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

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

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 13^th Annual Conference of European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA): Possible Childhoods: Relationships and Choices. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 3^rd – 6^th 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 15^th 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 16^th Annual Conference of European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA): Democracy and Culture in Early Childhood Education, Reykjavik, 31 August – 2 September 2006.