In the MSc program in Curriculum Design and Development of Teaching Material in Contemporary Learning Environments, the faculty includes:
- Members of the teaching and research staff (ΔΕΠ) of the Department, as well as other Departments of the University of Thessaly, following their declaration of interest.
- Faculty members from other universities in Greece or abroad who will conduct courses or seminars on subjects of particular research interest.
- Researchers from recognized research centers in Greece or abroad who will be invited to deliver a series of lectures.
- Ph.D. holders with specialized knowledge, invited by the Assembly.
Academic Subjects and Scientific/Research Interests of the Teaching Staff
Eleni Andreou
Professor
Email: elandr@uth.gr
Academic Subject: Educational Psychology
Research Interests: Focus on learning difficulties, behavioral problems in schools, social and emotional development, school and cyberbullying, classroom management, intervention programs, and promotion of mental health in schools and inclusive education.
George Androulakis
Professor
Email: androulakis@uth.gr
Academic Subject: Sociolinguistics and its applications in teaching
Research Interests: Study of language contact in immigrant communities, language policy, language teaching, open and distance learning.
Stefanos Asimopoulos
Assistant Professor
Email: asimstef@uth.gr
Academic Subject: Natural Sciences and their Teaching
Research Interests: Transformation of scientific into school knowledge, proportions, models, and experiments in the teaching of Natural Sciences.
Evgenia Vasilaki
Assistant Professor
Email: evasilaki@uth.gr
Academic Subject: Greek Language and its Teaching
Research Interests: Focus on the Teaching of Language as a mother tongue and as a second language, Pragmatics, and Cognitive Linguistics with applications in education.
George Vleioras
Assistant Professor
Email: vleioras@uth.gr
Academic Subject: Developmental Psychology
Research Interests: Concentration on identity development, emerging adulthood, and processes leading to healthy development in children and adolescents, as a function of social and historical factors.
Katerina Voulgari
Teaching and Research Fellow
Email: kvoulgari@uth.gr
Academic Subject: Psychopedagogy
Research Interests: Focus on language and speech development, psychosocial development of children, neuroscience, and education, counseling (school, family, parent counseling), and lifelong learning.
Stavroula Kaldi
Professor
Email: kaldi@uth.gr
Academic Subject: Pedagogics: Teaching Methodology
Research Interests: Innovative teaching approaches such as the project method, student-centered teaching and learning, differentiated teaching in education, and professional development of educators.
Charalambos Karagiannidis
Professor
Email: karagian@uth.gr
Academic Subject: Applications of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Education and Special Education
Research Interests: Focus on technology-enhanced learning, human-computer interaction, accessibility, universal design, inclusive education, educational software, educational robotics, augmented reality, gamification, massive open online courses (MOOCs), and technology-enhanced education for the elderly.
Ilias Karasavvidis
Assistant Professor
Email: ikaras@uth.gr
Academic Subject: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Learning in Preschool Education
Research Interests: Technologically supported learning, human-computer interaction, accessibility, universal design, educational software, educational robotics, augmented reality, gamification, MOOCs, and technology-enhanced education for the elderly.
Vasilis Kollias
Assistant Professor
Email: vkollias@uth.gr
Academic Subject: Physics and Collaborative Learning Environments using ICT
Research Interests: Design of collaborative learning environments supported by ICT for Physics Education, teacher education in the integration of ICT in their courses, and students’ practices promoting learning in collaborative environments.
Magdalini Kolokytha
Assistant Professor
Email: mkolokitha@uth.gr
Academic Subject: Sociology of Education
Research Interests: Concentration on Sociology of Education (Economic/Cultural Inequalities, Social Justice, European Educational Policy, Governance), and Research Methodology (Discourse Analysis, Structure/Agency) with an emphasis on qualitative methods.
Marita Paparousi
Professor
Email: mpaparou@uth.gr
Research interests: Contemporary prose, literary theory, gender and identities, and the teaching of literature.
Teaches in the postgraduate program since 2003 and is the coordinator of the course “Teaching and learning of Literature and development of teaching material.”
