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Saturday 8th November 2008 |
9:30 - 11:30 |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Á: Young children's perceptions, representations and conceptualizations of the natural phenomena..
Room 4 |
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Â:Teaching approaches to Natural Sciences in early childhood.
Amphitheatre, Dept of Pre-School Education (1rst floor) |
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C:Science education and environmental education for young learners.
Amphitheatre of the School of Education |
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D:Teacher's training in Natural Sciences
Seminars room Dept of Pre-School Education |
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E :Interdisciplinary approaches of early childhood education in Natural Sciences.
Amphitheatre of Faculty of Philosophy, Education and Psychology (1rst floor)
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Symposium 1: The role of scientific museums or centers in early childhood science education. Organizer Katerina Plakitsi, assistant professor, Discussant Petros Kariotoglou. |
11:30 - 12:00 |
Coffee break |
12:00 - 13:00 |
Keynote lecture: REGGIO EMILIA: Children's science and creativity
Professor Olmes Bisi
Atelier "ray of light", project of the International Center "Loris Malaguzzi", Reggio Emilia;
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13:00 - 13:30 |
Music & dance show |
13:30 - 14:30 |
1st Lab: Lab of virtual and real experiments for teachers in early childhood, Professor Kariotoglou P. et al |
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2nd Lab: My first experiments, Tsaousis D. School advisor |
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3rd Lab: Environmental education for climate changes, Svoronou E. WWF Hellas |
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4th Lab: Educational program about energy, Vasilaki A., Energy Agency of Crete |
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5th Lab: GCompris software for children, Prokopakis G. et al |
14:30 - 16:30
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Break-Launch |
16:30 - 18:00 |
Keynote lecture: Natural Sciences in early childhood: The present and the future, Valanidis N. Associate professor, University of Cyprus
Keynote lecture: Natural Sciences in early childhood: Research, trends and orientations Christidou B., Associate professor, University of Thessaly |
18:00 - 18:30 |
Coffee Break |
18:30 - 21:00
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Concurrent Sessions |
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A: Young children's perceptions, representations and conceptualizations of the natural phenomena..
Room 4
Chair: Maria Kaldrimidou, University of Ioannina,
Dionisis Vavougios, University of Thessaly,
Mixalis Kalogiannakis, University of Crete.
1. Data organization and interpretation of teaching Natural Sciences to children in nursery and primary school. Research outcomes, conclusions and suggestions.
Anastasia Dimitriou, Department of Education Sciences in Pre-school Age, Democritus University of Thrace.
2. Maps as tools for early childhood children's orientation into their space.
Sofia Goria, Maria Papadopoulou, Department of Pre-school Education, University of Thessaly.
3. The story of a circuit that turns on a lamp: Narratives in Didactics of Natural Sciences.
Tzeni Moraiti, Dionysis Vavougios University of Thessaly
4. The natural phenomenon of rain through relations of cause - result and basics of possibilities.
Æ. Nikiforidou, Á. Pagge, Ô. Pagge , Department of Pre-school Education, University of Ioannina.
5. Capabilities and constraints of early childhood children in solving problems concerning area measurement skills.
Chrystalla Loulli , Chrystalla Papadimitri-Kahrimani ,Kostas Konstantinou, Department of Education,University of Cyprus. |
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B: Teaching programs applications of Natural Sciences in early childhood.
Amphitheatre, Dept of Pre-School Education (1rst floor)
Chair: Maria Kampeza, Lecturer of University of Patras,
Maria Papandreou, Lecturer of Aristoteleio University of Thessaloniki,
Marina Bessi, Scool Adviser
1. Contribution of explanations in activities of Natural Sciences in early childhood.
Maria Poimenidou, Maria Papadopoulou, Department of Pre-school Education, University of Thessaly.
2. Research, Design and Application of Experimental Procedure for the Introduction of natural concepts in early childhood.
Paraskevi Aggelou , Hariton Polatoglou Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
3. Experiments and games in order to approach the concept of air.
Marina Bessi, Pre-school teachers' advisor
Chrysoula Grammatikou, Nursery school teacher.
4. Activity Theory as a frame of designing activities on computer for teaching natural concepts.
Stamoulis Efthymis, Teacher of Primary Education, State Scholarships Foundation.
5. Approaching the concept of gravity based on the combinational model of COPPLE - SIGEL - SAUNDERS ÊÁÉ KAMII - DEVRIES: A teaching approach in early childhood.
Irene Papachristou, Teacher Training College,University of Ioannina.
6. Light as an autonomous physical entity.
Kalliopi Banaka, Pre-school teachers' advisor.
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C: Science education and environmental education for young learners.
Amphitheatre of School of Education (ground floor)
Chair: Theodoros Mardiris, Union of teachers who teach environmental education,
Katerina Kazela, Teachers advisor,
Tzeni Moraiti, Teachers advisor.
1. Ånvironmental activities based on narratives organized round a central «environmental» idea. An example for children in early childhood.
Evangelia Aggelidou , Biology teacher, Directress of Environmental Education, Secondary Education of East Attiki,
Tasoula Tsilimeni, Department of Pre-school Education, University of Thessaly.
2. Environmental sensitivity of children in pre-school and primary education, through contemporary ecological narrative stories.
Thalia Kalabaliki, Directress of Environmental Education, Primary Education of S. Euvoia.
