Research Projects
FUNDED
The Cyprus Oral History Project: Illuminating our Lives/Teaching the Conflict—Truth and Reconciliation through Oral History Research.
Nov.1, 2010-Oct. 31, 2011: Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation grant #: ΠΡΟΣΕΛΚΥΣΗ/ΕΜΠΕΙΡΟΣ/0609/08, Total Funding: €49.983,00
Project Coordinator: Dr. Nikoletta Christodoulou
Education for Sustainable Development as an Induction Framework for Novice Teachers: Quality Educators for Quality Education (INDUCTION).
Sep. 2010-Aug. 2012: Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation grant #: ΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΣΤΙΚΕΣ/ΠΑΙΔΙ/0308(ΒΙΕ)/07, Total Funding: €99.968,00
Role: Researcher (member of the host organisation research group), responsible for the coordination and implementation of the programme in pre-primary schools.
Principal Investigator and Contact: Dr. Chrysanthi Kadji-Beltran, Frederick Research Center, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Development of 3D design software for children (KIDCAD).
Aug. 2012-Sep. 2014: Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation grant #: ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΕΙΣ/ΠΡΟΪΟΝ/0311. Total Funding: €150.000,00
Researcher: Contributing to the development and implementation of the program in schools.
Host Organization: ENGINO NET LTD (Costas Sisamos), Partner: Frederick Research Center (FRC) (Giorgos A. Demetriou & Nikoletta Christodoulou)
UIC Graduate Fellows in K-12 Education (UIC GK-12)
2002 – 2003: National Science Foundation, Total Funding: US$1,317,220
Research Assistant in two multi-year, multi-million dollar NSF-funded projects that focused on UIC Fellows who work with mentor teachers in urban and suburban public schools to enhance students’ experiences in and understandings of science and mathematics. Conducted evaluation and research activities, which included data collection, data analysis, and offering advice, suggestions and assistance to Fellows and Principal Investigators (PIs) on issues regarding research.
Scientists, Kids, and Teachers (SKIT): A GK-12 Partnership with the Chicago Public Schools
2004 – 2008: National Science Foundation grant #: DGE-0338328. Total Funding: US$1,979,787
2004-2005: Research Assistant, 2005-2008: Project participant at no cost.
Contributed to writing the research and evaluation part for the NSF grant proposal. Responsible for data collection (interviews), data analysis, and offering advice, suggestions and assistance to Fellows and Principal Investigators on issues regarding research, as well as for creating and maintaining a database for research data. I also participated in the meetings with Pis. Using students’ yearlong journaling from the first round of the GK-12 project we have started a series of studies. The first study focused on graduate students' curricular conceptions as portrayed through their reflections on events, actions, and issues they noticed in their work in urban secondary classrooms, and how these conceptions relate to both their prior experiences and the projects and activities they pursued in classrooms (Christodoulou & Varelas, 2009).
International crosstalk: Preservice teachers share belief systems via videoconferencing.
2007 – 2013, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA & Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Project Coordinator with Dr. Walter Gershon, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA.
Curriculum studies in Cyprus: Mapping the field
2006 – 2010 [2007-2010: Frederick University, Nicosia, Cyprus & European University, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2006-2007: Frederick Institute of Technology, Nicosia, Cyprus & Cyprus College, Nicosia, Cyprus]
Project Coordinator with Dr. Stavroula Filippou, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
MERA Projects (Students in Research)
Expert Researcher: Guiding and advising the research team and their coordinator-teacher on issues relating to the planning and the conduct of research including the research question, writing of research proposal, finding resources for the literature review, the methodology, data collection and the results.
Attitudes and perceptions of adult students who attend evening secondary schools in relation to their evaluation methods.
2012-2013, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation grant #: ΚΟΥΛΤΟΥΡΑ/ΜΕΡΑ/1012/39, Total Funding: €100
School: Vergina Afternoon Secondary School, Larnaca, Cyprus. Teachers: Eleni Papaioannou, Giorgos Georgiou. Student Research Team: Zena El Zarou, Andreas Sandis, Elisabet Andreou, Maria Ahmet Giagmour-Kater.
First Praise at MEPA 2012-2013 (Students in Research), High School Education. The research project was evaluated and granted the first praise among many research projects that participated at the same category.
School celebrations of national anniversaries and remembrance events. What the students gain? Oral history as an alternative method for the revival of such events.
2011-2012, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation grant #: ΚΟΥΛΤΟΥΡΑ/ΜΕΡΑ/0911/35, Total Funding: €100
School: Agios Ioannis High School, Limassol, Cyprus. Teacher: Maria Hadjimichael. Student Research Team: Omiros Andrianos, Afrodite Demetriou, Giorgos Karavias, Zena Mpalta, Michalis Panagides, Marios Charalambous, Theodoros Agathokleous.
First Prize at MEPA 2011-2012 (Students in Research), High School Education. The research project was evaluated and granted the first place among 47 research projects that participated at the same category.
Graduate with endless or with incomplete…knowledge? Examining the elementary knoweledge of third year high school students in the subjects of Mathematics, History and Religion.
2010-2011, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation grant #: ΚΟΥΛΤΟΥΡΑ/ΜΕΡΑ/1010/02, Total Funding: €100
School: Pagkyprio High School, Larnaca, Cyprus. Teacher: Mr. Thomas Ioannou. Student Research Team: Antonia Christofi, Evagoria Dapola, Maria Hadjidemetriou.
First Prize at MEPA 2010-2011 (Students in Research), High School Education. The research project was evaluated and granted the first place among 52 research projects that participated at the same category.
