Qualification | Year | Awarding Institution | Department | Thesis title (Optional Entry) |
PhD in Music Education and Pedagogy (Informal Music Learning Practices) | 2016 | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece | Department of Music Studies | Implementing informal music learning practices in a music class of a public primary school in Cyprus |
Master Degree of Music in Music Education | 2008 | Michigan State University U.S.A. | College of Music | A touch of Leri: The beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions of an elementary student in Cyprus about his experiences in different music-making and learning practices |
Bachelor Degree in Primary Education | 1998 | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | School of Primary Education | |
Teaching Diploma | 1993 | Pedagogical Academy Cyprus | ||
Certificate of professional Training in Music Learning Theory (Early Childhood & Primary Level 1 and Level 2) | 2005-2008 | Michigan State University U.S.A. | College of Music |
Period of employment | Employer | Location | Position | |
From | To | |||
September 2022 | today | European University Cyprus | Cyprus | Assistant Professor of Music Education and Pedagogy, Department of Arts |
September 2018 | August 2022 | European University Cyprus | Cyprus | Lecturer of Music Education and Pedagogy, Department of Arts |
2016 | 2018 | European University Cyprus | Cyprus | Scientific Collaborator, Department of Arts |
2008 | 2018 | Pedagogical Institute Cyprus Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports | Cyprus | Director of Public Primary Music Education: Music Curriculum Development & Professional Development of in service music teachers. |
2016 | 2018 | Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Cyprus | Cyprus | Assistant Administrator of Primary Public Education |
1993 | 2018 | Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Cyprus | Cyprus | Music Educator, Primary public Education |
Year | Title | Other authors | Journal and Publisher / Conference | Vol. | Pages |
2021 | Investigating the music learning journeys of a student from Cyprus: A case study. Visions of Research in Music Education, 38 (7). https://opencommons.uconn.edu/vrme/vol38/iss1/7/ | Visions of Research in Music Education | 38 | ||
2021 | Η έννοια της μουσική ταυτότητας, και η διαμόρφωσή της στα διαφορετικά πλαίσια μουσικής διδασκαλίας-μάθησης: θεωρητική ανασκόπηση | Journal of Musical Pedagogics GSME | |||
2021 | Investigating the musical journeys of a student from Cyprus | Perspectives in Psychology of Music and Music Education (Book of Abstracts of the IC CIPEM 2021) Polytecnico do Porto | |||
2021 | Μετασχηματισμός αντιλήψεων εκπαιδευτικών μουσικής για τις σύγχρονες τεχνολογίες στη μουσική διδασκαλία-μάθηση μέσα από μια επιμορφωτική παρέμβαση στο μοντέλο STEAM | Giannis Mygdanis | International Journal of Educational Innovation https://journal.eepek.gr/manuscript/metaschimatismos-ton-antilipseon-ekpaideytikon-moysikis-gia-tis-sygchrones-technologies-sti-moysiki-didaskalia-mathisi-mesa-apo-mia-epimorfotiki-parembasi-sto-montelo-steamOzguEp1qej | 3 | 66-77 |
2019 | Integrating Informal Learning practices in a primary music classroom in Cyprus | Challenges in Music Education (Book of Abstracts of the IC CIPEM 2019) Polytecnico do Porto. ISBN: 978-972-8969-32-5 | |||
2019 | Developing musical understanding through movement: Nobody should have to sit still when there’s music. It “moves” and it make you move! | Music Education and Society: new challenges, new orientation. (Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of the Greek Society for Music Education) (pp. 57-67). GSME. | |||
2017 | Democracy in Music Education: A case study on implementing Informal Music Practices in a Primary school in Cyprus | Journal of Musical Pedagogics GSME | 15 | 23-42 | |
2014 | Book: Music for A΄ Primary Class Book: Music for B΄ Primary Class | Soteroula Larkou Maria Yennari Constandina Michaelidou | Pedagogical Institute Cyprus, Curriculum Development Unit |
Date | Title | Funded by | Project Role* |
2019- today | Living Music in Early Childhood (LifeLong Music Engagement Research Unit, Soscieath – EUC) | Department of Arts, EUC | Director |
2020- today | Music during pregnancy and infancy (LifeLong Music Engagement Research Unit, Soscieath – EUC) | Department of Arts, EUC | Director |
Period | Organization | Title of Position or Service |
2010-2015 | Ministry of Education Cyprus | Creation and development of New Music Curriculum (Member of the team) |
2021-2022 | Greek Society of Music Education (GSME) | Member of the scientific academic committee of the 9th International Conference of GSME |
2019-today | Gordon’ s Institute of Music Learning (GIML) | Mentor-Mentee Project |
2021-2022 | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth | Member of the Examination Preparation Committee for the Hiring of Secondary Education Music Teachers as Academic director, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth. |