COMPARATIVE PRESCHOOL EDUCATION

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1 Curriculum Vitae Surname: SYNODI First name: ΕVANTHIA Position: SENIOR LECTURER Subject Specialism COMPARATIVE PRESCHOOL EDUCATION Address: University of Crete Department of Preschool Education Gallos Campus Rethymno, Crete Off. Tel. N: Fax: Studies: Α) BA in Preschool Education (QTS) by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Kindergarten Teachers, , degree awarded on 7 / 14 / Β) Ph.D in Education, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Department of Education, October April 1997 and January December 1999, degree awarded on 12 / 5 / Work Experience: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, In-Service Training College for Kindergarten Teachers, teaching of the Comparative Education module in the winter semesters of the academic years , and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Preschool Education, Project of degree equivalence for kindergarten teachers, teaching of the Comparative Education module in the spring semester of the academic year University of Crete, Department of Preschool Education, Contracted Lecturer between 10 / 9 / 2003 and 17 / 4 / Teaching of Comparative Education, Early Childhood Education, Early Years Pedagogy, Seminars and Dissertations. Responsibility for the students teaching practice. Appointed by the Ministry Lecturer at the Department of Preschool Education of the University of Crete with Comparative Preschool Education as subject specialism since 4 / 18 / Appointed by the Ministry Senior Lecturer at the Department of Preschool Education of the University of Crete with Comparative Preschool Education as subject specialism since 7 / 4 / 2012.

2 Scholarships by: Foundation of State Scholarships from Oct until Dec with a break between Apr and Jan Erasmus / Socrates: Lectures at Canterbury Christ Church University, April Publications: In English Synodi, E. (2001) Early Childhood Education and Professionalism: A Comparative Study of Early Childhood Educators Perspectives in England and Greece, Ph.D Thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Synodi, E. (2009) Comparative education and initial kindergarten teacher education in Wisconsin, USA and Greece. In N. Popov, C. Wolhuter, B. Leutwyler, M. Mihova, J. Ogunleye and Z. Bekirogullari (Eds), Comparative Education, teacher training, education policy social inclusion and child psychology (pp ). Sofia: Bureau for Educational Services. Synodi, E. (2009) Experiences of arts and creativity development in Crete, Greece. In Menas dizainas meninis ugdymas (pp ). Kaunas, Lithuania: University of Kaunas. Synodi, E. (2010) Back to basics or back to play: Play in the kindergarten of Iceland, Finland, Canada and Scotland. Uppsala: CESE. Synodi, E. (2010) Play in the kindergarten: the case of Norway, Sweden, New Zealand and Japan. International Journal of Early Years Education 18(3), pp Synodi, E. (2011) Mythology, projects and language development in kindergartens in Crete. In Arts and education - creative ways into languages. Union of music education teachers in primary schools, Athens, pp Synodi, E. (2011) Teaching comparative early childhood education with the project approach. In Comparative education, teacher training, education policy social inclusion and child psychology of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society. Sofia, Bulgaria pp K Karras and E. Synodi. (2012). Cοmparative and International Εducation and the teaching profession: Τhe case of Marc-Antoine Jullien International perspectives on education της Bulgarian

3 Comparative Education Society. Bulgaria, pp In Greek Goudiras, D., Synodi, E. And Aggelis, L. (2002) The professional profile of kindergarten teachers Laboratory of Historical Records of Greek and International Education and Department of Primary education, University of Patras, published in CD-Rom / Γουδήρας, Δ., Συνώδη, Ε. και Αγγέλης, Λ. (2002) «Το επαγγελματικό προφίλ των νηπιαγωγών» Εργαστήριο Ιστορικού Αρχείου Ελληνικής και Διεθνούς Εκπαίδευσης και Παιδαγωγικό Τμήμα Δημοτικής Εκπαίδευσης, Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών, πρακτικά σε CD Rom. Synodi, E. Initial Teacher Education in England between Modern Education , pp / Συνώδη, Ε. (2003) «Η βασική εκπαίδευση των εκπαιδευτικών στην Αγγλία » Σύγχρονη Εκπαίδευση , σσ Synodi, E. (2004) Preschool Education and Teachers Professionalism Kyriakidis Bros, Thessaloniki, ps. 573 / Συνώδη, Ε. (2004) «Προσχολική Αγωγή και Επαγγελματισμός των Εκπαιδευτικών» Αφοι Κυριακίδη, Θεσσαλονίκη σς Synodi, E. (2006) Assessment of preschool children s progress Education Sciences 1, pp / Συνώδη, Ε. (2006) «Αξιολόγηση της προόδου των παιδιών προσχολικής ηλικίας» Επιστήμες Aγωγής 1 σσ Synodi, E. (2006) Teachers Codes of Ethics in England and New Zealand Modern Education 144, pp / Συνώδη, Ε. (2006) «Κώδικες Δεοντολογίας των εκπαιδευτικών στην Αγγλία και τη Νέα Ζηλανδία» Σύγχρονη Εκπαίδευση 144, σσ Synodi, E. (2009) Language in the kindergarten curricula of Ontario, Canada and Japan. In Ε. Tafa and G. Manolitsis (Eds.), Emergent literacy: Research and Practice (pp ). Athens: Pedio. / Συνώδη, Ε. (2009) Η γλώσσα στα προγράμματα σπουδών του νηπιαγωγείου στο Οντάριο του Καναδά και την Ιαπωνία. Στο Ε. Τάφα και Γ. Μανωλίτσης (Επιμ.), Αναδυόμενος γραμματισμός: Έρευνα και εφαρμογές (σσ ). Αθήνα: Πεδίο. Synodi, E. (2011) Professionalism and transition from the school of education to working in a kindergarten: the case of England and Scotland. Comparative and International Education Review, v , pp / Συνώδη Ε. (2011) Επαγγελματισμός και μετάβαση από τη σχολή επιστημών αγωγής στην εργασία στο νηπιαγωγείο: Η περίπτωση της Αγγλίας και της Σκοτίας. Συγκριτική και Διεθνής

