"Biology & Health Education "
Faculty of Primary Education
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Greece
Working address
Faculty of Primary Education
11, Tilemachou
10680 - Athens - Greece
emavrikaki@primedu.uoa.gr
1. Personal information
Familial status: Married
Children: Two girls (twins) aged 5
Citizenship: Greek
Date of birth: 8 November 1967
Place of birth: Athens
2. Education
Doctoral Thesis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1992-1998, Department of Biology
Graduate studies
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1985-1990, Department of Biology
3. Professional experience
1998-2000 Research Fellow, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2000-2003 Lecturer, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
2004-2007 Assistant Professor, University of Western Macedonia
2007- Lecturer, University of Arhens
4. Teaching experience
Several undergraduate or postgraduate courses.
I have also supervised many undergraduate diplomas and a Ph.D
5. Publications
5. 1. Doctoral thesis
Mavrikaki, E. (1998). Contribution in the study of the distribution of digital dermatoglyphics in Greece. Athens: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1992-1998
5. 2. Articles in proceedings or peer reviewed scientific journals (most in Greek and some in English or French)
5.2.1. Mavrikaki, E., Manolis, S. & Zafeiratos, K. (1989). Dermatoglyphics: An anthropological character and its study in the hellenic space. In the Proceedings of the 11th Scientific Congress of the Hellenic Biological Society, University of Thrace.
5.2.2. Mavrikaki, E., Manolis, S. & Zafeiratos, K. (1991). Anthropologic Data from the Necropolis of Volimjdion (Messinia). In the Proceedings of the 13th Scientific Congress of the Hellenic Biological Society, Heraklion, University of Crete.
5.2.3. Georgopoulou, A.M., Mavrikaki, E., Manolis, S. & Zafeiratos, K. (1991). Anthropologic study of a Cretan population during the era of Coper. In the Proceedings of the 13th Scientific Congress of the Hellenic Biological Society, University of Thrace, Heraklion, University of Crete.
5.2.4. Manolis, S., Mavrikaki, E. & Zafeiratos, K. (1992). Cranio-facial diversity in certain Mediterranean Neolithical populations. In the Proceedings of the 14th Scientific Congress of the Hellenic Biological Society, University of Cyprus.
5 2.5. Mavrikaki, E., Manolis, S. & Zafeiratos, K (1994). The contribution of digital dermatoglyphics in finding biological distances among populations of the Hellenic space. In the Proceedings of the 16th Scientific Congress of the Hellenic Biological Society, University of Thessaly.
5 2.6. Kyridis, A. & Mavrikaki, E. (1995). The biological clock as a factor for the ascertainment of inequalities in the Greek educational system. In the Proceedings of the 17th Scientific Congress of the Hellenic Biological Society, University of Patras.
5 2.7. Mavrikaki, E., Stroumpouli, P., Manolis, S. & Zafeiratos, K (1995). Distribution of digital dermatoglyphics in four Greek islander populations: Crete - Dodekanissa - Evia - Ionian islands. In the Proceedings of the 17th Scientific Congress of the Hellenic Biological Society, University of Patras.
5 2.8. Kyridis, A., Mavrikaki, E. & Zafeiratos K. (1995). The system of import to the Universities f the Cypriot Democracy – A Comparative study with the Greek system and the evaluation methods that are used: The example of the course of Biology. Contemporary Education, 84, 28-39.
5 2.9. Mavrikaki, E. (1996). The rolling schedules of Greek schools and the biological clock. Modern Education, 86, 61-65.
5 2.10. Kyridis, A., Mavrikaki, E. & Neroutsos, A. (1996). Contribution in the study of Greek educational inequalities based on the statistical elements of Higher Education (1984 - 1991). Contemporary Education, 76, 29-37.
5 2.11. Kyridis, A., Leontari, A. & Mavrikaki, E., (1996). Teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards the operation of schools with rolling schedule. Contemporary Education, 90-91, 68-76 .
5.2.12. Mavrikaki, E., Zafeiratos, K. & Poulos, L. (1997). Les empreintes digitales des Tziganes de la Grèce. Biométrie Humaine et Anthropologie, 15(3-4), 209-216. (in français).
5.2.13. Kyridis, A., Aggelaki, Ch., Mavrikaki, E. & Smaga, S. (1999). Operational conditions of Greek public schools - Material and technical infrastructure - the case of Preschool Education. Contemporary Education, 104, 78-91.
5.2.14. Kyridis, A., Aggelaki, Ch., Mavrikaki, E. & Smaga, S. (1999). Operational conditions of Greek public schools -- Material and technical infrastructure - the case of Municipal Schools. Contemporary Education, 105, 83-92.
5 2.15. Kyridis, A., Aggelaki, Ch., Mavrikaki, E. & Smaga, S. (1999). Operational conditions of Greek public schools - Material and technical infrastructure - the case of Public High schools. Contemporary Education, 106, 57-65.
5 2.16. Kyridis, A., Aggelaki, Ch., Mavrikaki, E. & Smaga, S. (1999). Operational conditions of Greek public schools - Material and technical infrastructure - the case of general Lycea. Contemporary Education, 107, 91-99.
5 2.17. Mavrikaki, E. & Zafeiratos, K. (2000). Digital dermatoglyphics of the inhabitants of Northern Greece. Biologia Gallo - Hellenica, 24 (2), 77-83.
5 2.18. Mavrikaki, E. (2000). The Traffic Education in the Curricula of Greek Municipal Schools. Makednon, 7, 135-142.
