Sofia Avgitidou
Biographic Data
| ID | 5906389 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sofia Avgitidou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sofia |
| FAMILY NAME | Avgitidou |
| SIGNATURE | AVGITIDOU S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Western Macedonia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7157-4720 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Pre-Service Teachers’ Beliefs about Children’s Participation and Possibilities for Their Transformation during Initial Teacher Education
Pedagogy emphasises children’s participation in education as a child’s right and a prerequisite for learning and democratic education. However, studies show that participatory practices are not dominant in early childhood education (ECE). This calls for focused interventions during initial teacher education (ITE) to rectify this shortfall. This study examined pre-service teachers’ beliefs about children’s participation, exploring the effects of a…
University Teaching as a Site for Professional Learning of Teacher Educators
While initial teacher education (ITE) has been acknowledged as an important process for improving the quality of education by preparing future teachers, less attention has been paid to the support of the continuous professional learning of teacher educators (TEs). This study reports on the supporting processes and tools for a collaborative inquiry-based systematic reflection of five TEs and the effects of their use in constructing professional kn…
The structure of teachers’ beliefs when they plan to visit a museum with their class
Representations of childhood in Greek language school textbooks
The study explores the representations of childhood in Greek language school textbooks for primary second graders within a broad chronological period, from 1934 to date. School textbooks are understood as social representations of social categories and social phenomena which Greek pupils are assumed to embed. Drawing from the “new sociology of childhood” which perceives childhood as a social construction we examine the representations of childhoo…
Critical thinking practices in teacher education programmes
Constructing Childhood
This study explores the construction of discourses about childhood in the Greek daily press. It employs the theoretical frameworks of the new sociology of childhood and critical discourse analysis to question which discourses of childhood are constructed in the daily press presenting cases where children were the victimisers in school violent episodes. The study showed that while there are distinct discourses constructed in the texts such as the …
Representations of childhood in Greek language school textbooks
The study explores the representations of childhood in Greek language school textbooks for primary second graders within a broad chronological period, from 1934 to date. School textbooks are understood as social representations of social categories and social phenomena which Greek pupils are assumed to embed. Drawing from the “new sociology of childhood” which perceives childhood as a social construction we examine the representations of childhoo…
Constructing Childhood
This study explores the construction of discourses about childhood in the Greek daily press. It employs the theoretical frameworks of the new sociology of childhood and critical discourse analysis to question which discourses of childhood are constructed in the daily press presenting cases where children were the victimisers in school violent episodes. The study showed that while there are distinct discourses constructed in the texts such as the …
Critical thinking practices in teacher education programmes
The structure of teachers’ beliefs when they plan to visit a museum with their class
Representations of childhood in Greek language school textbooks
The study explores the representations of childhood in Greek language school textbooks for primary second graders within a broad chronological period, from 1934 to date. School textbooks are understood as social representations of social categories and social phenomena which Greek pupils are assumed to embed. Drawing from the “new sociology of childhood” which perceives childhood as a social construction we examine the representations of childhoo…
Pre-Service Teachers’ Beliefs about Children’s Participation and Possibilities for Their Transformation during Initial Teacher Education
Pedagogy emphasises children’s participation in education as a child’s right and a prerequisite for learning and democratic education. However, studies show that participatory practices are not dominant in early childhood education (ECE). This calls for focused interventions during initial teacher education (ITE) to rectify this shortfall. This study examined pre-service teachers’ beliefs about children’s participation, exploring the effects of a…
University Teaching as a Site for Professional Learning of Teacher Educators
While initial teacher education (ITE) has been acknowledged as an important process for improving the quality of education by preparing future teachers, less attention has been paid to the support of the continuous professional learning of teacher educators (TEs). This study reports on the supporting processes and tools for a collaborative inquiry-based systematic reflection of five TEs and the effects of their use in constructing professional kn…
Psychology (5 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Childhood studies (2 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Early childhood (2 works) · Early childhood education (2 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (2 works)