4 Εκπαιδευτική Επιθεώρηση, τ , σσ Synodi, E. (2011) The position of Comparative Preschool Education in the Εnglish medium education journals. Sciences of Education, v. 1, pp / Συνώδη Ε. (2011) Η θέση της συγκριτικής προσχολικής παιδαγωγικής στον έγκριτο αγγλόφωνο τύπο. Επιστήμες Αγωγής, τ. 1, σσ Synodi, E. and Abarjaki, M. (Eds.) (2011) Preschool Education Curricula: Theory and praxis. Athens: Pedio. / Συνώδη Ε. και Αμπαρτζάκη Μ. (Επιμ.) (2011) Προγράμματα προσχολικής εκπαίδευσης: Θεωρία και πράξη. Αθήνα: ΠΕΔΙΟ. Synodi, E. (2011) Family and peers in kindergarten in New Zealand and Australia. In E. Synodi and M. Abarjaki (Eds.) (2011) Preschool Education Curricula: Theory and praxis. Athens: Pedio. / Συνώδη Ε. (2011) Οικογένεια και συμμαθητές στα προγράμματα σπουδών για το νηπιαγωγείο στη Νέα Ζηλανδία και την Αυστραλία. Στο Ε. Συνώδη και Μ. Αμπαρτζάκη (Επιμ.) Προγράμματα προσχολικής εκπαίδευσης: Θεωρία και πράξη. Αθήνα: ΠΕΔΙΟ. Synodi, E. and Tzakosta, M. (2011) Language in the kindergarten in Greece and Cyprus in the 21 st century. Paper presented at the 6 th Conference of History of education Greek language and education. Rio, Patra. Conference proceedings at / Συνώδη, Ε. και Τζακώστα, Μ. (2011) Η γλώσσα στο νηπιαγωγείο της Ελλάδας και της Κύπρου τον 21 ο αιώνα. Στο 6 ο Επιστημονικό Συνέδριο Ιστορίας της Εκπαίδευσης «Ελληνική γλώσσα και εκπαίδευση». Ρίο, Πάτρα. Πρακτικά στο Synodi, E. (2012) The social development of preschool children in New Zealand. Conference proceedings of the Education Society, Rethymno, pp / Συνώδη, Ε. (2012) Η κοινωνική ανάπτυξη των παιδιών προσχολικής ηλικίας στη Νέα Ζηλανδία. Πρακτικά Παιδαγωγικής Εταιρείας, Ρέθυμνο, σσ K. Dimitriadou, E. Synodi, M. Tzakosta and A. Revithiadou. (2012). Teaching children s mother tongues in reception countries: Mapping a new approach in Greek schools. Conference proceedings of the Education Society, Ioannina. / Κ. Δημητριάδου, Ε. Συνώδη, Μ. Τζακώστα και Α. Ρεβυθιάδου. (2012) Η διδασκαλία της μητρικής γλώσσας στη χώρα υποδοχής: Χαρτογράφηση μιας καινοτομίας στο ελληνικό σχολείο. Πρακτικά Παιδαγωγικής Εταιρείας, Ιωάννινα.

5 Participation in scientific and research programmes: 1. I received a grant from the Special Account for Research of the University of Crete and completed a research project ( ) entitled: Comparing Natural History Museum Programmes for preschool children: the case of the Natural History Museum of the University of Crete and of the Great North Museum: Hancock of University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. 3. I participated as a tutor in the ΔΑΣΤΑ programme (rewarded teaching practice for students) during and The programme coordinator is V. Oikonomidis, senior lecturer of the Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete. 4. I participated in the design and application of the programme entitled Education for pupils who are non-native Greek speakers in the project 5 Reinforcing pupils mother tongue of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki during and The programme coordinator is Professor A. Anastasiadi Simeonidi at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 5. I organized and offered a lab session entitled A child-friendly approach to teaching children about Compound words: The case of compound words in English for the Intensive Program (IP) Language learning and language teaching in multicultural environments: how to bring language diversity and language variation in class (LaDiVa) in and The programme coordinator is M. Tzakosta, senior lecturer of the Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete. Participation in scientific / professional associations: Member of O.M.E.P.. Member of the Greek Education Society. Member of the Greek Comparative and International Education Society. Member of Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE).