Browsing by Author "Symeonidou, Simoni"
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Cartoons as an Educational Tool to Fight Disability Stereotypes
Loizou, Eleni; Symeonidou, Simoni (Springer International Publishing, 2019)Humor is often associated with multiple positive effects on children’s lives and is highlighted for its impact on their socio-emotional development and ability to cope with complex issues in their lives. This pilot study ...
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The changing role of the support teacher and the case of Cyprus: The opportunity for a cooperative teaching approach
Symeonidou, Simoni (2002)In this paper, the traditional role of the support teacher is analysed in regard to the individual pupil view, and it is then contrasted with the new role of the support teacher in regard to the curriculum view. The framework ...
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Concluding Remarks
Symeonidou, Simoni; Beauchamp-Pryor, Karen (2013)
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A critical consideration of current values on the education of disabled children
Symeonidou, Simoni (2002)In this paper the values characterizing the society, the state and the stakeholders in relation to the education of disabled children in Cyprus are outlined. A critical analysis is carried out, followed by examples deriving ...
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Deconstructing the Greek-Cypriot new national curriculum: To what extent are disabled children considered in the 'humane and democratic school' of Cyprus?
Symeonidou, Simoni; Mavrou, K. (2014)The present paper contextualizes the recent process of development of the New National Curriculum (NNC) for use in Greek-Cypriot public schools. Using content analysis, it pays particular attention to the degree to which ...
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Designing a Successful International Course: What Can We Learn from Students’ Experiences on an Erasmus Intensive Programme?
Richards, Gill; Symeonidou, Simoni; Livaniou, Eleni (Springer International Publishing, 2018)This chapter explores the experiences of a group of mature students from three European countries who participated in an Erasmus Intensive Programme, studying for an additional qualification, during a university summer ...
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Disability studies as a framework to design disability awareness programs: no need for ‘magic’ to facilitate children’s understanding
Symeonidou, Simoni; Loizou, Eleni (2018)This paper presents and critically discusses a disability awareness program that was addressed to non-disabled children aged between 6-8 years old in Cyprus. The main aims were to explore how disability studies and ...
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Disability, the arts and the curriculum: Is there common ground?
Symeonidou, Simoni (2019)This paper reports on the findings of a study that sought to examine firstly, the themes expressed in the art of disabled people in Greece and Cyprus and in interviews with these artists, and secondly, the ways that such ...
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'Diversity' 'Widening Participation' and 'Inclusion' in Higher Education: An International study
Gibson, Suanne; Baskerville, Delia; Berry, Ann; Black, Alison; Norris, Kathleen; Symeonidou, Simoni (2016)This article emphasises the complex and critical realities of 'Diversity' and 'Widening Participation' (WP); policy, discourse and practice in higher education, as 'understood' and experienced by undergraduate students of ...
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Educating all teachers for inclusion
Watkins, A.; De Vroey, A.; Symeonidou, Simoni (2016)This chapter aims to identify and explore those critical factors in relation to teacher education and development that may hinder or support the wider implementation of policy for inclusive education in practice. The chapter ...
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Education for disability equality through disabled people’s life stories and narratives: working and learning together in a school-based professional development programme for inclusion
Chrysostomou, Marilena; Symeonidou, Simoni (2017)This paper reports on the findings of an action research project that took place in a primary school in Cyprus. A professional development programme was devised with contributions from teachers involved in the research. ...
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Employing the principles of universal design for learning to deconstruct the Greek-Cypriot new national curriculum
Mavrou, K.; Symeonidou, Simoni (2014)The present paper discusses issues related to inclusive education and curricula development based on the principles of universal design for learning (UDL), and it reports on the results of a qualitative content analysis ...
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Enriching the subject of Greek Literature with the experience of the 'other': An approach that fosters citizenship education in Cyprus
Symeonidou, Simoni; Damianidou, E. (2013)This article reports on a research project that explored the potential to integrate autobiographical work emphasising personal experiences of exclusion and marginalisation into the Greek Literature curriculum followed in ...
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The experience of disability activism through the development of the disability movement: how do disabled activists find their way in politics?
Symeonidou, Simoni (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2009)This paper reflects critically upon part of the findings of research about key activists' experience of disability politics in Cyprus from 1966 to 2004. Disabled activists' experience of politics is conceptualized through ...
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The Hare and the Tortoise: a comparative review of the drive towards inclusive education policies in England and Cyprus
Jones, C.; Symeonidou, Simoni (2017)This paper explores the process of policy formulation and implementation in relation to children commonly described as having ‘special educational needs’ and disability (SEND), in Cyprus and in England. Drawing on qualitative ...
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‘I got to see the other side of the coin’: Teachers’ understandings of disability-focused oppressive and anti-oppressive pedagogies
Symeonidou, Simoni; Chrysostomou, Marianna (2019)This paper contains an exploration of teachers’ understandings of disability-focused oppressive and anti-oppressive pedagogies. The framework of the study draws from the literature on inclusive and anti-oppressive pedagogies. ...
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Including students as co-enquirers: Matters of identity, agency, language and labelling in an International participatory research study
Gibson, Suanne; Baskerville, Delia; Berry, Ann; Black, Alison; Norris, Kathleen; Symeonidou, Simoni (2017)This paper takes the reader through the methodological development of an international study, which involved 8 academics and 373 students in Departments of Education from 6 universities in Europe, New Zealand and the USA. ...
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Initial teacher education for inclusion: a review of the literature
Symeonidou, Simoni (2017)This article presents a review of the literature on initial teacher education for inclusion published from 2000 to 2014. The analysis uncovers a number of aspects of concern to academics, researchers, teacher educators, ...
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Introduction
Beauchamp-Pryor, Karen; Symeonidou, Simoni (2013)
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Mainstream class teachers and special teachers: Together for inclusive education
Polydorou, E.; Symeonidou, Simoni (University of Cyprus, 2018)