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Perceived Factors Affecting Student-Teachers' Learning about Social Urban Sustainability
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Malandrakis, Georgios; Bara, Evagelia-Zoi; Gkitsas, Stergios – Environmental Education Research, 2021
The present study aims to explore the perceived factors affecting student-teachers' (STs) learning about social urban sustainability. Participants were 63 STs enrolled in a Department of Primary Education located in Northern Greece. Although the participants were aware of the principles of sustainability and education for sustainability, none of…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Learning Processes, Environmental Education, Concept Mapping
Teaching SDGs Using Concept Maps in Primary Teacher Training
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Mandrikas, Achilleas – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2020
This article presents an original and innovative way for primary teacher training concerning teaching the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using concept maps. Four types of concept maps were designed and built so that the interconnections between the 17 SDGs could be captured and the complexity of their interdependencies could be…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Objectives, Educational Quality
The Role of Digital Stories and Civic Actions on Student-Teachers' Understanding about Social Sustainability in Urban Settings
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Malandrakis, Georgios; Gkitsas, Stergios; Bara, Evagelia-Zoi – Environmental Education Research, 2019
The present study aims to explore student-teachers' (STs') progress in understanding social urban sustainability and how it is affected through the development of digital stories and engagement in civic actions. Participants were 44 STs enrolled in a Department of Primary Education located in Northern Greece. Although participants were aware of…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Student Teacher Attitudes, Urban Areas
Using Concept Maps to Teach Dyslexic Students Science: The Educators' Approach
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Vlachos, Athanasios; Zamfirov, Milen – Open Journal for Educational Research, 2017
In this paper educators provide a valuable feedback in the use of concept maps in secondary education. More specifically their use in teaching dyslexic students Science. Almost 100 educators replied to an online questionnaire after they studied a set of evaluation sheets provided to them based on concept maps. We will begin with a brief…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Dyslexia, Science Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Conversational Agents Improve Peer Learning through Building on Prior Knowledge
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Tegos, Stergios; Demetriadis, Stavros – Educational Technology & Society, 2017
Research in computer-supported collaborative learning has indicated that conversational agents can be pedagogically beneficial when used to scaffold students' online discussions. In this study, we investigate the impact of an agile conversational agent that triggers student dialogue by making interventions based on the academically productive talk…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Prior Learning, Intervention, Outcomes of Education
Learning Efficiency of Two ICT-Based Instructional Strategies in Greek Sheep Farmers
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Bellos, Georgios; Mikropoulos, Tassos A.; Deligeorgis, Stylianos; Kominakis, Antonis – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2016
Purpose: The objective of the present study was to compare the learning efficiency of two information and communications technology (ICT)-based instructional strategies (multimedia presentation (MP) and concept mapping) in a sample (n = 187) of Greek sheep farmers operating mainly in Western Greece. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 15…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Occupations, Knowledge Level, Educational Technology
Biogeochemical Cycles for Combining Chemical Knowledge and ESD Issues in Greek Secondary Schools Part II: Assessing the Impact of the Intervention
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Koutalidi, Sophia; Psallidas, Vassilis; Scoullos, Michael – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
In searching for effective ways to combine science/chemical education with EE/ESD, new didactic materials were designed and produced focussing on biogeochemical cycles and their connection to sustainable development. The materials were experimentally applied in 16 Greek schools under the newly introduced compulsory "school project" which…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Intervention