Loizos Symeou
Biographic Data
| ID | 6007817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Loizos Symeou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Loizos |
| FAMILY NAME | Symeou |
| SIGNATURE | SYMEOU L |
| AFFILIATIONS | European University Cyprus |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4903-4634 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Practices, behaviours and actions of highly trusted primary school principals in Cyprus
Faculty trust in educational leadership is a linchpin of schools’ functionality and efficacy. Teachers’ trust in their school leaders can significantly influence the work environment, teacher retention and student achievement. Our study, which employed a comprehensive mixed-methods approach, including 1320 questionnaires and interviews with 40 teachers and 5 principals, has identified eight practices, behaviours and actions (Fairness, Respect, Co…
Gender Leadership Imbalance in Academia
Whilst there has been an increasing trend of women holding academic positions in European Higher Tertiary Institutions (HTIs), leadership positions are held predominantly by men. The study draws on radical feminism theory with which its methodology is aligned by investigating the perceptions of both genders. To that end, the study categorizes the impediments holding women back from breaking the glass ceiling into endogenous and exogenous factors.…
All we need is love (and money)’! What do higher education students want from their families
Research has shown that consistent family support improves higher education (HE) students’ chances for adjustment and graduation but family over-involvement negatively affects students’ well-being. We theoretically bridge three largely disjointed bodies of literature (namely, family ‘support’, ‘involvement’ and ‘over-involvement’) and show that families of undergraduate students very often engage in roles traditionally reserved for lower levels o…
Culturally aware but not yet ready to teach the “others”
Purpose In this paper, the authors focus on a professional development programme in Cyprus aiming to enhance teachers’ intercultural understanding, awareness and competencies. This paper aims to focus on trainers’ and teacher trainees’ reflections upon a teacher professional development programme in the primary school in Cyprus with the largest number of Roma children. Design/methodology/approach The training was provided by a small team of six t…
Has family involvement migrated into higher education? An investigation of how administrative staff document the phenomenon in students’ university experiences in Cyprus
Families have been getting more and more involved in their children’s education. This paper presents findings of a study investigating family involvement in their members’ undergraduate studies attending a state (non-fee-paying) and a private (fee-paying) university in Cyprus. The data presented in the paper were collected via online logs completed by administrative personnel in the two universities documenting incidents of family involvement. Th…
Neoliberal versus social justice reforms in education policy and practice
This article uses critical discourse analysis in order to discuss the equity and social justice implications of an envisaged education reform agenda in Cyprus, as articulated by two consultation reports commissioned by the World Bank. The reports highlight, inter alia, the imperative to improve teaching and enhance accountability regimes with regard to students’ learning. Selected extracts from these documents are analyzed in order to highlight t…
Experiencing the same but differently
This paper examines the experiences of minority students from two different cultural groups, immigrant children of Pontian background and indigenous minority children of Roma descent, in the Greek-Cypriot educational system. Through a joint re-examination of results from two different qualitative studies, this paper delineates similarities and differences of how life at school is experienced through the eyes of children who are not part of the ma…
Dropping out of high school in Cyprus
This paper presents a comparison of family circumstances, aspirations and school involvement of parents in Cyprus whose children were at risk of dropping out of high school and parents whose children were not at risk. The data were collected through a questionnaire survey constructed within the framework of the European project Drop-Out Open Door. The results showed a broad range of differences in the resources, expectations, perceptions and prac…
Roma and their education in Cyprus
In this paper, the authors report on the results of the implementation of the IN‐SErvice Training for Roma Inclusion (INSETRom) project in Cyprus and discuss conclusions relating to the school inclusion of Roma in the Greek Cypriot educational system. After presenting country‐specific information on Roma and the education of Roma in the Greek Cypriot educational system, the authors describe a needs assessment study which took place in the course …
Teacher training for Roma inclusion
From School—Family Links to Social Capital
This article reports on a multiple case study that explored teachers' and families' collaboration in two urban and four rural state elementary schools in Cyprus. The analysis of the data shows that teachers' approaches to their collaboration with families may be traced not only to differences among teachers but also to the ideological approach of the parents' community to schooling and school—family relationships. The study suggests that teacher—…
Cultural capital and family involvement in children's education
