Nikolaos Mouratoglou

• Dr. Pedagogy, ICT and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy and Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• Adjunct Lecturer at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

The focus of the 2022 quantitative monitoring report is to investigate the impact of eTwinning on staff working in early childhood education and care (ECEC) and initial vocational education and training (IVET). More specifically, the aim of the report is to: • investigate the impact of eTwinning on the work of ECEC and IVET staff; • identify which...

Guidance and counselling are key features in comprehensive strategies aiming to reduce early leaving from education and training (ELET). It may assist students not only in terms of decision-making, but also of managing their transitions within education and training pathways or from education to employment. Minimising the risks of either insufficie...

The National Life/Career Competences Framework is a holistic endeavour that defines the content of the five life/career competences included in the study and presents contemporary scientific approaches, learning activities and techniques for cultivating and evaluating them. At the same time, the framework is further supported by the review of the E...

Continuous professional development refers to maintaining, enhancing, and broadening individuals’ knowledge, skills, and the personal qualities required in their professional lives. The present experimental study attempts to explore the way(s) that the Life Construction intervention: “Constructing my Future Purposeful Life” contributes to career co...

The present research examined whether the participation of career and guidance counselors in an educational experiential program, that focuses on the principles of Life Design, impacted their reflexivity. As a concept, reflexivity denotes an ongoing process of enriching people's self-awareness with the goal of making appropriate career decisions wh...

The purpose of this article is to define the educational and / or career counselling interventions developed based on sustainable career development. First, we discuss the conceptual background of sustainable career development, and then we present techniques and exercises drawn from the socio-cognitive model of careers, the narrative approaches an...

Η παρούσα μελέτη στρέφει το ενδιαφέρον της στη διερεύνηση της ελπίδας, της γενικευμένης αυτοαποτελεσματικότητας και του νοήματος της εργασίας. Το δείγμα της έρευνας απετέλεσαν 197 φοιτητές Τριτοβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης που φοιτούν σε κατεύθυνση ανθρωπιστικών επιστημών, σε Πανεπιστήμιο της Αττικής. Τα αποτελέσματα της έρευνας έδειξαν ότι η ελπίδα και η γ...

The Erasmus+ programme represents one of the most tangible achievements of the EU: uniting people across our continent, creating a sense of belonging and solidarity. This statement reflects the programme's scope and the broad range of knowledge, skills, and attitudes (competences) expected to be developed by those participating in mobility exchange...

The purpose of this article is to define the educational and/or career counselling interventions developed based on sustainable career development. First, we discuss the conceptual background of sustainable career development, and then we present techniques and exercises drawn from the socio-cognitive model of careers, the narrative approaches and...

Entrepreneurship education faces several challenges related to pedagogical-didactic principles and methodologies adopted in delivering entrepreneurial learning. More than half of EU member states have limited or no guidelines for entrepreneurship teaching, while the training of teachers and trainers emerges as an imperative need. Hence, the present...

Το παρόν άρθρο πραγματεύεται την «πράσινη» επαγγελματική καθοδήγηση στη συμβουλευτική σταδιοδρομίας. Στο πλαίσιο αυτό, η συνδεσιμότητα με τη φύση είναι σημαντική τόσο για το νόημα της εργασίας όσο και για την κατασκευή της ζωής. Η παρούσα μελέτη ανέλυσε τη σχέση μεταξύ ενσυναίσθησης και συνδεσιμότητας με τη φύση σε 109 συμβούλους σταδιοδρομίας. Για...

Το άρθρο στρέφεται γύρω από το ζήτημα των ήπιων ικανοτήτων και ειδικότερα των ικανοτήτων ζωής και σταδιοδρομίας, όπως αυτές έχουν πρόσφατα συγκροτηθεί στο Πλαίσιο Δεξιοτήτων Ζωής και Σταδιοδρομίας του Εθνικού Οργανισμού Πιστοποίησης Προσόντων και Επαγγελματικού Προσανατολισμού (ΕΟΠΠΕΠ 2021) με τη συνεργασία του Παιδαγωγικού Τμήματος Δευτεροβάθμιας...

Career guidance and counselling are key features of comprehensive strategies aiming to reduce early leaving from education and training. They may assist students, not only in terms of decision-making but also in managing their transitions within education and training pathways or from education to employment. Minimising the risks of either insuffic...

Each year, the annual eTwinning Monitoring Report endeavours to capture the key accomplishments and milestones of eTwinning in relation to various topics, as well as the areas of further development and improvement, to promote eTwinning and support pupils, teachers and schools in an effective way. The current document constitutes the summary report...

