School of Philosophy and Education

Research interests

• Teacher (pre-service and in-service) education
• Participatory educational practices and democracy in schools
• Professional learning communities in education
• Critical and creative thinking
• Educational action research

Selected publications

1. Avgitidou, S., Kampeza, M., Karadimitriou, K., & Sidiropoulou, C. (2024). Pre- Service Teachers’ Beliefs about Children’s Participation and Possibilities for Their Transformation during Initial Teacher Education. Education Sciences, 14(3), 236. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14030236
2. Avgitidou, S., Karadimitriou, K., Ampartzaki, M., Sidiropoulou, C., & Kampeza, M. (2024). University Teaching as a Site for Professional Learning of Teacher Educators: the Role of Collaborative Inquiry and Reflection within a Professional Learning Community. Education Sciences, 14(2),   
   207. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14020207 
   3. Avgitidou, S., Likomitrou, S., Alexiou, V., Birbili, M., Ampartzaki, M., Kampeza, M., Velkou, K. & Theodosiou, S. (2024). Enhancing participatory practices in early childhood education: transforming research knowledge into educational material. Research in Education, 13(1), 111-124. https://doi.org/10.12681/hjre.37584
   4. Avgitidou, S., Theodosiou, S., Likomitrou, S., Sidiropoulou, C., &amp? Karadimitriou, K. (2023). Voice – A digital open educational platform for supporting teachers’ professional learning: Design and evaluation. In EDULEARN23Proceedings   (pp. 6646-6651).  IATED. https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2023.1754  
   5. Avgitidou, S. (2022). Supporting Early Childhood Teachers’ Play Pedagogy: Methods, processes and outcomes. In Loizou, E. & Trawick-Smith, J. (eds). Teacher Education and Play Pedagogy: International Perspectives (pp. 82-94) New York: Routledge.
    6. Avgitidou, S. (2021) Supporting Teachers in Refugee Children’s Education. in.
   Papadopoulos. & S. Papadopoulou (eds). Applied linguistics research and good practices for Multicultural and Multilingual Classrooms (p.p. 77-93) New York: Nova Science Publishers.
   7. Avgitidou, S. (2021). Supporting children’s learning with participatory and interactive processes: teachers’ views and practices. In D. Goudiras (introduction – editor). Honorary volume for Professor Christos P. Frangos (pp. 186-202). Athens: Gutenberg.
   8. Avgitidou, S. (2021). Transforming the teaching of the course “Civic Education” into a dialogical and participatory process. Research in Education, 10(1), 161-180.
   doi:https://doi.org/10.12681/hjre.26715
   9. Karnezou, M., Pnevmatikos, D., Avgitidou, S. & Kariotoglou, P. (2021). The structure of teachers’ beliefs when they plan to visit a museum with their class. Journal of Teaching and Teacher Education, 99(3):103254
   10. Betsas, Ι., Avgitidou, S. & Tsiompanou, A. (2020) Representations of childhood in Greek language school textbooks: from rural to urban childhood Paedagogica Historica, DOI: 10.1080/00309230.2020.1762678
   11. Avgitidou, S. (2020). Orientations of educational research in Greece. In A. Androusou &. V. Tsafos (Eds.). A Dynamic Interdisciplinary Field (pp. 648- 662). Athens.
   12. Avgitidou, S. (2020). Supporting teachers’ professional learning: epistemological and methodological issues. Methods. In K. Bonidis & G. Zarifis (eds.) Pedagogy. Epistemological and Methodological Issues. (pp. 236-256). Thessaloniki.
   13. Avgitidou, S., & Sidiropoulou, Ch. (2020). Deconstructing and reconstructing teacher candidates’ beliefs: An intervention program in the context of practical training. Research in Education, 9(1),77-91. doi:https://doi.org/10.12681/hjre.23311
   14. Avgitidou, S. (2020). Facilitating teachers as action researchers and reflective practitioners: new issues and proposals, Educational Action Research, 28(2), 175-191. DOI: 10.1080/09650792.2019.1654900
   15. Lorencová, H., Jarošová, E., Avgitidou, S. & Dimitriadou, C. (2019).Critical thinking practices in teacher education    programmes:   a    systematic review. Studies in  Higher Education,   45(4)    DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2019.1586331