Marina Sotiropoulou Zormpala Brief curriculum vitae Surname: Sotiropoulou - Zormpala Name: Marina Scientific post: Assistant Professor in Aesthetic Education, University of Crete, Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool Education Specialization: Aesthetic Education of Child and Infant, Teaching and Learning Through the Arts, Aesthetic Teaching Postal Address: University of Crete Faculty of Education Department of Preschool Education University Campus - Gallos P.C. 74100, Rethymno- CRETE, GR Office telephone number: + 30 2831077662 Fax: +30 2108080144 E- mail: marinazorb@edc.uoc.gr EDUCATION: 1. Graduate: a. National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Philosophy, Degree in French Language and Literature b. Athens Conservatory, (piano class of A. Garoufallis), & National Conservatory, degree in piano (grade: excellent) c. International Center of Music Therapy - Paris (Centre International de Musicothèrapie), Certificate of Full Course Studies d. Suzana Avigador Dance School, classes in «Body Expression» and «Primitive Dance» 2. Post Graduate Studies: University of Sorbonne (Paris V) and University of Nanterre (Paris X): Post Graduate Diploma D.E.A. (Diplôme d Etudes Approfondies de Psychologie, de la Culture et de l Environnement, option Psychologie de l Art), School of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Dept. of Psychology of Art (1988).
3. Doctorate: National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Philosophy Pedagogy - Psychology, Doctoral Thesis in «Sonic - Music Awareness, in Pre- and Primary School. A Model of Psycho- Pedagogic Intervention» (grade: Excellent). EXPERIENCE TEACHING EXPERIENCE:! 1983 86: Teaching (a) Musical education and (b) Organisation of cultural events at a private Nursery School (5, Papadiamanti St, Kifissia).! 1988 1998: Teaching of Music and Psychology of Art at further education courses for "Preschool Education" (Athens Centre for Pedagogic Studies & Research).! 1994: Teaching at the Training Courses for Secondary Education Teachers of East Attica. Subject: Modern teaching methods of aesthetic education. Experiential approach.! 1994 2000: Teaching (a) Drama in Education, (b) Music- and- movement Education and (c) Play; A theoretical approach, (Private Professional Training Institute "Vocational Training Institute Sotiropoulou", for the specialization in "Preschool Education, Creativity & Expression" (1890 hours).! 1998 2000: Director of the above Institute.! 1999-2000: Teaching Using the Arts in Education; A theoretical and experiential approach at a Professional Training Centre as part of the Ε 872 Α programme for Welfare Officers.! 1988 2001: Developing training seminars on issues pertaining to performing arts in education (Teaching methodology, Music- and- movement systems, Creative use of the Voice, Theatrical action & play, Kinetic improvisation, Body expression psychokinetic). The seminars were addressed to primary education teachers and artists and organised by the ANIMA Centre for Creative Education. The seminars were realised in collaboration with: Rea Karageorgiou, Natasha Zouka, Dimitris Zormpalas, Alkistis Kontoyanni, Suzana Avigador, Spyros Sakkas, Yorgos Kimoulis, Evgenios Spatharis and Maggie Asvesta.! 1988-2001: Teaching seminars on "Modern music- and- movement systems" (ANIMA Centre for Creative Education).! 2002 2003: Teaching "Music- and- movement" seminars in Domi (Private Vocational Training Institute), for the specialisation in "Preschool Education, Creativity & Expression" (1520 hours).! 2/2003 12/2003: Teaching course ΠΑΙ 114: Forms of arts education of Infant & Child, lab ΕΡΓ 100: Methodology of arts education and ΣΠΕ and ΣΑΕ Arts education seminars as an Act 407/80 teacher in the Department of Preschool Education of the University of Crete.! 12/2003 8/2008: Teaching courses (ΠΑΙ 114: Forms of arts education of Infant & Child, ΠΑΙ 151: Methodological approaches to arts education), laboratories (ΕΡΓ 100: Methodology of arts education) and seminars (ΣΠΕ & ΣΑΕ Arts and Aesthetic education) as Lecturer at the Department of Preschool Education of the University of Crete.! 2011-2012: Teaching a course on Aesthetic approaches and language arts teaching as part of the postgraduate curriculum for Pedagogic and methodology in preschool education with a specialization in Language and literacy in preschool education.