Τα τελευταία χρόνια, οι έννοιες της αναστοχαστικότητας και της απόδοσης προσωπικού νοήματος και σκοπού υπεισέρχονται ολοένα και περισσότερο στις θεωρητικές και μεθοδολογικές προσεγγίσεις της συμβουλευτικής και του επαγγελματικού προσανατολισμού, κυρίως μέσα από το αφηγηματικό παράδειγμα. Παράλληλα, αναγνωρίζοντας ότι η εργασία επιτελεί διάφορους σκ...

Περίληψη: Σκοπός του άρθρου είναι η οριοθέτηση του εννοιολογικού περιεχομένου της έννοιας της βιώσιμης επαγγελματικής ανάπτυξης, όπως αυτή έχει διαμορφωθεί από την ανασκόπηση της σχετικής βιβλιογραφίας. Παράλληλα, παρουσιάζουμε τα αποτελέσματα της διερευνητικής παραγοντικής ανάλυσης της Κλίμακας της Βιώσιμης Επαγγελματικής Ανάπτυξης, σε μέγεθος δεί...

In this paper, the authors explore the way(s) that information and communication technologies (ICT) might contribute to effective coordination of lifelong guidance and validation of non-formal and informal learning. Based on 12 national practices, the paper illustrates the potential for connecting guidance with validation by embedding ICT tools in...

Despite the new and unprecedented opportunities for communication and networking in online settings, several challenges have arisen. One such challenge is the deviating behavior of social media users which is usually manifested through hate speech comments, often targeting minorities. For instance, the Roma minority constitutes one of the most disc...

The purpose of this study is to present participants’ views regarding their incentives and barriers of participation in an online career counseling program, as well as their strategies for overcoming these barriers. Based on fifteen semi-structured interviews with university students, unemployed and employees who participated in the programme, it a...

Information communication technologies have undoubtedly affected the discipline of career counselling. Nevertheless, online career counselling remains a rather limited practice in Greece; therefore, the chapter attempts to contribute to the wider dialogue that has been addressed so far, by focusing on the design, implementation, and assessment of a...

Μία εξαιρετική πρωτοβουλία του Εργαστηρίου Συμβουλευτικής Επιστήμης και Επαγγελματικής Σταδιοδρομίας (https://uoacounselinglab.weebly.com/) του Παιδαγωγικού Τμήματος Δευτεροβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης του ΕΚΠΑ σχετικά με την καλλιέργεια σύγχρονων δεξιοτήτων σε μαθητές/τριες ώστε να διαχειριστούν τη σταδιοδρομία τους. Η δική μου συμμετοχή αφορά στους χρυσού...

Οι περίπλοκες και πολυσύνθετες αλλαγές στον κόσμο της εργασίας καθιστούν πλέον, όλο και πιο δύσκολη τη λήψη μακροπρόθεσμων αποφάσεων σταδιοδρομίας, με αποτέλεσμα το ερώτημα «τι θέλει κάποιος να κάνει στην επαγγελματική του ζωή» να είναι όλο και πιο πολύπλοκο να απαντηθεί (Gati, 2013). Η παραδοσιακή άποψη ότι οι επαγγελματικές αποφάσεις λαμβάνονται...

Την τελευταία δεκαετία διεξάγεται μια ιδιαίτερη συζήτηση για τις δεξιότητες σε εθνικό, ευρωπαϊκό και παγκόσμιο επίπεδο. Απομακρυνόμενοι οι άνθρωποι από μια γραμμική σταδιοδρομία και οδεύοντας σε μια αγορά εργασίας με πολλές προκλήσεις, συνειδητοποιούν καθημερινά ότι, για να ανταποκριθούν στις ανάγκες που διαμορφώνονται στη σύγχρονη κοινωνία, χρειάζ...

The purpose of Entrepreneurship Education does not only relate to the establishment of a business, but also to the development of skills and attitudes that contribute to individuals’ personal and professional growth. At the same time, the concept itself encompasses both the content, as well as the pedagogical and didactic methods. However, teachers...

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens developed and delivered, for the first time at a national level, a blended program that aims at training career counselors in designing and implementing contemporary interventions based on narrative and reflective techniques, such as My Career Story workbook (MCS; Savickas & Hartung, 2012) and the...

The present study attempts to examine career counselors’ perceptions regarding the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the counseling practice. In particular, the forms of online career counseling services they implement as well as their perceptions in relation to their effectiveness are explored. Nine career counselors parti...