In this paper, I present the findings of a study which explored teacher‐family collaboration in state primary schools in Cyprus. The research strategy was one of multiple case study, with a sample of seven teachers, their pupils and the pupils' parents. The research approach was ethnographic and the data set reported in this paper includes the data collected from the field of two of the sites. The analysis of the data showed that participant pare…
Capital cultural y social
Existen crecientes evidencias que revelan una influencia considerable de la familia en el desarrollo escolar infantil y que apuntan a la necesidad de llevar a cabo investigaciones teóricas minuciosas y de explicar cómo el hogar y la escuela influyen en la escolarización de los niños. Con este objetivo se proponen en este artículo modelos teóricos tanto psicológicos como sociológicos, cuyos supuestos comunes son, en primer lugar, que las familias …
Neoliberal versus social justice reforms in education policy and practice
This article uses critical discourse analysis in order to discuss the equity and social justice implications of an envisaged education reform agenda in Cyprus, as articulated by two consultation reports commissioned by the World Bank. The reports highlight, inter alia, the imperative to improve teaching and enhance accountability regimes with regard to students’ learning. Selected extracts from these documents are analyzed in order to highlight t…
Cultural capital and family involvement in children's education
In this paper, I present the findings of a study which explored teacher‐family collaboration in state primary schools in Cyprus. The research strategy was one of multiple case study, with a sample of seven teachers, their pupils and the pupils' parents. The research approach was ethnographic and the data set reported in this paper includes the data collected from the field of two of the sites. The analysis of the data showed that participant pare…
Has family involvement migrated into higher education? An investigation of how administrative staff document the phenomenon in students’ university experiences in Cyprus
Families have been getting more and more involved in their children’s education. This paper presents findings of a study investigating family involvement in their members’ undergraduate studies attending a state (non-fee-paying) and a private (fee-paying) university in Cyprus. The data presented in the paper were collected via online logs completed by administrative personnel in the two universities documenting incidents of family involvement. Th…
Roma and their education in Cyprus
In this paper, the authors report on the results of the implementation of the IN‐SErvice Training for Roma Inclusion (INSETRom) project in Cyprus and discuss conclusions relating to the school inclusion of Roma in the Greek Cypriot educational system. After presenting country‐specific information on Roma and the education of Roma in the Greek Cypriot educational system, the authors describe a needs assessment study which took place in the course …
Teacher training for Roma inclusion
Culturally aware but not yet ready to teach the “others”
Purpose In this paper, the authors focus on a professional development programme in Cyprus aiming to enhance teachers’ intercultural understanding, awareness and competencies. This paper aims to focus on trainers’ and teacher trainees’ reflections upon a teacher professional development programme in the primary school in Cyprus with the largest number of Roma children. Design/methodology/approach The training was provided by a small team of six t…
Experiencing the same but differently
This paper examines the experiences of minority students from two different cultural groups, immigrant children of Pontian background and indigenous minority children of Roma descent, in the Greek-Cypriot educational system. Through a joint re-examination of results from two different qualitative studies, this paper delineates similarities and differences of how life at school is experienced through the eyes of children who are not part of the ma…
All we need is love (and money)’! What do higher education students want from their families
Research has shown that consistent family support improves higher education (HE) students’ chances for adjustment and graduation but family over-involvement negatively affects students’ well-being. We theoretically bridge three largely disjointed bodies of literature (namely, family ‘support’, ‘involvement’ and ‘over-involvement’) and show that families of undergraduate students very often engage in roles traditionally reserved for lower levels o…
From School—Family Links to Social Capital
This article reports on a multiple case study that explored teachers' and families' collaboration in two urban and four rural state elementary schools in Cyprus. The analysis of the data shows that teachers' approaches to their collaboration with families may be traced not only to differences among teachers but also to the ideological approach of the parents' community to schooling and school—family relationships. The study suggests that teacher—…
Capital cultural y social
Existen crecientes evidencias que revelan una influencia considerable de la familia en el desarrollo escolar infantil y que apuntan a la necesidad de llevar a cabo investigaciones teóricas minuciosas y de explicar cómo el hogar y la escuela influyen en la escolarización de los niños. Con este objetivo se proponen en este artículo modelos teóricos tanto psicológicos como sociológicos, cuyos supuestos comunes son, en primer lugar, que las familias …
Cultural capital and family involvement in children's education
