Kyriacos Athanasiou

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Kyriacos ATHANASIOU

Title: Emeritus Professor, Didactics of Biology/ Health Education,

Tel: +30-210-6930354, mob. +30 6932540472

e-mail: kathanas@ecd.uoa.gr

Degrees:

1971: B.Sci. University of Patras.

1976: M.Sci., York University, Toronto

1981: Ph.D. University of Patras, Greece.

Academic Titles:

1986: Assist. Professor, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece,

1990: Associate Prof. School of Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,

1995-2006: Professor, School of Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

2007-2014: Professor of Biology and Health Education, Faculty of Pre-School Education, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece.

2014: Emeritus Professor, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece.

E.U. Project Involvement

1992: Co-ordinator of the project entitled: “Educating students and Teachers in Cancer prevention”. (27,000 ECU).

1993-1994: Co-ordinator of the project entitled: “Educating students and Teachers in Cancer prevention”.(13.000 ECU).

1994-1995: Co-ordinator of the project entitled: “Educating students and Teachers and parents in Cancer prevention”. (45.000 ECU).

1995-2005: Member of the Advisory Board of the European Network on Young People and Tobacco.

1997-2000: Head of the Project: “Educating Greek teachers”. EU/ (600.000 Euros).

1-1-2001 to 6/2001: «Educating teachers from ex-eastern countries, Greek Ministry of Education/EU, (67.000.000 drachmas).

Other positions held:

1973-1976: Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Biology, York University of Toronto-Canada.

10-01-1980 to 07-01-87: Researcher Dept. of Biology, National Research Foundation, Athens, Greece. (Environmental Genetics and Toxicology).

7-1-1987 to 7-1-1991: Assist. Professor, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece,

1-9-1995 to 31-8-1997: Head of the Department of Elementary Education, Aristotle University.

1-9-1996 to Dec.-2000: Vice President of the Institute for Education of Teachers «Dimitrios Glinos», Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.

1-1-2001 to February 2005: President of the Institute for Education of Teachers «Dimitrios Glinos», Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2007/8 to 2014/15: Graduate School of the Biology Department- University of Athens. Co-ordinator and lecturer of the course: «Teaching Methodology of Biol. Sciences».

http://mde-didaktiki.biol.uoa.gr/program.html

Academic Year 20010/11 to 2014/15: Visiting Professor of the Greek Open University. Course title: [ΘΕ ΚΦΕ60], «Science: History, Epistemology and Teaching Methodology”.

Academic Year 2020 to /23: Visiting Professor of the University of Thessaly-Greece, Graduate Programme, Didactics of Biology/Ecology.

2016-2019: Head of the Hellenic National Scholarships Foundation (IKY).

Scholarships-assistantships:

1973-76: Teaching Assistantship, York University, Toronto.

1983: From the European Science Foundation (ESF) to do research in the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) – WHO, Lyon, France.

1990: From ESF to IARC.

1997-98: Visiting Fellow- Institute of Education, University of London,

Member of Scientific Societies:

1975-1993: American Environmental Mutagen Society.

1978: European Environmental Mutagen Society.

1981: Greek Biological Society.

1992: International Union for Health Education.

2000: American Association of Biological Teachers.

2014: Royal Society of Biology

Supervisor of Ph.D. Theses:

Macris, G. (1992-1996): An Appreciation of University Students and Greek Parents on Health Topics.

Tartaris, Ch.(1993-1997): Greek High School Students Views on Energy Transformations in Living Cells. http://phdtheses.ekt.gr/eadd/handle/10442/10604

Lakka, L. (1996-1999): Historical and Epistemological Analysis of the Biotechological Discoveries and the Difficulties in their Teaching.

Zymvrakaki, H. (1995-1998): “Teachers’ and students’ represantations about food and Health”.

http://phdtheses.ekt.gr/eadd/handle/10442/10450

Papadopoulou, P.(1999-2003): Animals within the School Context: children’s and teachers’ ideas about “Animal”. http://phdtheses.ekt.gr/eadd/handle/10442/15109

Prepoutzidou, G., (2003-2006): “An inquiry of children's and adolescents' attitude toward cigarette advertisements”.

http://phdtheses.ekt.gr/eadd/handle/10442/19089

Varelas, A. (2003- 2006): “Nutritional Health Education: a study of nutritional habbits of Greek pupils”.

http://phdtheses.ekt.gr/eadd/handle/10442/14113

Stasinakis, P. (2009-2012: “Paedagogical Content Knowledge on Evolution Teaching of Greek Teachers”. http://phdtheses.ekt.gr/eadd/handle/10442/27382

Katakos St. (2010-2014): “Conceptual Ecology of Evolution Teaching of Greek High-School Teachers”.

Other

Abdallaha, Murad (2006): The level of environmental literacy among 10th grade students, their educators and community sectors in Palestine.

http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/14529