alexandra Stavrianoudaki

Room AI6 (Matsagou building)

SYMPOSIUM: Developing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Practices in Teacher Education

SYMPOSIUM ORGANISER: FERNANDO NAIDITCH

Stavroula Stoumpou, Anastasios Siatras & Katerina Pavlidou

Learning from the community: Portaria primary school students reflect on local natural disasters

Vasileios Mellos, Dimitrios Mantzaris & Despoina Styla

Social and distance education with the use of information and communication technologies as factors of social justice

Despoina Styla

Concept maps: An educational tool for assessment in learning

Karen Mcintush, Karla Garza & Amanda Campos

Supporting Novice Secondary STEM Teachers through Induction and Mentoring: A Qualitative Analysis

Giulia Bernardi, Domenico Brunetto, Helena Dell’Anna, Sofia Galli & Francesco Nappo

Supporting empowerment through mathematics education in a high turnover prison context

Konstantinos Zacharis & Stavroula Siatira

Evaluating the effectiveness of inclusive models in empowering secondary education students

Alexandra Stavrianoudaki & Lampros Papadimas

Why should we talk about the Controversial past? An action-research with pre-service teachers

Alexandra Stavrianoudaki, Stavroula Kaldi & Katerina Pavlidou

Cultivating Diversity and Inclusion through a Learning Approach Combining Theatre of the Oppressed and Chess: A Case Study Research Paradigm

Fernando Naiditch

Developing DEIB Practices in Teacher Education

Frank Pignatosi

Developing Diverse Fieldwork Opportunities for Teacher Educators

Dirck Roosevelt

Understanding the Principles of Culturally Responsive

10.30-10.45

Coffee break

10.45 – 12.15

Room I1 (Matsagou building)

SYMPOSIUM TITLE: Teacher wellbeing as a seminal aspect of imagining possible futures of teaching and learning

SYMPOSIUM ORGANISER: TARA RATNAM

Session 12 – Examining Teacher Roles and Professional Development

Room I2 (Matsagou building)

Chair: Stavroula Kaldi

Meher Rizvi

Teacher wellbeing as a seminal aspect of imagining possible futures of teaching and learning Teacher wellbeing: The case of Pakistan

Luiz Sanches Neto

Teacher wellbeing as a political issue while fighting for a future worth living

Maria Assunção Flores

Teacher well-being and the emotional dimension of teaching: Findings from research carried out in Portugal

Cheryl J. Craig

Teacher wellbeing in the U.S.: Pressing toward the future

Tara Ratnam

Teachers’ work conditions and their wellbeing: Insights for reimagining possible futures of teaching

Dimitrios Alekos & Stavroula Kaldi

Collaborative learning environments: Development of educational material in Geography of the 6th grade

Maria Barmparousi

The role and characteristics of an effective special education leader. Perceptions of special education teachers of the prefecture of Attica

Maria Polymerou, Vasilios Grammatikopoulos & Isaak Papadopoulos

Many Hands Make a Light Work to Introduce English in Early Preschool Education: The Collaboration of EFL and Preschool Teachers in Greek Kindergartens

Isaak Papadopoulos, Smaragda Papadopoulou & Maria-Eleni Bourogianni

Let Me Write My Own Way: Designing, Implementing and Evaluating a Pedagogical Intervention on Authentic Writing in Early Childhood Education

12.30 – 13.30

Room B1 (Matsagou building)

Closing session

Keynote speech: Professor Christos Govaris, Assistant Professor George Fragoulis, Associate Professor Angeliki Lazaridou and Professor Stavroula kaldi

Social Programme

Saturday, 9th of November 2024

16.15 – 18.00 A walking guided tour to the city of Volos (info about registering will be announced)

20.30 Gala dinner (40 euros per person, you can register in the website of the Conference or send a message in the Conference’s email and pay at the Conference registration on Friday, the 8th of November 2024)

Sunday, 10th of November 2024

14.00 – 19.30 A bus tour to the mountain of Pelion with the picturesque villages (info about registering will be announced)