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    Vassilis Tsafos

    Basic Information:

    Title: Professor

    Area of Specialization: Pedagogical Theory and Curricula Studies

    Contact details:

    Phone No: 210-3688531

    Φαξ: 210-3688057

    E-mail: vtsafos@ecd.uoa.gr


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

    Academic information

    Education
    • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Philosophy, Degree in Philology, 1982.
    • University of Paris V – René Descartes, License en Sciences de l’Éducation (Direction: Psychology of Education) 1983.
    • University of Paris V – René Descartes, Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in Linguistics, 1984. University of Paris VIII, Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in Educational Sciences, 1985.
    • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Pedagogy, Department of Philosophy – Pedagogy – Psychology of the School of Philosophy, Doctorate in Pedagogy, 1998.
     

    Research interests

    • Curriculum: Theory and practice
    • Education and professional development of teachers
    • Qualitative approaches to educational research: educational action research, narrative research
     

    Courses and Seminars

    Undergraduate:

    • Sciences of Education: An introduction
    • Observation in Kindergarten: analysis and understanding of the classroom framework
    • Planning and Teaching
    • Critical Pedagogical and Educational Act
    • Teacher and Curriculum
    • Alternative forms of Educational Evaluation
    • Museum and School
    • Thematic Laboratory Week: “Differentiated Pedagogy” (in collaboration with Ch. Dafermou and M. Sfiroera).

     

    Graduate: 

    • Qualitative methods in social research and special education “Special Education”.
     

