Conference Presentations
PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS
Christodoulou, N. (2013). Lives in crisis, a curriculum for crisis: Rethinking the purposes of education today. Paper to be presented at the European Conference for Curriculum Studies of the European Association of Curriculum Studies (EuroACS), October 18-19, Braga, Portugal.
Christodoulou, N. (2013). Living Memory: Oral History in the Republic of Cyprus. Paper accepted for presentation at the Community Communication Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research meeting (IAMCR), Panel “Oral Histories in Cyprus: Memory, Reconciliation and Divided Communities,” June 25-29, Dublin, Ireland.
Christodoulou, N. (2013). Pedagogy of the Refugee, Becoming Patriots and Cosmopolitans, and Implications for the Curriculum. Paper presented at the Symposium entitled “Pedagogy of Wandering: Patriots, Cosmopolitans, and Refugees” (Chair Hannah Spector; Discussants Madelein Grumet & William Pinar) of the Division B - Curriculum Studies / Section 2: Globalization, Decolonization, and Transnational Inquiry, at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 27-May 1, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Christodoulou, N. (2013). Using oral history in school curriculum to teach intercultural skills [in Greek]. Paper presented at the 2nd Conference on Education of the School of Education of Frederick University, entitled “Mulitcultural societies and education: The role of school on management of diversity,” April 20-21, Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Christodoulou, N. (2012). Giving voice to the people: Oral history and living memory as curriculum. Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (AAACS) annual Conference, April 10-13, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Avraamidou, L., & Christodoulou, N. (2011). The use of handheld computers in elementary school science and the impact on the curriculum. Paper presented at the IADIS International Conference Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2011), Nov. 6-8, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Christodoulou, N., Avraamidou, L., & Ayers, W. (2011). The Cyprus Oral History and Living Memory Project: Unfolding the idea. Paper accepted for presentation at the Oral History Association Annual Meeting, Oct. 12-16, Denver, Colorado.
Christodoulou, N., Avraamidou, L., & Ayers, W. (2011). Young Learners as Researchers: The Theoretical Underpinnings of the Cyprus Oral History and Living Memory Project. Paper presented at the Workshop Young Learners as Researchers: The Example of Cyprus Oral History and Living Memory Project at the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP), July 8-9, Hong Kong, China.
Avraamidou, L., Christodoulou, N., & Ayers, W. (2011). Young Learners as Researchers: Presentation of Exemplary Work within the Cyprus Oral History and Living Memory Project. Paper presented at the Workshop Young Learners as Researchers: The Example of Cyprus Oral History and Living Memory Project at the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP), July 8-9, Hong Kong, China.
Christodoulou, N., Avraamidou, L., & Ayers, W. (2011). The Cyprus oral history and living memory project. Paper accepted for presentation at the Narrative Research in Progress Conference, May 27-31, Anchorage, Alaska.
Christodoulou, N., & Loizidou, N. (2011). Examining the creativity of preservice teachers aiming to the development of creative students. Paper presented at the European Conference of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP), May 6-8, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Christodoulou, N., Avraamidou, L., & Ayers, W. (2011). The Cyprus Oral History and Living Memory Project. Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (AAACS) annual Conference, April 5-8, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Christodoulou N., & Gershon, W. S. (2011). Ethics and Curriculum in Traveling without Moving: Using Videoconferencing to Facilitate Dialogue between Preservice Teachers in Two Nations. Symposium entitled "Ethics and International Curriculum Work: The Challenges of Culture and Context," Division B - Curriculum Studies/Section 2: Globalization, Decolonization, and Liberation. Session presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 8-12, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Christodoulou N., Katsounari, I., & Theocharides, S. (2010). Hidden curriculum and the construction of Cypriot consciousness in global age. Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (AAACS) annual Conference, April 27-30, Denver, Colorado.
Christodoulou N. (2010). Documenting First-Year Student-Teachers’ Learning Experiences and Critical Thinking: Growing Through Journal-Writing and Other Projects. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 30-May 4, Denver, Colorado.
Christodoulou, N. (2009). Democratic education, its relevance with curriculum, and the formation of identity: Examining a curriculum “renovation” effort. Paper presented at the Third International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (IAACS) World Curriculum Studies Conference, September 7-10, Cape Town, South Africa.
Christodoulou, N., & Katsounari, I. (2009). Hidden curriculum, collective memories, and the use of language: Can their mismatch create identity conflicts and cognitive dissonance? Paper presented at the Third International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (IAACS) World Curriculum Studies Conference, September 7-10, Cape Town, South Africa.