The Life Project Reflexivity Scale (LPRS) is a 15-item scale intended to evaluate individuals' reflexivity regarding future career-personal-life projects. LPRS is a multidimensional construct composed of three specific dimensions: Authenticity, Acquiescence and Clarity/Projectuality. The aim of the study was to determine the factor structure and ps...

Information communication technologies have undoubtedly affected the discipline of career counselling. Nevertheless, online career counselling remains a rather limited practice in Greece; therefore, the chapter attempts to contribute to the wider dialogue that has been addressed so far, by focusing on the design, implementation, and assessment of a...

The Happenstance Learning Theory constitutes a theoretical framework in career counseling that attempts to highlight one’s ability to manage unplanned events effectively, as well as to perceive and transform them into career opportunities. As the title of the Theory indicates, the emphasis is laid on the learning process in which the individual bec...

Sustainability constitutes an interdisciplinary framework entailing both the natural and applied sciences as well as the social sciences with the aim of promoting human well-being and quality of life. In this context, a new approach has been developed, the psychology of sustainability and sustainable development that lays emphasis on positive appro...

Reflexivity as an active and continuous process (reflecting on and taking the steps needed to promote current and future projects) emphasizes the importance of personal meaning in personal and professional projects, strengthens the authentic aspects and values of the Self in the context of an uncertain and shifting work landscape, and thereby, cont...

Σκοπός του παρόντος άρθρου αποτελεί η παρουσίαση των απόψεων συμβούλων σταδιοδρομίας αναφορικά με τη θέση του Κώδικα Ηθικής και Δεοντολογίας κατά τη συμβουλευτική πράξη που αξιοποιεί τις Τεχνολογίες Πληροφορίας και Επικοινωνιών. Για τη συλλογή των δεδομένων διενεργήθηκαν ημι-δομημένες συνεντεύξεις με συμβούλους που εφαρμόζουν τη διαδικτυακή Συμβουλ...

The aim of the present study is to expound certain research findings concerning career counselors’ views on the skills needed in online counseling. The necessity of inquiring this topic was formed not only due to the increasing use of online counseling in Greece, but also due to the influence that counselors’ skills can have on the counseling proce...

The aim of the paper is to capture my reflection after facilitating two LEGO® workshops in a summer school for Entrepreneurship organised by Democritus University of Xanthi (Greece) and Nottingham Business School-Nottingham Trent University (United Kingdom), in Xanthi. The reflection is based on an integrated approach of Gibbs’ reflecting cycle and...

During the last few decades it has been observed that student’s achievement has been addressed as an important factor in teachers’ evaluation. This indirect type of evaluation can be achieved through Value-added Models, which constitute complex statistical models, aiming at the isolation of teacher’s impact on students’ achievement in relation to o...

In this article the authors share their experiences about partnership learning and teaching approaches they experienced within the open course Creativity for Learning in Higher Education (#creativeHE), linked to the postgraduate module offered by the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) at Manchester Metropolitan University in coll...

In this article, the authors share their experiences about partnership learning and teaching approaches they experienced within the open course 'Creativity for Learning in Higher Education' (#creativeHE), linked to the postgraduate module offered by the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) at Manchester Metropolitan University in c...

In several European countries the Roma Community represents approximately 10% of the total population. Although these countries employ Roma members to help improve the situation of Roma youth, their representation in employment is low. The aim of the current guide is to introduce the techniques and stages of development of the mediation process to...

This research draws its theoretical foundations not only from the role and the functions of the school textbook, but also from the International Survey of the school textbooks. The aim of the research is to examine the views of teachers in Greek Secondary Education on the History textbooks of Junior and Senior High School that are being used. 450 t...

The article constitutes a retrospective approach of a personal experience in designing and facilitating a workshop for adults using Lego bricks. The main purpose, however, is the reflective dimension of this experience in terms of creative ecologies.

The present article investigates the ways in which engagement occurred during the #CreativeHE online community. A combination of both quantitative and qualitative data present the participants' opinions expressed accordingly.

Editor's comment: I know from my own involvement in #creativeHE that participation involved many different emotions and the idea that our journey involved emotions as well as learning became a strong theme of the discussions in Group 1. So the moderators are indebted to Nikos and Maria for skillfully facilitating a post-course discussion with the p...

Reading behaviors and options can shape, in a significant percentage, people’s subjectivity and define the way in which they recruit and interpret their environment. As a consequence, there is a lot of interest in identifying those options and somehow sort them in categories. This is the field, where the contribution of this research can be seen. A...