Search results for author:"Lucy Avraamidou"
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Perspectives on learning, learning to teach and teaching elementary science
Lucy Avraamidou
(2003) pp. 1–163
The framework that characterizes this work is that of elementary teachers' learning and development. Specifically, the ways in which prospective and beginning teachers' develop pedagogical content knowledge for teaching science in light of current...
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Superheroes and Supervillains: Reconstructing the Mad-Scientist Stereotype in School Science
Lucy Avraamidou
Research in Science & Technological Education Vol. 31, No. 1 (2013) pp. 90–115
Background: Reform recommendations around the world call for an understanding about the nature of science and the work of scientists. However, related research findings provide evidence that students hold stereotypical views of scientists and the...
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Studying Science Teacher Identity: Current Insights and Future Research Directions
Lucy Avraamidou
Studies in Science Education Vol. 50, No. 2 (2014) pp. 145–179
Over the past 10?years an increasing number of articles have been published in leading science education journals that report on research about teacher identity and describe interventions that support teacher identity development. My purpose in this ...
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Facebook: A Potentially Valuable Educational Tool?
Theodora Voivonta; Lucy Avraamidou
Educational Media International Vol. 55, No. 1 (2018) pp. 34–48
This paper is concerned with the educational value of Facebook and specifically how it can be used in formal educational settings. As such, it provides a review of existing literature of how Facebook is used in higher education paying emphasis on...
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Technology in Support of Argument Construction in School Science
Maria Evagorou; Lucy Avraamidou
Educational Media International Vol. 45, No. 1 (March 2008) pp. 33–45
In this theoretical article the authors discuss the role of technology tools in supporting students' argument construction within the context of middle and high school science. In the first part of the article they focus on the theoretical...
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The Use of Mobile Games in Formal and Informal Learning Environments: A Review of the Literature
George Koutromanos; Lucy Avraamidou
Educational Media International Vol. 51, No. 1 (2014) pp. 49–65
Our purpose in this paper is to review studies that explored the impact of the use of mobile games in both formal and informal learning environments. Through a review of studies on mobile learning that have been published between 2000 and 2013, we...
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The Role of Online Games in Promoting Young Adults' Civic Engagement
Sotiris Themistokleous; Lucy Avraamidou
Educational Media International Vol. 53, No. 1 (2016) pp. 53–67
In this review, we present an argument for the need to support young adult's civic engagement and we explore the role of online games in supporting such engagement. In doing so, in the first section of the paper, we offer a definition for civic...
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Exploring the Influence of Web-Based Portfolio Development on Learning To Teach Elementary Science
Lucy Avraamidou; Carla Zembal-Saul
Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching 2002 (April 2002)
This study examined how Web-based portfolio development supported reflective thinking and learning within a Professional Development School (PDS). It investigated the evidence-based philosophies developed by prospective teachers as a central part of ...
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Web-Based Philosophies: Making Prospective Teachers' Personal Theorizing Visible
Lucy Avraamidou; Carla Zembal-Saul
Science Education International Vol. 12, No. 4 (2001) pp. 2–5
Investigates preservice elementary school teachers' perceptions of the changes in science teaching and learning over time and integrating these with educational technology. (Contains 13 references.) (YDS)
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Using a Web-Based Task To Make Prospective Elementary Teachers' Personal Theorizing about Science Teaching Explicit
Lucy Avraamidou; Carla Zembal-Saul
Annual Meeting of the Association for the Education of Teachers of Science 2002 (January 2002)
In this study, hypermedia technology was used to support prospective elementary teachers in publicly articulating their personal pedagogical theories, revisiting and revising them over time in light of new experiences and learning within the context ...
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Flow and the Pedagogical Affordances of Computer Games: A Case Study
Photini Theodoulou; Lucy Avraamidou; Charalambos Vrasidas
Educational Media International Vol. 52, No. 4 (2015) pp. 328–339
Drawing on the theories of symbolic interactionism, social constructivism, and flow, this research examines the integration of the electronic game of the World Food Programme of the UN "Food Force" in a unit on active citizenship and...
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The Use of Mobile Devices as Means of Data Collection in Supporting Elementary School Students' Conceptual Understanding about Plants
Zacharias C. Zacharia; Charalambia Lazaridou; Lucy Avraamidou
International Journal of Science Education Vol. 38, No. 4 (2016) pp. 596–620
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of mobile learning among young learners. Specifically, we investigated whether the use of mobile devices for data collection during field trips outside the classroom could enhance fourth graders'...
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The Use of Lego Technologies in Elementary Teacher Preparation
Stella Hadjiachilleos; Lucy Avraamidou; Stavros Papastavrou
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 22, No. 5 (October 2013) pp. 614–629
The need to reform science teacher preparation programs has been pointed out in research (Bryan and Abell in "J Res Sci Teach" 36:121-140, 1999; Bryan and Atwater in "Sci Educ" 8(6):821-839, 2002; Harrington and Hathaway in "...
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The Use of Augmented Reality Games in Education: A Review of the Literature
George Koutromanos; Alivisos Sofos; Lucy Avraamidou
Educational Media International Vol. 52, No. 4 (2015) pp. 253–271
This paper provides a review of the literature about the use of augmented reality in education and specifically in the context of formal and informal environments. It examines the research that has been conducted up to date on the use of those games ...
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Science Fiction in Education: Case Studies from Classroom Implementations
Charalambos Vrasidas; Lucy Avraamidou; Katerina Theodoridou; Sotiris Themistokleous; Petros Panaou
Educational Media International Vol. 52, No. 3 (2015) pp. 201–215
This manuscript reports on findings from the implementation of the EU project "Science Fiction in Education" (Sci-Fi-Ed). The project provides teachers with tools, training, and guidance that will assist them in enhancing their teaching,...