In this paper, I present the findings of a study which explored teacher‐family collaboration in state primary schools in Cyprus. The research strategy was one of multiple case study, with a sample of seven teachers, their pupils and the pupils' parents. The research approach was ethnographic and the data set reported in this paper includes the data collected from the field of two of the sites. The analysis of the data showed that participant pare…
From School—Family Links to Social Capital
This article reports on a multiple case study that explored teachers' and families' collaboration in two urban and four rural state elementary schools in Cyprus. The analysis of the data shows that teachers' approaches to their collaboration with families may be traced not only to differences among teachers but also to the ideological approach of the parents' community to schooling and school—family relationships. The study suggests that teacher—…
Roma and their education in Cyprus
In this paper, the authors report on the results of the implementation of the IN‐SErvice Training for Roma Inclusion (INSETRom) project in Cyprus and discuss conclusions relating to the school inclusion of Roma in the Greek Cypriot educational system. After presenting country‐specific information on Roma and the education of Roma in the Greek Cypriot educational system, the authors describe a needs assessment study which took place in the course …
Teacher training for Roma inclusion
Dropping out of high school in Cyprus
This paper presents a comparison of family circumstances, aspirations and school involvement of parents in Cyprus whose children were at risk of dropping out of high school and parents whose children were not at risk. The data were collected through a questionnaire survey constructed within the framework of the European project Drop-Out Open Door. The results showed a broad range of differences in the resources, expectations, perceptions and prac…
Experiencing the same but differently
This paper examines the experiences of minority students from two different cultural groups, immigrant children of Pontian background and indigenous minority children of Roma descent, in the Greek-Cypriot educational system. Through a joint re-examination of results from two different qualitative studies, this paper delineates similarities and differences of how life at school is experienced through the eyes of children who are not part of the ma…
Neoliberal versus social justice reforms in education policy and practice
This article uses critical discourse analysis in order to discuss the equity and social justice implications of an envisaged education reform agenda in Cyprus, as articulated by two consultation reports commissioned by the World Bank. The reports highlight, inter alia, the imperative to improve teaching and enhance accountability regimes with regard to students’ learning. Selected extracts from these documents are analyzed in order to highlight t…
Has family involvement migrated into higher education? An investigation of how administrative staff document the phenomenon in students’ university experiences in Cyprus
Families have been getting more and more involved in their children’s education. This paper presents findings of a study investigating family involvement in their members’ undergraduate studies attending a state (non-fee-paying) and a private (fee-paying) university in Cyprus. The data presented in the paper were collected via online logs completed by administrative personnel in the two universities documenting incidents of family involvement. Th…
Culturally aware but not yet ready to teach the “others”
Purpose In this paper, the authors focus on a professional development programme in Cyprus aiming to enhance teachers’ intercultural understanding, awareness and competencies. This paper aims to focus on trainers’ and teacher trainees’ reflections upon a teacher professional development programme in the primary school in Cyprus with the largest number of Roma children. Design/methodology/approach The training was provided by a small team of six t…
All we need is love (and money)’! What do higher education students want from their families
Research has shown that consistent family support improves higher education (HE) students’ chances for adjustment and graduation but family over-involvement negatively affects students’ well-being. We theoretically bridge three largely disjointed bodies of literature (namely, family ‘support’, ‘involvement’ and ‘over-involvement’) and show that families of undergraduate students very often engage in roles traditionally reserved for lower levels o…
Gender Leadership Imbalance in Academia
Whilst there has been an increasing trend of women holding academic positions in European Higher Tertiary Institutions (HTIs), leadership positions are held predominantly by men. The study draws on radical feminism theory with which its methodology is aligned by investigating the perceptions of both genders. To that end, the study categorizes the impediments holding women back from breaking the glass ceiling into endogenous and exogenous factors.…
Practices, behaviours and actions of highly trusted primary school principals in Cyprus
Faculty trust in educational leadership is a linchpin of schools’ functionality and efficacy. Teachers’ trust in their school leaders can significantly influence the work environment, teacher retention and student achievement. Our study, which employed a comprehensive mixed-methods approach, including 1320 questionnaires and interviews with 40 teachers and 5 principals, has identified eight practices, behaviours and actions (Fairness, Respect, Co…
Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (6 works) · Social science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Inclusion (mineral (3 works) · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (3 works)