Anastassios Emvalotis

University of Ioannina | UOI

This study examined the perceptions of upper primary grade level students about science, scientists, and their work. Participants were 284 fifth- and sixth-grade students (aged 10–12) from six urban areas of Attica (Greece). An open-ended questionnaire was employed for data selection. Students’ responses were analyzed both qualitatively (through th...

Inquiry-based learning remains both an important goal and challenge for primary school teachers within and across different subjects, such as history and science. By addressing primary school teachers, for the first time, as both learners who deal with controversial topics and teachers who have significant teaching experience, this study aims to un...

The investigation of students’ images of scientists and their work is of interest to researchers due to the widely held belief that the students’ perceptions are important preliminary indications for the future academic and professional choices. This study explored the images of 218 Peruvian high school students about scientists and their work (con...

Attitudes towards science have an important role in society, as they affect people’s scientific literacy, which is cultivated from an early age, leading to the need for scientific literate teachers. The purpose of the present study was to detect pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards science and examine whether their beliefs about science influenc...

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Contemporary educational reforms, both in the fields of science and mathematics, highlight the importance of pre-service teachers’ preparation with regard to several meaningful standards. However, teachers’ own self-confidence in science and mathematics teaching are likely to influence their efforts. Framed within a growing body of research focusin...

Framed within the literature of epistemic cognition and multiple-text comprehension, this mixed-method study explores aspects of pre-service primary teachers’ epistemic cognition which are enacted while they are dealing with the socio-scientific issue of autonomous vehicles; and whether these aspects are connected to the comprehension and integrati...

The importance of motivation-related factors in shaping students’ academic achievement across a range of areas, including science, has been consistently acknowledged by the existing research literature. In an effort to improve students’ science achievement, many education systems put particular emphasis on the enhancement of intrinsic (i.e. enjoyme...

Abstract Plagiarism, intentional or unintentional, is a serious ethical and integrity issue that weighs heavily on the scientific and academic community. Although it is a usual practice, there is very little research found involving Greek universities. The present study aims at examining Greek university students’ opinions regarding plagiarism caus...

This paper is part of a wider study on the impact of European Education policies as implemented in the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) by Comenius multilateral school partnerships. It is based on a collection of data from the European Shared Treasure (EST) and is supplemented by material from various National Agencies (NAs) and relevant Eurydice...

Despite its significance, the teacher-student relationship in higher education remains an under-researched field. The current study used constructivist grounded theory, in order to enrich the relevant discussion. More specifically, it aimed at exploring how the teacher-student relationship in graduate education develops (and gradually evolves) base...

Background: A growing interest in student’s perceptions of scientists has been identified in the literature, relying on the argument that stereotypical perceptions of scientists may affect student attitudes towards science and their willingness to pursue a science-related career. Thus, over the past 30 years, many studies have investigated students...

Εισαγωγή: Η διάδοση του πλαγιαρισμού αποτελεί ένα θέμα με διεθνές ερευνητικό ενδιαφέρον. Στο πλαίσιο αυτό έχουν διερευνηθεί (μερικώς) η έκταση και οι μορφές του πλαγιαρισμού στο φοιτητικό πληθυσμό. Ωστόσο, από την ανασκόπηση της σχετικής βιβλιογραφίας, διαπιστώθηκε ότι το συγκεκριμένο ζήτημα δεν έχει ερευνηθεί σε σημαντικό βαθμό στην ελληνική ακαδη...

Σκοπός της εργασίας είναι η διερεύνηση πτυχών επιστημονικού εγγραμματισμού σε μελλοντικούς εκπαιδευτικούς πρωτοβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης. Στην έρευνα συμμετείχαν 180 φοιτητές/τριες Παιδαγωγικού Τμήματος Δημοτικής Εκπαίδευσης. Οι συμμετέχοντες/ουσες συμπλήρωσαν ένα ειδικά διαμορφωμένο ερωτηματολόγιο σχετικά με τον εαυτό τους, την οικογένειά τους, τις απόψ...