Christodoulou, N., & Philippou, S. (2009). Curriculum Studies in Cyprus: Comparing two periods to explore directions, limitations and challenges. Paper presented at the Third International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (IAACS) World Curriculum Studies Conference, September 7-10, Cape Town, South Africa.
Christodoulou, N. (2009). Documenting first year student teachers’ learning experiences: Challenges, opportunities and lessons for the development of critical thinking. Paper presented at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) meeting, August 25-29, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Christodoulou, N., & Eteokleous, N. (2009). A model of collaboration and autonomy for intercultural education as revealed through teachers’ perceptions. Paper presented at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) meeting, August 25-29, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Katzi, C., Christodoulou, N., Kadis, C., & Zachariou, A. (2009). Education for Sustainable Development based Induction Programme for Novice Teachers. Paper presented at the Fifth World Environmental Education Congress (5WEEC), May 10-14, Montreal, Canada.
Eteokleous, N., & Christodoulou, N. (2009). Examining institutional framework and educational policy in multicultural education in a centralized, homogeneous educational system. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), April 13-17, San Diego, California.
Christodoulou, N. (2009). Searching for democracy, identity, and memory in the curriculum: The meaning and the problematic of the terms in the case of an occupied country. Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (AAACS) Annual Meeting, April 10-13, San Diego, California.
Christodoulou, N. (2008, June). Με φόντο το εξαθλιωμένο «τους» σχολείο: Καταγράφοντας τις απόψεις των φοιτητών-δασκάλων ενός παιδαγωγικού τμήματος για τα παιδιά «ενός άλλου θεού». [With their filthy school at the background: Documenting the conceptions of preservice teachers about “other people’s children”]. Paper presented at the tenth pancyprian conference of the Pedagogical Association of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Christodoulou, N. (2008, May). First-year undergraduate student teachers’ reflections on educational and curricular issues: An analysis of lessons learned. Paper presented at the tenth International Conference on Education, Athens Institute for Education and Research (AT.IN.E.R.), Athens, Greece.
Pavlou, V., & Christodoulou, N. (2008, May). Understanding factors that affect young people’s views toward citizenship and acceptance of diversity. Paper presented at the first International Childhood and Youth Research Network (ICYRNet) conference, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Christodoulou, N. (2008, March). Looking inwards and the hidden curriculum. Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Annual Meeting, New York.
Christodoulou, N., & Eteokleous, N. (joint first authorship). (2008, March). Examining Institutional Framework and Educational Policy in Multicultural Education: Opportunities and Possibilities. Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Annual Meeting, New York.
Christodoulou, N., & Gershon, W. (2008, March). International crosstalk: Videoconferencing, belief systems, and preservice teachers. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York City, New York.
Christodoulou, N., & Philippou, S. (joint first authorship). (2008, March). Issues of language and culture in translating “curriculum”: An analysis of curriculum publications. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York City, New York.
Christodoulou, N. (2007, November). Who am I? Lost in identities or identities lost within me? Paper presented at the Citizenship-Multiculturalism-Cosmopolitanism International Conference, POLIS-Citizenship Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Karatasou, K., & Christodoulou, N. (2007, November). ‘To delphini’, ‘Sto skolio tou kosmou’ and peace education. Paper presented at the Citizenship-Multiculturalism-Cosmopolitanism International Conference of the POLIS-Citizenship Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Eteokleous, N., & Christodoulou, N. (2007, September). Achieving multiculturalism in a centralized educational system through computer technology. Paper presented at the International Council of Educational Media conference and the Innovative Learning Environments annual conference of CARDET, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Christodoulou, N. (2007, August). Understanding the community through artistic texts. Paper presented at the European Research Network about Parents in Education Annual Meeting, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Christodoulou, N. (2007, May). Literature as intertextual text: Few case studies and possibilities. Paper accepted for presentation at the European Science Foundation: Literature for Europe, May 12-16, Vadstena, Sweden.
