Dr Giannis Efthymiou
Senior Lecturer in Education
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Summary
Giannis Efthymiou is a Senior Lecturer in Education and the Director of Initial Teacher Education at 明星八卦's Department of Education. His academic interest and research focus on Global Learning/Global Citizenship Education and how teachers go about adopting such approaches. He coordinated a funded Erasmus project between four schools in Europe that examined teachers’ approaches in adopting Global Learning as part of their practice. This influenced the case study of his doctoral thesis, which he completed at Development Education Research Centre (DERC) at UCL's Institute of Education. His research and wider scholarly activity build on similar initiatives, and Giannis is particularly interested in teachers’ educational wisdom in adopting practices of Global Learning as part of their wider pedagogical ethos. Giannis's research also reflects on wider critical theories, specifically critical pedagogy. He seeks to examine each of these areas through the lens of teaching by actively listening to the voices of the teachers. Prior to entering Higher Education, Giannis was a primary school teacher and leader in primary schools across London having held a range of leadership posts. Giannis continues his close work with schools in London through his wider responsibilities as part of his role in 明星八卦's Initial Teacher Education programmes. Giannis is keen to continue expanding his collaboration with schools and is always happy to hear from colleagues who are interested in exploring Global Learning as a pedagogical approach.
Giannis joined 明星八卦 in September 2021. Before that he taught across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at the University of Cumbria and UCL’s Institute of Education.
Qualifications
PhD Global Learning & Global Citizenship Education, IOE, Faculty of Education and Society, UCL
Fellow, Higher Education Academy
MEd Psychology of Education, University of Bristol
BA (Hons) Primary Education, University of Patras
Responsibility
Director of Initial Teacher Education 2024-
Deputy Programme Leader Primary PGCE Programme 2023-2024
Newest selected publications
Efthymiou, GS. (2024) ''. Journal of Education Policy, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 2. ISSN: 0268-0939
Efthymiou, G. (Accepted) 'Democratic Education', in Winn, MT., Winn, LT., Bourn, D. and Pasha, A. (eds.) The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Social Justice in Education. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. , Global Education.
Efthymiou, G. (2024) 'Book Review: Schooling in a Democracy: returning Education to the Public Service, by Richard Riddell'. Journal of Education Policy. ISSN: 0268-0939
Efthymiou, G. (2023) 'Global learning enabling teacher voices in one Greek primary school: mixed methods including action research and interviews', in Bourn, D. (ed.) Research in Global Learning Methodologies for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development Education. London : UCL Press. pp. 111 - 130. ISBN 10: 1800083092. ISBN 13: 9781800083097.
Efthymiou, G. and de Vries, M. (2022) 'Teachers reflecting on teaching global issues: 鈥淏ecause I鈥檓 also part of the problem鈥'. Sinergias 鈥 diálogos educativos para a transformação social, 13. pp. 41 - 57.