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Beyond sexism in language. Communicative acts in sexual and affective relationships among teenagers
Ríos, O.; Christou, Miranda (2010)Uno de los problemas identificados para la cohesión social en Europa es el aumento de la violencia de género entre jóvenes. En este artículo analizamos los actos comunicativos en las relaciones afectivas y sexuales entre ...
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Border encounters: How children navigate space and otherness in an ethnically divided society
Christou, Miranda; Spyrou, Spyros (2012)he article draws on ethnographic material from an ongoing study which explores 10- to 12-year-old Greek Cypriot children’s experiences of crossing to the north, the occupied part of Cyprus. By focusing on the act of crossing ...
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Critical communicative methodology: Including vulnerable voices in research through dialogue
Puigvert, L.; Christou, Miranda; Holford, J. (2012)This article describes how Critical Communicative Methodology (CCM) has been used successfully to analyse educational inequalities in ways that generate real transformation towards social justice. We begin by arguing that ...
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A double imagination: Memory and education in Cyprus
Christou, Miranda (2006)A primary objective of the Greek Cypriot educational system since 1974 has been to educate the new generation of Greek Cypriots about the part of the island that is occupied by Turkey and instill the desire for a reunification ...
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La educación de la memoria en la formación del ciudadano: el caso del curriculum greco-chipriota
Christou, Miranda; Philippou, Stavroula (2010)I don't forget and I struggle is a phrase that decorates all Greek Cypriot classrooms. Since 1974 the phrase has become the symbol of an educational system that has fostered the collective memory of new generations of Greek ...
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Education in real time: The globalization of synchronized learning
Christou, Miranda (2010)In a globalizing world of intense intercultural and transnational interactions, learning and knowledge are becoming increasingly more standardized and homogeneous based on the assumption that the world is functioning in ...
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Conference Object Open Access
Gender Effects on the Choice of Education as a Field of Study: The Perceptions of Female Students
Christou, Miranda; Menon Eliophotou, Maria (2012-07)
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Globalisation, the challenge of educational synchronisation and teacher education
Papastephanou, Marianna; Christou, Miranda; Gregoriou, Zelia (2013)In this article, we set out from the challenge that globalising synchronisation – usually exemplified by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and World Bank initiatives – presents for education to argue ...
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The hyphen in between: children’s intersectional understandings of national identities
Christou, Miranda; Spyrou, S. (2017)This paper examines how children are able to think intersectionally in a context of imagined nationalist discourses and geographies that shape children’s understandings of hyphenated and ethnic identifications. We draw on ...
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The language of patriotism: Sacred history and dangerous memories
Christou, Miranda (2007)This paper examines arguments about the teaching of history in Cyprus, especially as they relate to the cultivation of patriotism. I point out how the narratives of 'sacred history' and 'dangerous memories' are discursive ...
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Book Chapter
Opening networks, sealing borders: Youth and racist discourse on the internet
Christou, Miranda; Ioannidou, Elena (2014)
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The role of 'Other Women' in current educational transformations
Christou, Miranda; Puigvert, L. (2011)The INCLUD-ED project's case studies of successful schools in Europe reveal that there are advantages involved in opening schools to all kinds of women as far as educational and social inclusion is concerned. 'Other Women' ...
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Transforming violent selves through reflection in critical communicative research
Flecha, A.; Pulido, C.; Christou, Miranda (2011)Currently, teenagers are being socialized into a world of violent realities, not only through social interaction but also through interaction via the media, especially via the Internet. Research conducted using the critical ...
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Book Chapter
Xenomania : Globalized and gendered discourses of the nation in Cyprus
Christou, Miranda (2012)