Eleni Tsalagiorgou

Basic information

Title: Laboratory and Teaching Personnel (EDIP)

Area of Specialisation: Pedagogical Theory and Teaching Practice in Teacher Education

Contact details

Telephone: 210-3688548

Email: etsalagior@ecd.uoa.gr


 

Contact address: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Early Childhood Education, 13A, Navarinou, Athens, 10680

 


Academic information:

Education
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Manchester
  • Master of Science (MSc) in Educational Research, University of Manchester
  • Master in Education (MEd) in Educational Studies, University of Manchester
  • Degree of Educational Studies, Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Western Macedonia

 

Research interests
  • Teacher education
  • Social Interaction in early childhood education
  • Participatory educational practices
  • Educational change

 

Courses and Seminars
Undergraduate

  • From designing to implementation: pedagogical interventions and reflective practices
  • Methodological approaches to teaching practice: from observation to design
  • Project approach in early childhood education: theory and practice
  • Literacy approaches in early years
  • Curriculum development in early childhood education
  • Teachers as researchers: institutional-social and educational context

 

Selected Publications

  • Eleni Tsalagiorgou, (2003) ‘Implementing Innovations in Early Childhood Education: The Greek Experience.’ Presentation at 13th Annual Conference of European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA): Possible Childhoods: Relationships and Choices. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 3rd – 6th September 2003.
  • Eleni Tsalagiorgou, Maritta Hännikäinen, Peter Kutnick, Maelis Karlsson Lohmander, (2005) ‘Social Inclusion and Peer-based Learning in Early Childhood Education in Six European Countries’. Self Organised Symposium at 15th Annual Conference of European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA): Young Children as Citizens: Identity, Belonging, Participation. St. Patrick’s College, Dublin, 31 August – 3 September 2005.
  • Sofia Avgitidou & Eleni Tsalagiorgou (2006) ‘Democratic processes in school change: A research approach’. Presentation at 16th Annual Conference of European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA): Democracy and Culture in Early Childhood Education, Reykjavik, 31 August – 2 September 2006.