Η δημοσίευση παρουσιάζει προκαταρκτικά αποτελέσματα έρευνας σε φοιτητές/ριες παιδαγωγικού τμήματος για (α) τις πεποιθήσεις αποτελεσματικότητάς τους στη διδασκαλία των μαθηματικών και (β) τις αντιλήψεις τους για τη διδασκαλία των μαθηματικών. Οι φοιτητές/ριες (n = 74) συμπλήρωσαν ένα ειδικά διαμορφωμένο ερωτηματολόγιο αναφορικά με το βαθμό εμπιστοσύ...

Η ακαδημαϊκή δεοντολογία αποτελεί μείζον ζήτημα στην τριτοβάθμια εκπαίδευση (και όχι μόνο). Η σχετική διεθνής βιβλιογραφία εμφανίζει αυξητική συγκέντρωση ερευνών που εξετάζουν διάφορες διαστάσεις της, με έμφαση στον πλαγιαρισμό και εν γένει τις ακαδημαϊκά ανέντιμες πρακτικές. Έτσι, εμφανίζονται ποικίλες αναφορές στον πλαγιαρισμό, την ακαδημαϊκή εξα...

Contemporary education reform efforts, both in the fields of science and mathematics, highlight the importance of pre-service teachers’ preparation during their studies with regard to several meaningful standards. However, teachers’ own self-confidence in science and mathematics teaching are likely to influence their efforts. Consequently, there is...

Presentation of the study entitled ”Greek primary school students’ perceptions of scientists” at the ”International Conference in Educational Research: Confronting Contemporary Educational Challenges Through Research”.

H παρούσα έκδοση αποτελεί την πρώτη οργανωμένη προσπάθεια παρουσίασης του θεωρητικού πλαισίου και κυρίως δεδομένων και αποτελεσμάτων της έρευνας PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) του Οργανισμού Οικονομικής Συνεργασίας και Ανάπτυξης (ΟΟΣΑ), από τον φορέα που έχει την ευθύνη υλοποίησης στην Ελλάδα. Το περιεχόμενο αναφέρεται στα δε...

Immigration rates are continuously increasing in Europe, and more and more immigrant students have access to the education systems of the host countries. Normally, the share of immigrant students in the total population is higher in developed countries, where opportunities are more abundant. Ensuring equity of educational opportunities within an ed...

The main aim of the present study was to carry out an in-depth examination of 15-year-olds’ mathematics performance in Greece. By applying a multilevel model to the Programme for International Student Assessment 2012 data for Greece, this study investigated the factors, both at individual and school level, which were linked to mathematics achieveme...

The main aim of the present study was to carry out an in-depth examination of mathematics underperformance in Greece. By applying a binary multilevel model to the PISA 2012 data, this study investigated the factors which were linked to low achievement in mathematics. The multilevel analysis revealed that students’ gender, immigration status, self-c...

Η διδακτική των μαθημάτων που σχετίζονται με τις επιστήμες απασχολεί συνεχώς τη βιβλιογραφία, επιτρέποντας να διαπιστώσουμε τη μετακίνηση του ενδιαφέροντος των ερευνητών σε περισσότερο συμμετοχικά, συνεργατικά και βιωματικά μοντέλα διδασκαλίας. Παρά τη υστέρηση που διαπιστώνεται στην εισαγωγή καινοτόμων διδακτικών προσεγγίσεων και την αδράνεια που...

Biotech_A collaborative educational biotechnology project for Secondary Education

Το εγχείρημα έχει ως στόχο την ανάδειξη, προστασία, διάδοση και αξιοποίηση στοιχείων μνημειακής αρχιτεκτονικής στην Περιφέρεια Ηπείρου, στην προοπτική ενίσχυσης της πολιτιστικής συνείδησης εκπαιδευτικών και μαθητών, εντάσσοντας δράσεις και εκπαιδευτικό υλικό στο σχολικό πρόγραμμα επιλεγμένων σχολικών μονάδων Πρωτοβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης. Ο σχεδιασμός α...