3. Educational program for children in early childhood «I walk down the forest when the wolf is there»
Ioannis Labros, Director of Environmental Education Centre of Arnea
Papadoula Aiamagou, Environmental Education Centre of Arnea.
4. The feats of a Dewdrop.
Liana Stylianou, Directress of Environmental Education Centre of Naousa,
Elia Bletsou, Environmental Education Centre of Naousa.
5.«Copying nature: composting our rubbish»
Vasiliki Lappa-Kelesi, Directress of Environmental Education , Primary Education of Evrytania.
6. Geology in Environmental Education.
Alice Kyrtsani, Environmental Education Centre of Vertisko.
7. Lost natural monuments and their educational value for the Environmental Education: The case of the volcano in Sousaki, Corinthos.
Harikeia Rekoumi, Secondary Education teacher,
Mihalis Kalogiannakis, University of Crete School of Sciences and Technologies,
Konstantinos Hatzipapas, Department of Physics University of Athens. |
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D: Teacher's training in Natural Sciences
Seminar room, Dept of Pre-School Education.
Chair: Vasilis Tselfes, Assos. Professor, University of Athens,
Georgia Papantoniou, Lecturer, University of Ioannina,
Stamatia Papadimitriou, Teachers advisor.
1. Learning Strategies of students of Primary Education and their relation with their academic progress in Natural Sciences.
Georgia Papantoniou, Katerina Plakitsi, Department of Pre-school Education, University of Ioannina.
2. Basic concepts of the kindergarten school curriculum concerning the Physics content knowledge and the theory of the didactical transformation: presentation of a methodological tool.
Angeliki Vellopoulou, Kostas Ravanis, Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education University of Patras.
3. Study of natural environment in nursery school. A Historical approach (1945-1981).
Stamatia Papadimitriou, Pre-school teachers' advisor.
4. Nursery-school teachers training: Learning of scientific ideas in an epistemological context suitable for nursery-school .
Vasilis Tselfes , Antigoni Parousi,Faculty of Primary Education, National & Capodistrian University of Athens.
5. Development of teaching strategies for teachingNatural Sciences by perspective kindergarten teachers: a program with the support of videotaped authentic science lessons in nursery-school.
Marianna Efstathiadou,Loukas Th. Louka ,Chrystalla Papadimitri-KhrimaniDepartment of Education, European University of Cyprus.
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E : Nterdisciplinary approaches of early childhood education in Natural Sciences
Amphitheatre, Dept of Philosophy, Education and Psychology (1rst floor).
Chair:
Eleni Stayridou, Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Fani Seroglou, Lecturer, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Spyros Pantazis, Professor, University of Ioannina.
1. Expanding some interdisciplinary natural concepts in the first grades.
Agnes Markantonatou, Sotiria Sambani, Pre-school teachers' advisors.
2. Narratives in teaching of Natural Sciences in the first two grants of education: The case study of a cartoon film.
Fani Seroglou, Department of Primary School Education. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
3. Interdisciplinary-and Trans-disciplinary approaches to children's of early childhood educating in Natural Sciences.
Panagiota Mastrantoni, School directress of Primary Education.
4. Education in Natural Sciences based on children's experiences: A Didactic Approach.
Thomas Zografos, Doxa Kotsalidou, Spyros Pantazis, Maria Sakellariou, Department of Pre-school Education, University of Ioannina
5. «Learning our world miracles through experimenting ...»
Irene Papantoni, Nursery -school teacher
6. Waste - masterpieces: Art and Sustainable Development.
Stayros Grosdos, Pre-school teachers' advisor.
7. Innovative Approaches in the Day Long Nursery schools. An environmental program entitled "sea".
Eleni Doni ,Nursery-school teacher.
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F:The impact of I. C. T. Technologies in early childhood education in Natural Sciences
Ceremony Hall "George Mylonas".
Chair: Ferrante Raffaelle Formato, Professor, University of Sannio,
Polyxeni Pagge, Professor, University of Ioannina,
Christina Solomonidou, Professor, University of Thessaly.
1. Educational software forearly childhood education: activities for supporting Natural Sciences.
Kleopatra Nikopoulou ,Faculty of Primary Education, National & Capodistrian
2. Ôhe perspective of a «Educational Robotics Lab» as a lesson to students in School of Education.
Simos Anagnostakis Panagiotis Mihailidis ,Department of Primary School Education, University of Crete.
3. Community discovery in early childhood education
Ferrante Raffaele Formato, RCOST, University of Sannio
Nicla Palladino, University of Salerno
Vito Rinaldi, SICSI, University of Naples
4. «Cork man and Iron man in the swimming- pool»: Educational software with a dramatized script for the phenomenon of float age-plunge, suitable for Pre-school and Primary-school Education.
Sofia Pliasa , Nikolaos Fahantidis, Petros Kariotoglou, School of Education University of West Macedonia.
5. «Finding Nemo»: Possibilities of Educational Utilization for the Approach of Concepts related to the Ecosystem.
Elli Oikonomou, , Vasilia Christidou, Department of Pre-school Education, University of Thessaly.
6. Magnets. Educational software activities on Natural Sciences for early childhood education.
Penelope Koulouri*,Maria Harisi,
*team of writers of the curriculum for Nursery-school and the Nursery-school
teacher's guide
7. Pupils' Cosmography.
Irene Spyratou, Primary Education teacher. |
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