ABATAC two-day conference - June 2023
We are very honored to have the opportunity to organize a two-day conference at the invitation of the Directorate of Primary Education of Rethymnon and Mrs. Eleftheria Simitzi-Della, Education Consultant of Kindergartens of Rethymnon.
Find the Programme of the two-day Conference here (in Greek)!
ABATAC one-day conferences/workshops in Lassithi Prefecture - December 2023
We are pleased to organize in cooperation with the Primary Education Directorate of Lassithi and Ms. Anna Atsali, Kindergarten Teacher Education Consultant PE60, one-day conferences/workshops in Agios Nikolaos, Sitia and Ierapetra.
Find the programme of the workshops here (in Greek)!
e-poster in the Annual Meeting of the European Astronomical Society in Krakow, Poland
You can find our poster in the following link:
https://k-poster.kuoni-congress.info/eas-2023/poster/7a5fc105-8b6e-4fe2-be89-1f11f396a357
Poster title: Training teachers to deliver astronomy activities in preschool education: the presentation of a blended training program
Join our poster presentation at 14:00 CEST
Presentation Link: https://meet.google.com/ews-uhuu-gio
Oral or poster presentations in Conferences:
Chatzoglidou, S., Amparzaki, M., Kalogiannakis, M., Tassis, K., & Pavlidou, V. (2022, October 4). Training of kindergarten teachers and pre-school students in astronomy: The case of the ABATAC program. 12th Panhellenic Conference - Natural Sciences in Preschool Education: From scientific practices and experiment to investigation and STE(A)M: a new era of synthesis, Florina.
Pavlidou, V. (2023, June 26). Lecture: the Universe is understandable! Invited talk organized by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre, in collaboration with the Hellenic Astronomical Society.
Ampartzaki, M., Tassis, K., Pavlidou, V., Kalogiannakis, M., Christidis, K. (29 June, 2023). Supporting early childhood teachers to teach astronomy through arts and inquiry. The Future of Education International Conference, Florence, Italy.
Ampartzaki, M., Kalogiannnakis, M., Tassis, K., Pavlidou, V., Christidis, K., Chatzoglidou, S., & Eleftherakis, G. (2023, August 30). A blended training approach to teaching astronomy to young children: A Greek case study. 31st EECERA Annual Conference - Children’s curiocity, agency and participation: Challenges for professional action and development, Cascais near Lisbon, Portugal.
Pavlidou, V., Ampartzaki, M., Tassis, K., Kalogiannakis, M., & Christidis, K. (2023, September 23). Art-based astronomy learning in preschool education. Artfuleness 2023, 1st International artistic and scientific conference, Croatia.
Tassis, K., Ampartzaki, M., Pavlidou, V., Kalogiannnakis, M., Christidis, K., Chatzoglidou, S., & Eleftherakis, G. (2024, March 1). Developing astronomy activities for young children: Initial assessment outcomes of a blended learning course. 8th International Conference on Research in Teaching and Education, Vienna, Austria.
Tassis, K., Pavlidou, V., Ampartzaki, M., Kalogiannnakis, M., & Christidis, K. (2023, July 10). Training teachers to deliver astronomy activities in preschool education: The presentation of a blended training program. Poster Presentation. European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, Krakow, Poland.
Amparzaki, M., Tassis, K., Kalogiannakis, M., & Pavlidou, V. (2021, October 26). Mixed training for teaching astronomy to young children: An initial approach of ABATAC (A Blended training Approach to Teaching Astronomy to young Children). 11th Conference on Open and Distance Education: experiences, challenges, perspectives, Athens, Greece.