The goal of the present study is to investigate teachers' characteristics who choose to receive in service education on ICT and examine the reasons that lead to this choice and their plans and initiatives concerning introduction on ICT in their courses. A quantitative approach was followed, while more than 100 questionnaires were analyzed. Prelimin...

Περίληψη Η παρούσα εργασία παρουσιάζει τα αποτελέσματα από την εμπειρική έρευνα που πραγματοποιήθηκε σε εκπαιδευτικούς Πρωτοβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης του Νομού Ιωαννίνων σχετικά με τις στάσεις τους για το γνωστικό αντικείμενο και τη διδασκαλία της Φυσικής στο Δημοτικό Σχολείο. Με τη χρήση ενός ερωτηματολογίου κλειστού τύπου αναδείχθηκαν οι κλίμακες από τ...

In this article, the European Community policy regarding the implementation of the Comenius programme to build the identity of the European citizen and its impact on interpersonal and intercultural relations among teachers is assessed. Semi-structured interviews of teachers involved in Comenius mobility projects in Greece were used as a tool to exp...

In this paper we describe a twofold teaching experiment carried out in a year 10 mathematics class in Greece which sought to investigate a) how the building and testing of LVAR (Linking Visual Active Representations) modes by the students supported by the Geometer's Sketchpad dynamic geometry software, impacts on students way of thinking with regar...

In this paper, we shall present indicative results, with reference to excerpts from a qualitative-oriented research project designed to study the effect, the use of the Geometer's Sketchpad dynamic geometry software (DGS) has on the progression of students' geometric reasoning. The results let us to conclude that the students developed their van Hi...

In this paper, we shall present indicative results of a research process concerning a hypothetical learning path for the teaching and learning of quadrilaterals in geometry. The results presented here emerged from the interaction within a group in the experimental team and their engagement with meaningful problem-solving activities supported by the...

Patsiomitou, S. and Emvalotis, A. (2009b). 'Economy' and 'Catachrèse' to the use of custom tools/scripts in a dynamic geometry environment. Proceedings of the 26th Panhellenic Conference of the Hellenic Mathematical Society, pp. 776-785, Thessaloniki (November 2009)(in Greek)

Contribution Composing and testing a DG research?based curriculum designed to develop students? geometrical thinking The aim of the study was to address deficiencies in the current geometry instruction in Greek secondary schools. Van Hieles (Clements, Battista, & Sarama, 2001) developed a theoretical model involving five discrete levels of thought-...

In this paper, we investigate how a custom tool conceived /built by the researcher (S.P) in the Geometer's Sketchpad dynamic geometry software, encouraged students to produce their own, usage schemes by which they tended to choose the tool as the most familiar or the most available tool using it by "economy" or using it in an informal way the resea...

The paper draws on an experiment conducted in a secondary school mathematics classroom in Greece which sought to investigate the transformation of students' skills following the use of the Sketchpad dynamic diagram transformations by comparing pre and post paper-pencil tests. We conclude that the dynamic geometry software is an effective component...

In this paper we describe a twofold teaching experiment carried out in a secondary-level mathematics class in Greece which sought to investigate a) how the building and testing of LVAR (Linking Visual Active Representations) modes by the students supported by the Geometer's Sketchpad dynamic geometry software, impacts on students way of thinking wi...

This paper presents EIKON, an integrated open educational environment used to support high-school technology courses. EIKON combines state-of-the-art information technologies, such as virtual reality, hypermedia and networking. Our pedagogical approach is constructivism and collaborative learning. Students using EIKON study the evolution of agricul...

This case study reports on an investigation of the attitude of education students towards virtual reality (VR) as a tool in the educational process, and towards virtual learning environments on specific disciplines. Our results indicate a favourable attitude towards VR in the educational process. Although immersion was not supported in this study,...