! 8/2008 to date: Teaching of compulsory course ΠΑΙ 151: Methodological approaches to arts education, lab seminar on Methodology of arts education, ΣΠΑ seminars in Arts Teaching and Song Teaching and ΣΑΕ seminars in Arts education, and ΣΠΕ as Assistant Professor at the Department of Preschool Education of the University of Crete. SUPERVISION OF THESES! Member of three- member committees for the guidance and supervision of postgraduate students of the Departments of Primary Education and Preschool Education of the University of Crete! Supervisor of degree theses by postgraduate students of the Department of Preschool Education of the University of Crete! Supervisor of degree theses pertaining to Aesthetic Education and prepared by students of the DPSE in the academic years 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2009-10.! Supervisor of the PhD thesis of Agathe Argyriadi, The effect of the arts flow experiences, in academic performance of preschool children. A psycho- pedagogic approach. The report on this thesis was approved on 7/12/2011 by the General Assembly of the Department of Preschool Education of the University of Crete.! Participation in electoral bodies, recommendation committees and administration committees for the Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 1.Disertations! «De la nécessité d un éveil musical avant l âge de 6 ans. Approche pédagogique et musicale» (About the necessity of music awareness before the age of 6. Pedagogic and musical approach), University of Nantere (Paris X), School of Psychology and Sciences of Behavior, Dept. of Psychology of Art, disertation of Master (in Greek).! «Sound Awareness as a teaching medium in Kinder garden and Primary School. A model of psychopedagogical intervention», University of Athens, School of Philosophy Pedagogy - Psychology, Doctorate Thesis (in Greek). 2. Books and Edited Volumes! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2007). A premiere every day. Aesthetic Approach of knowledge in Kindergarten and Primary School. Athens: Greek Letters. (in Greek)! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2009). Arts education and aesthetic sensibility in the preschool and primary school classroom. In Μ. Pourkos (ed.) Art- Game- Narration. Psychological and Psycho- pedagogical dimensions (pp. 211-228). Athens: Topos (in Greek).! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2009). Aesthetic and lingual literacy: A combined approach. In Ε. Tafa & G. Manolitsis (eds.), Emergent literacy: research and applications. Athens: Pedio (in Greek) (pp. 287-304). Athens: Pedio (in Greek).! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. & Trouli, K. (2011). Creation" and "Expression" in education faculties: The case of the university of Crete. In V. Oikonomidis (ed.) Training in- service and pre- service teachers (pp. 410-423). Athens: Pedio (in Greek).
! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2011). A premiere every day. Aesthetic Approach of knowledge in Kindergarten and Primary School (updated and revised edition). Athens: Pedio (in Greek). 3. Articles in Refereed Journals! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2004). Aesthetic sensibility in the service of learning process in the frame of preschool education, Teacher s Scientific Step, 3, 68 75. (in Greek)! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2005). Aesthetic Sensibility : Targets, Conditions and Characteristics of Applied Activities, Modern Education, 141, 55 70. (in Greek)! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2006). Aesthetic education in university pedagogy departments: Revisions redefinitions, Sciences of Education, 2, 137-148. (in Greek)! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2009). Pedagogical and aesthetic criteria in selecting and processing songs in primary education: Songs of colours. Musical Education [Mousikopedagogika], 7, 34-52. (in Greek)! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2012). Reflections on aesthetic education. An approach to language arts in early childhood curriculum. Art Education, 65(1), 6-10. (in English)! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2012). Aesthetic teaching: Seeking a balance between teaching arts and teaching through the arts. Arts Education Policy Review, 113 (4), 123-128, DOI: 10.1080/10632913.2012.719419. (in English) http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showpreferences?menutab=authorservices! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2012). Teaching of Language through Art and Aesthetic Teaching of Language. Sciences of Education [Epistimes Agogis], 1/2012, 7-22. (in Greek).! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. & Trouli, K. (2012). The arts education of future primary- school teachers at Greek universities Pedagogiki Epitheorissi, the journal of the Hellenic Educational Society, 53, 161-175. (in Greek)! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. & Argyriadi, A. (in press). Seeking the features of aesthetic flow experience activities in kindergarten and the first years of primary school, Croatian Journal of Education. (in English) 4. Selected Articles in Conference Proceedings! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2002). Exploiting sound and music in the teaching process in Kindergarten and Primary School, Psycho- pedagogy of Preschool Age, Proceedings of the International scientific Conference, 2002, Rethymnon: Publication Department of Pre- School Education, University of Crete, v. b, pp. 929 934. (in Greek)! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2003). Sound and music as teaching media of Language and Mathematics in Preschool Education, Language and Mathematics in Preschool Education, Proceedings of the International scientific Conference, 2003, Rethymnon: Publication Department of Pre- School Education, University of Crete, pp. 99 108. (in Greek)! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2007). Modern data for teaching songs, Methodological and experiential approaches from the First to Sixth Classes, Proceedings of the