Panagiotis Politis
Professor
Email: ppol@uth.gr
Research interests: Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Teaching of Informatics.
Research topics include Information and Communication Technologies in Education, development and teaching use of educational software, collaborative online learning environments, hypermedia, and multimedia in education, informatics teaching, open and distance education.
Teaches in the postgraduate program since 2003 and is the coordinator, along with Vasilis Kollias, of the course “Teaching and Learning with ICT – Development of Teaching Material.”
Antonis Smirnaios
Assistant Professor
Email: smirnaios@uth.gr
Research interests: Modern Greek History and Education, Teaching of History.
Recent research focuses on the relationship between society, history, science, and pedagogy with the post-human phenomenon.
Teaches in the postgraduate program since 2012 and is the coordinator of the course “Teaching and learning of History and development of teaching material.”
Vasilis Stavropoulos
Adjunct Faculty Member
Email: bstavro@gmail.com
Research interests: Educational research organization and administration, Research Methodology, Statistics.
Research focuses on the organization and administration of education, Research Methodology, Statistics, learning qualitative and quantitative research software, self-effectiveness, and leadership behavior.
Teaches in the postgraduate program since 2016 in the “Learning Software for Qualitative and Quantitative Research” seminar.
Dimitris Schizas
Assistant Professor
Email: dschizas@uth.gr
Research interests: Biology, Ecology, and their Teaching.
Research focuses on issues of History, Philosophy, and Teaching of Biology and Ecology.
Teaches in the postgraduate program since 2022 in the course “Educational Research and its Methods.”
Triantafillos A. Triantafyllidis
Professor
Email: ttriant@uth.gr
Research interests: Teaching of Mathematics.
Research approaches the school class of mathematics using tools of semiotics and cultural and linguistic anthropology. Special interest in geometry, integration of tactile materials in mathematics teaching, and issues related to the education and training of educators.
Teaches in the postgraduate program since 2003 and is the coordinator of the course “Teaching and learning in Mathematics and development of teaching material.”
Stella Tsermentseli
Assistant Professor
Email: tsermentseli@uth.gr
Research interests: Educational Psychology, Learning Difficulties.
Research focuses on investigating cognitive processes affecting the social and learning skills of children, especially those with developmental disorders and specific learning difficulties.
Teaches in the postgraduate program since 2020 in the course “Educational Research and its Methods.”
Amanda Philippatou
Assistant Professor
Email: filipd@psych.uoa.gr
Research interests: Learning Difficulties.
Research concerns (Special) learning difficulties in written language, assessment of learning difficulties, psychosocial problems faced by students with learning difficulties, and the design of differentiated teaching for students with typical and atypical development in the general class.
Teaches in the postgraduate program since 2005 in the course “Contemporary Approaches to Learning and Educational Practice.”
Nikos Chaniotakis
Assistant Professor
Email: chaniot@uth.gr
Research interests: School Pedagogy.
Research interests relate to student assessment, homework, humor in teaching, all-day school, and the practical training of students.
Teaches in the postgraduate program since 2003 and is the coordinator, along with Stavroula Kaldi, of the course “Contemporary Approaches to Learning and Educational Practice.”
Maria Hatzi
Faculty Member
Email: mxatzi02@uth.gr
Research interests: Literacy and Natural Sciences in Primary Education.
Research focuses on multiliteracies in education, Teaching of Natural Sciences, and applied pedagogy.
Teaches in the postgraduate program since 2016 in the course “Contemporary Approaches to Learning and Educational Practice.”
Konstantinos Hatzikiriakou
Professor
Email: kxatzkyr@uth.gr
Research interests: Mathematical Logic and Mathematical Education.
Current research interests include Mathematical Logic (especially in the research program of Reverse Mathematics) and Mathematical Education (with a particular interest in the use of Literature and History of Mathematics in the teaching of Mathematics, teaching of Logic and proof, and the use of tangible tools and software in Geometry teaching).
Teaches in the postgraduate program since 2003 and is the coordinator of the course “Issues in Mathematical Education and Development of Teaching Material.”