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Themistokleous, Sotiris; Avraamidou, Lucy; Vrasidas, Charalambos – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
The purpose of this qualitative case study study is to examine the ways in which mobile videogames can be used in non-formal educational environments, to support students to develop decision-making skills through negotiated play. In the context of this study, the health literacy mobile videogame, "PlayForward: Elm City Stories" developed…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Video Games, Play, Decision Making Skills
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Avraamidou, Lucy – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2014
Recommendations for reform in science education around the world set high goals for beginning elementary teachers. Concurrently, existing literature indicates a number of challenges that beginning elementary teachers face. In this paper an argument is put forward about the integration of informal science environments in elementary teacher…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Science Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Education
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Koutromanos, George; Avraamidou, Lucy – Educational Media International, 2014
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 aim to identify the ways in which researchers used mobile games in a variety of learning…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Telecommunications, Educational Technology, Video Games
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Avraamidou, Lucy – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
The purpose of this case study was to explore the ways in which 3 different informal science experiences in the context of an elementary methods course influenced a group of prospective elementary teachers' ideas about science teaching and learning as well as their understandings about the role of informal science environments to teaching and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Methods Courses, Science Education, Informal Education
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Avraamidou, Lucy – Studies in Science Education, 2014
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 review paper is to examine how the construct of science teacher identity has been conceptualised…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Professional Identity, Science Education, Educational Research
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Angelides, Panayiotis; Avraamidou, Lucy – Education, Knowledge & Economy: A Journal for Education and Social Enterprise, 2010
The idea of inclusive education has featured very highly in the educational priorities of many educational systems. However, the same educational systems are often criticised because of the failings of their teachers to respond to inclusive environments of learning, where all children, despite their different abilities, receive equal opportunities…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Inclusive Schools, Informal Education, Foreign Countries