Panhellenic Conference of Musical Education of First Level Education, organized by the Union of Music Teachers of Pre School Education, 2007, Athens: Gutenberg Publications, pp. 428-439. (in Greek)! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2008). Art in the service of reinforcing phonological awareness. Production of digitalised material for children of pre- school age. Proceedings of the 6 th Pan- Hellenic Conference with International Participation: Information and Communication Technologies in Education (ed. H. Aggeli & N. Valanides), Cyprus: University of Cyprus: pp. 231-238. (in Greek)! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2009). The parts of aesthetic education as axes for producing multimodal educational material. Proceedings of the 3 rd International Conference of the Association of Primary School Music Teachers, The contribution of Educational material in school practice: Theory and implementation in musical education. Athens. (in Greek)! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2010). Arts education and training of pre- service preschool teachers in pedagogical studies in Greece, Sotiropoulou M., Trouli, K. & Linardakis. M. Traces: Sustainable art education, Rovaniemi: InSEA. Proceedings of the Pan- European Conference on Aesthetic Education organised by InSEA in Rovaniemi, Finland, University of Lapland, 21-24 June. (in English)! Sotiropoulou- Zormpala, M. (2012). Categories of teaching through arts activities in elementary school. Educators reactions. 11th InSEA European Ccongress proceedings (http://www.insea2012.org/files/insea%202012%20prceedings.pdf), Arts Education at the crossroad of cultures, Limasol, Cyprus: CySEA Board, 718-728. International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) 25-27 June. (in English) 5. REVIEWER FOR JOURNALS! Modern Education. Bi- monthly Review of Educational Subjects! Music in the First Level. Journal of the Union of Teachers of Music in First Level Education.! Teacher s Scientific Step. Journal of the Greek Teaching Association. 6. SELECTED PARTICIPATIONS! 9/2003 2/2007: participation in the research project, under the auspices of Pedagogical Institute (Ministry of Education), on the subject of «Writing New Books and producing Educational supporting material on the basis of cross - curriculum analytical programs for Primary School and Kinder garden», as a member in the evaluation committee for the new Music Anthology, for Primary Level Education! 4/2007 8/2008: Participation in the Program: «Digital World of Preschool Education». Intra- Border mutual influences of educators and infants in Greece and Cyprus», co- financed by the European Fund of Regional Development and the National Ministry of Education! Member of a Ministry of Education committee, 1999 2000: manager of the team for the development of curricula for Vocational Training Institutes for Preschool Education Specialists
! Member of a Ministry of Education committee, 2003 2007: member of the evaluation committee for the new Anthology of Music for Primary Education, on the basis of the Consolidated Interdisciplinary Framework for Curricula for Preschool and Primary Education! Examiner in the written tests for Nursery School Teachers in the state national competition (ASEP) (1/2007)! Member of the Hellenic Society for Language & Literacy (since 11/2009)! Member of the International Society for Education Through Art (since 7/2010)! Member of the Hellenic Educational Society (since 5/2011) PEDAGOGICAL COORDINATION OF THEATRICAL AND ARTISTIC PLAYS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN: a. «When numbers ran away» (Hitirio theater, 2003 2004, Altera Pars theater, 2004 2005, performed for pupils from 42 schools in Attica), performance targeting children of Nursery Scholl and the first two grades of Primary School, pertaining to the lesson of Mathematics and specifically to the notion of number. b. «Time- pirates» (Αltera Ρars theater, 2004 2005, performed for pupils from 42 schools in Attica and Evoia), performance targeting pupils of Fifth and Sixth grade of Primary School and pertains to the lesson of History, and specifically the sequence of basic historic periods. c. «Emotions go to the museum»: (Museum of Cycladic Art Goulandris, 6 N.Douka, Kolonaki - Athens, 2006 2007), performance targeted to the pre- school and first school years, targeting museum education and emotional evolution. d. 2006 2007: pedagogical overview of the drama laboratory of Museum of Cycladic Art (Goulandris Foundation). Critics: Kryou Maria: «The child. Opportunities for theater- lovers: Theater of Knowledge». «Athinorama» Weekly magazine, issue 234, period B, pp. 235-236. Sarigiannis George: «The theater as an alternative way of education», Newspaper «Ta Nea», November, 24, 2004, «Horizons» special edition, pρ. 35. Triantafilidis Iason: «Shows for children», Newspaper «Independent press», December 9, 2004, special edition: «Culture», pp. 45. Lymberopoulou Katerina: «Playground in Museum of Cycladic Art. An imaginary world, inspired by the exhibits», Newspaper To Vima, February 25, 2007. Kryou Maria: «Emotions go to museum», «Athinorama», 2007, issue 361, period Β, pp. 91.