Antonia Michaelidou

Biographic Data

ID6739429
NAMEAntonia Michaelidou
GIVEN NAMESAntonia
FAMILY NAMEMichaelidou
SIGNATUREMICHAELIDOU A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Nicosia
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • AI Avatar Storytelling as a Mediator of Visual Folk Heritage in Early Childhood Education

    Open AccessEliza Pitri, Argyro Fella et al.ARTICLEHeritage2026

    This paper presents the design and pedagogical rationale of an AI-powered avatar developed to mediate Cypriot woven heritage for preschool education. The study is conceptual and design-oriented, focusing on how visual motifs from Cypriot traditional weaving can be reinterpreted through an LLM-based conversational system grounded in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). The system, named Sophia, transforms textile patterns from the fythiotiko trad…

  • Folk tradition, transition, and transformation for early childhood education

    Open AccessEliza Pitri, Antonia MichaelidouARTICLEFrontiers in Education2025

    Transformation of folk culture is unavoidable when aiming to make traditional elements relevant to children today. An educational event was planned during a semester based on the above assumption, as a collaboration between the Department of Education of the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, and the Cyprus Folk Art Museum. The context of activities of two undergraduate courses was modified to make museum exhibits relevant initially to 11 student–tea…

  • Student–teachers’ perceptions about folk art and their implications for teacher education

    Open AccessEliza Pitri, Argyro Fella et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2025

    This study examines the perceptions of first-year university student–teachers concerning folk art. The 24 participants completed a 33-question survey assessing various dimensions: prior museum experiences, perceived cultural value, personal relevance, educational applicability, and professional utility. Findings indicate limited early exposure to folk art museums, though participants generally recognized its cultural and educational significance.…

  • The contribution of narrative drawing in early literacy

    Open AccessEliza Pitri, Antonia MichaelidouARTICLEFrontiers in Education2025

    In literate societies of the 21st century, written language plays a crucial role in both the professional and social life of individuals. Consequently, educational reforms emphasize the development of literacy skills in children. The ability to read and comprehend text is fundamental for individuals to fully engage and succeed in social contexts. Existing research supports that reading and writing are active cognitive processes essential for unde…

  • Early childhood student-teachers’ perspectives on creativity

    Open AccessAntonia Michaelidou, Eliza PitriARTICLEFrontiers in Education2022

    The changes taking place during the pandemic regarding the interchange between online and face-to-face teaching in the Department of Education of an Eastern Mediterranean private university, led to the need of instructors not only to revisit knowledge on creativity but to examine the views and perceptions of early childhood student-teachers about creativity. More specifically, through informal interviews, we examined 15 junior early childhood stu…

  • The Deafening Silence: Discussing Children's Drawings for Understanding and Addressing Marginalization

    Open AccessPanayiotis Angelides, Antonia MichaelidouARTICLEJournal of Early Childhood Research2009Cited by: 6References: 3

    Researchers who deal with inclusive education have made great efforts to listen to the voices of children in order to understand marginalization. Despite the fact that these efforts take place, the voices of many children fail to be heard and hence many children continue to be marginalized. In this article we will develop and implement a technique in order to understand and address marginalization. We will develop a technique that uses children's…