    Selected Publications

    Books

    • 2020 : Sciences of Education: an interdisciplinary dynamic domain, Athens: Gutenberg (in Greek) (in collaboration with A. Androusou).
    • 2016 : Student teachers observe, intervene and reflect: suggestions for support of their Practicum (editing) Gutenberg, Athens (in Greek) (in collaboration with Sofia Avgitidou, Marianna Tzekaki).
    • 2014: Curriculum: Theoretical research and educational orientations. Looking for new constants in an uncertain world, Athens: Metaixmio (in Greek).
    • 2003 : From Research to Teaching: The Educational Action Research, Athens: Savallas (in Greek)
    • 2020 : The course of pedagogical thinking: From Pedagogy to the Sciences of Education. In Androusou, A. & Tsafos, V. (eds). Education Sciences: a dynamic interdisciplinary field, Athens: Gutenberg (in Greek) (Under publication).
    • 2020 : Educational research and its importance for the development of the Sciences of Education: A diagrammatic presentation of its course. In Androusou, A. & Tsafos, V. (eds). Education Sciences: a dynamic interdisciplinary field, (in Greek) (Under publication)
    • 2019 : Reforming history for school and History education: A pilot of history-teaching for the Muslim Minority in Thrace. At Rethinking Language, Diversity and Education, Conference Proceedings.
    • 2019 : Descriptive Evaluation Guide for Kindergarten, Elementary, High School (3 volumes) (in Greek).  http://iep.edu.gr/el/component/k2/657-odigoi-ekpaideftikoy-gia-tin-perigrafiki-aksiologisi
    • 2018 : Aspects of the professional identity of preschool teachers in Greece: Investigating the role of teacher education and professional experience. Teacher Development, (in collaboration with Androusou, A.)
    • 2018: Official Educational Policy and Action Research in the Era of Crisis: The Case of Greece, Journal of Education & Social Policy, 5 (1): 221-229. (in collaboration with Katsarou, E 2018).
    • 2017 : Principals ’views of the effects of the socio-economic crisis on primary education. Menon. Journal of Educational Research, 4, ISSN: 1792-8494, online. (in collaboration with Avgitidou, S. Likomitrou, S., Kominia, E., Alexiou, V., Androusou, A., Kakana, D., Kousaxidis, K.)
    • 2017: Curriculum and students: a historical investigation of this dynamic interactive relationship, European Journal of Curriculum Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, 692-706.
    • 2016 : Critical pedagogy and action research: detecting the emancipatory perspective in the post-modern educational context, Action Researcher in Education, vol. 7.
    • 2016: Recognizing participants ’professional identities through analysis of narratives in educational Action Research, International Journal of Action Research, 12 (3), pp. 248-271 (in collaboration with Katsarou, E).
    • 2016: Teacher and School Support Confronting Social Inequalities: Using a Digital Platform. In L. Gómez Chova, A. LópezMartínez, I. Candel Torres (Eds.) Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN16), 4th-6th July 2016, Barcelona, ​​Spain, IATED Academy, pp. 0373-0380, (in collaboration with Voulgari, I., Androusou, A., Avgitidou, S., Kakana, D.).
    • 2014: The reflective perspective of narrative in educational action research. In Rauch, F., Schuster, A., Stern, T. Pribila, M. & Townsend, A. (eds). Promoting change through action research. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, (pp. 135-146).
    • 2014: Using action research in curriculum development in a fully-controlled educational context: The case of Greece. European Journal of Curriculum Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2, 141-161 (in collaboration with E. Katsarou).
    • 2013 : Action research as a means for reforming curriculum. In Morgado, J.C., Alves, M.P., Vianna, I., Ferreira, C., Seabra, F., Van Hattum-Janssen, N. & Pacheco, J. A. (eds). Proceedings of the European Conference on Curriculum Studies. Future Directions: Uncertainty and Possibility. Bragua: University of Minho, (pp. 234-239) (in collaboration with Eleni Katsarou).
    • 2013 : Training teachers as mentors of future teachers in an exploratory reflective framework, in the electronic version The practical exercise in the initial education of teachers: theory, practice, research, under electronic publication TEAPI-EKPA and Network of Practical Exercises of Preschool Education Departments, 2013, (p. 360-395) (in Greek) (in collaboration with A. Androusou,).
    • 2013: Developing the Curriculum in an Innovative Greek School Framework: The Implication of Teachers. Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2, 1, 42-53.
    • 2013 : Developing Inquiry and Reflection Skills in Student-Teachers: The Use of Action Research. Journal of Teaching and Teacher Education, 1, 1, 45-57.
    • 2011 : Educating Teachers: Observation of a Classroom’s Framework as part of the Student Teachers ’Education, The International Journal of Learning, 18: 8, 191-212, (in collaboration with A. Androussou and H. Kortessi-Dafermou).
    • 2010 : Developing a practice-theory model in pre-service teacher education in Greece. The implications of action-research: A case study. Action Research, 8, 2, 153-170.
    • 2010 : Preschool Teachers ’Understandings of the National Preschool Curriculum in Greece. Early Childhood Education Journal, 37, 5, 411-420 (in collaboration with E.Sofou).
    • 2010 : Multimodality in L1 Curriculum: The case of Greek compulsory education, Critical Literacy: Theories and Practices Vol 4: 1 (in collaboration with E. Katsarou).
    • 2009 : Teacher-student negotiation in an action research project, Educational Action Research, 17, 2, 197-212, 2009.
    • 2009 : Students ’Subjectivities vs. Dominant discourses in Greek L1 Curriculum. International Journal of Learning Common Ground Publisher, University of Melbourne, Australia, (in collaboration with E. Katsarou).
    • 2008 : Collaborative school innovation project as a pivot for teachers ’professional development: the case of Acharnes’ Second Chance School in Greece », Teacher Development, 14: 2, 125-138, (in collaboration with Eleni Katsarou).
     

    Οther information

    Publication of a scientific journal – Creation of a Website

    • Responsible for the design, configuration, supervision and renewal (in collaboration with Eleni Katsarou, Associate Professor of the University of Crete) of the Greek website for the educational action research www.actionresearch.gr
    • Publisher (in collaboration with Eleni Katsarou, Associate Professor, University of Crete) of the bilingual online magazine Action Researcher in Education, hosted at: www.actionresearch.gr and the first four issues have already been published.
    • Participation in scientific associations
    • Member of the international scientific network C.A.R.N. (Classroom Action Research Network).
    • Member of the international scientific association ISATT (International Study Association on Teacher Thinking).
    • Member of the Hellenic Pedagogical Society (PEE)
    • Member of the Board of Directors of the scientific company “Hellenic Observatory for Intercultural Education”.


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