• Aimilia Fakou


    Basic Information: 

    Title: Laboratory and Teaching Personnel (EDIP)
    Area of Specialization: Sociology of Educational Practices

    Contact details:

    Phone No:

    Fax:+30-210-3688057

    E-mail:  efakou@ecd.uoa.gr

    Office hours: Announced in the beginning of each semester
    Contact address: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Department of Early Childhood Education

    Academic information

    Education
    • University of Athens, School of Education, Faculty in Early Childhood Education, 2001.
    • University of London, Institute of Education, Master of Arts (M.A.) in Social Justice in Education, 2002.
    • University of Athens, School of Education, Faculty in Early Childhood Education, Phd in Educational Sciences specialized in Sociology of Education, 2015.
    Research interests
    • Pedagogic practices and social inequalities
    • Family – school relationships
    • Photography as a means for social and pedagogical intervention
    • Urban space and educational action
    Courses and Seminars
    Undergraduate

    • Observing in the kindergarten – Analyzing and understanding the classroom framework
    • Educational Plans and Pedagogical Practices in kindergarten
    • Planning, organization, and management of learning environments for early childhood
    • Literacy and pedagogic practices in early childhood I
    • Sociology of education
    Selected Publications

    •  «Zooming-in on the museum: the pedagogical and social parameters of an educational program in the kindergarten» (in collaboration with N. Askouni and St. Vouvoussira), Museumedu 4, 2017, pp. 183-208.
    • «The role of schools and teachers’ action strategies during the economic and social crisis: qualitative research in Attiki region» (in collaboration with A. Androusou, V. Τsafos, St. Vouvoussira, Μ. Κoumnianaki, P.  Charavitsidis, S. Avgitidou, Ε.Kominia, D.Kakana), Nea Paideia, 2017, vol. 161.
    • «My world, a click: The contribution of the art of photography to the development of multiliteracies in two public kindergartens of Athens», in collaboration with St. Vouvoussira, Action Research in Education, 7, 2016, pp. 29-68.
      «Early childhood teachers as mentors: an action research assessment (in collaboration with A. Androusou, N. Askouni, Κ. Agapitou, Α.Gkotsi, F.Kostoudi). In G. Bagakis (ed.) Methodology, Policies, Teacher training and professional development practices (School Based). Athens: Grigoris, 2016, pp. 51-60.
    • «Children’s friendships as a field of parental control: class differences in parental practices» (in collaboration with N. Askouni).  In P. Kiprianos and J.P. Pourtois (ed), “Family, School and Local Societies: Policies and Practices for Children”, 2015, Patras: Opportuna, pp.  268- 288.
    • «Variations of childhood in the kindergarten: cultural capital and relation to school» (in collaboration with St. Vouvoussira). Ιn Tzekaki, M. & Kanatsouli, M. (eds.), Proceedings of the Panhellenic Conference with International Participation: Re – Reflections on Childhood, Thessaloniki, 2014, pp.386 – 408.
    • «Class Differences in the Greek Public Kindergarten: Cultural Capital and Relation to School» (in collaboration with N. Askouni and St. Vouvoussira), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of AIFREF, Family, School, and Local Societies: Policies and Practices for Children, Patras, 2013, pp. 86-95.
    • “La conversation à la maternelle en tant qu’ aide au dévéloppement de la littéracie des enfants” (in collaboration with Cortessis-Dafermou Ch., Sfyroera, M., Morali, S., Avlami, K., Kostoudi, F.) in Revue Caractères, ABLF, n. 42, 2012, pp. 5-14.
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