Christodoulou, N. (2007, May). Documenting first year student teachers’ learning experiences: Challenges, opportunities and lessons for the development of critical thinking. Paper presented at the International Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Christodoulou, N., & Eteokleous, N. (2007, April). Choosing methodologies for examining the concept of multiculturalism in a centralized educational system: Effective, ineffective, and alternative methodologies within the Cyprus reality. Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Eteokleous, N., & Christodoulou, N. (2007, April). Achieving multiculturalism in a centralized educational system through computer technology. Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Christodoulou, N., & Philippou, S. (joint first authorship). (2007, April). Curriculum studies in Cyprus: Directions, limitations and challenges. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Christodoulou, N. (2007, January). Documenting first year student teachers’ learning experiences: Challenges, opportunities and lessons for the development of critical thinking. Paper accepted for presentation at the Fifth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Christodoulou, N. (2006, November). Collaborative and reflective strategies: New faculty meeting the challenge to teach in the social foundations and beyond. (Presented at a symposium with N. Christodoulou, E. Buhrin, P. Konkol, K. Madda, I. Nunez, and B. Schultz). Paper presented at the American Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA.
Christodoulou, N. (2006, May). What happens when teachers start asking curriculum questions of worth? Paper accepted for presentation at the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Triennial Meeting, The Second World Curriculum Studies Conference, Tampere, Finland.
Christodoulou, N., & Philippou, S. (joint first authorship). (2006, April). Curriculum studies in Cyprus: Mapping the field. Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Annual Meeting, Berkeley, California.
Christodoulou, N. (2005, April). Artistic texts as curriculum. (Presented at the panel session Contemporary Perspectives on Art Education and Curriculum Theory with G. Dimitriadis, N. Christodoulou, P. Hilton, and B. Schultz). Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
Christodoulou, N. (2005, April). Exploring the self through the eyes of artistic writers. Paper presented at the International Society for Educational Biography Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.
Christodoulou, N. (2005, April). Expanding the boundaries of curriculum with artistic texts. (Presented at the panel session Locating Curriculum in Emergent Scholarship with P. Salvio, N. Christodoulou, R. Skulnick, E. Ritter, and S. Xu). Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.
Christodoulou, N., Varelas, M., & Wenzel, S. (2005, April). Experiences and curricular conceptions: Subject-matter experts work in urban secondary science and mathematics classrooms. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.
Christodoulou, N. (2004, November). The graduate journey: At the crossroads of perception and reality. A panel discussion. Part II: A year later… (Presented at a panel session with S. Tozer, N. Christodoulou, E. Buhrin, P. Konkol, K. Madda, I. Nunez, and B. Schultz). Paper presented at the American Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.
Christodoulou, N. (2004, October). Alternative ways of theorizing in curriculum: A journey with artistic texts. Paper presented at the Bergamo Conference Annual Meeting, Bergamo Center, Dayton, OH.
Christodoulou, N. (2004, October). A meeting of many minds: The Schubertian center. (Presented at a panel session with N. Christodoulou, P. Hilton, T. Jones, and Y. Kim). Paper presented at the Bergamo Conference Annual Meeting, Bergamo Center, Dayton, OH.
Christodoulou, N. (2004, October). One text, a thousand texts: Seeing through “The dreamers” to discuss curriculum and growth. Paper presented at the Curriculum & Pedagogy Annual Meeting, Oxford, OH.
Christodoulou, N. (2004, April). Artistic texts, theorizing, and the practicing curriculum: An exploration. Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Christodoulou, N. (2004, April). How artistic texts affect teachers’ personal and professional lives: A collective case study with features of arts-based educational research. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Christodoulou, N. (2003, Oct.-Nov.). The graduate journey: At the crossroads of perception and reality. A panel discussion of lessons lived and experiences had. (Presented at a panel session with S. Tozer, N. Christodoulou, E. Buhring, L. Hadjas, and P. Konkol). Paper presented at the American Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico.
Christodoulou, N. (2003, October). Texts that change our lives and our approach to teaching. Paper presented at the Curriculum & Pedagogy Annual Meeting, Decatur, GA.
Christodoulou, N. (2003, April). Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, America and the world: September 11th from another perspective. (Presented at the panel session Educational Responses to Terrorism, Violence, and Oppression with W. H. Schubert, N. Christodoulou, J. Budilovsky, H. Hall, P. Hilton, T. Jones, and Y. Kim). Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Christodoulou, N. (2003, April). Politics, violence, and education. (Presented at the panel session Reflections of Terror: Educating for Justice, Equity, and Peace with N. Christodoulou, T. Jones, and Y. Kim). Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Christodoulou, N. (2003, April). The study of self-education as a graduate course and as an illustration of what an in-service education should be: An autobiographical case study. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Christodoulou, N. (2003, April). What makes doctoral studies worthwhile? Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