5 2.19. Mavrikaki, E. (2000). The quality of air in schools. Makednon, 8, 53-59.
5.2.20. Mavrikaki, E. (2000). Environmental Education and New Technologies. Contemporary Education, 115, 21-31.
5.2.21. Mavrikaki, E. (2001). Book review: The concept map as tool of learning – Applications in the Didactics of Biology and Environmental Education. Contemporary Education, 122, 149-151.
5 2.22. Mavrikaki, E. (2001). The public debates (debates) as s teaching strategy in Environmental Education. Environmental Education - Subjects and Reflections, 1(4), 16-18.
5.2.23. Vamvakidou I., Kyridis A. & Mavrikaki E. (2001). Peace Education in School. Pedagogical Speech, 3, 53-68.
5 2.24. Mavrikaki, E. (2002). The problem of evaluation of school Environmental Education programs. Models, processes of evaluation and proposals. In: GD Kapsalis & A. N. Katsikis (eds.) Proceedings of the Pan-Hellenic Congress "School Knowledge and Teaching in the First degree Education", v. B, Ioannina, pp.144-155.
5.2.25. Mavrikaki, E. & Chatzigeorgiou, V. (2002). of Health Education references in the Anthology of Municipal School - Recording, classification and critical approach of relative reports. In: Ac. Papas, Ac. Tsiplitaris, N. Petroulakis, Mr Charis, P. Nicodemos and N. Zoukis (eds.). Proceedings of the 2nd Pan-Hellenic Congress of Pedagogic Research of the Greek Pedagogic Society Greece, v. A Athens. pp. 466-477.
5.2.26. Daikopoulos, G. & Mavrikaki E. (2003). The changes of the Natural Environment of Florina. In A. Andreou (ed.) Proceedings of the Congress “Florina, 1912-2002, History and Culture.” Faculty of Pedagogics and Department of Balkan Study, A.U.Th., 699-712.
5.2.27. Athanassiadou, I., Galani, A. & Mavrikaki, E. (2003). The projection of the landscapes of Florina in the writings of contemporary writers. In A. Andreou (ed.) Proceedings of the Congress “Florina, 1912-2002, History and Culture.” Faculty of Pedagogics and Department of Balkan Study, A.U.Th., 423-434.
5.2.28. Mavrikaki, E., Alevriadou, A., Sakoglou, M. and Manthou, H. (2003). "The cell is something like meat…" How sixth grade students comprehend the meaning of cell. Teaching Natural Sciences – Research and Action, 5, 14-22..
5.2.29. Exarchopoulou, E., Vamvakidou, I., Kyridis, A., Mavrikaki, E. & Mpessas, D. (2003). The contribution of the puppet show in Health Education at the preschool age. The example of diet. Contemporary Education, 132-133, 39-46.
5.2. 30. Andreou, A. & Mavrikaki, E. (2004). History and Environmental Education as Tools for Intercultural Cooperation. In N. Terzis (ed). Intercultural Education in the Balkan Countries. Thessaloniki: Kyriakidis Brothers, 245-256.
5.2.31. Zygouri, E. & Mavrikaki, E. (2004). Recording and analysis of the Environmental Education plans that have been worked out in the Kindergartens and Municipal Schools of Western Macedonia (1997-2001). Pedagogical Review, 37, 141-155
5.2.32. Anastassiadou, S., Kyridis, A., Gouvra, M. & Mavrikaki, E. (2004). The nutritional choices and habits of students that study far away from their family. Contemporary Education, 135, 55-69.
5.2.33. Kaspari, G., Kyridis, A. & Mavrikaki, E. (2004). The positions of the three biggest Greek political parties concerning the environmental policy in Greece. Makednon, 12, 165-188.
5.2.34. Kyridis, A., Mavrikaki, E., Tsakiridou, H., Daikopoulos, I. & Zygouri, H . (2005). An analysis of attitudes of pedagogical students towards environmental education in Greece. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 6 (1), 54-64.
5.2.35. Mavrikaki, E., Kyridis, A. & Kaspari, G., Anastassiadou, S. (2005/2006). Anthropomorphic stereotypic identities and biological inaccuracies in animal similes as a constraint for the Improvement of the Human-Nature Relationship, The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, 1 (http://www.Sustainability-Journal.com, ISSN 1832-2077).
5.2.36. Mavrikaki, E. Kyridis, A., Gouvra, M. & Golia, P. (2005). Health Education during Greek teachers’ undergraduate studies. Sciences of Education, 2, 137-154.
5.2.37. Alevriadou, A., Mavrikaki, E. & Tsakiridou, H. (under publication). How formally developing children and children with serious difficulties of learning develop the comprehension of certain basic biological concepts. In Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on Greek Education and Globalisation, Hellenic Pedagogic Society, Nauplium, Greece.
5.2.38. Zygouri, E., Aggelaki, Ch. & Mavrikaki, E. (2003). The implication of programs of Environmental Education in the kindergartens of Western Macedonia (Greece): Classification and analysis of their functional parameters. In M. Tsjtouridou (ed.). Proceedings of the 2nd Congress on Sciences in Preschool Education, 169-178, Thessalonica: Tziolas.
5.2.39. Mavrikaki, E., Kyridis, A., Tozakidou, K. & Proussali, A. (2005). Infants’ ability to recognize road signals and the effectiveness of programs of Traffic Education – A Pilot study. Searching the world of child – OMEP, 6, 76-88.
5.2.40. Daikopoulos, J. & Mavrikaki, E. (2005). The opinions of sixth grade’s students of municipal schools of Florina prefecture about the future of their place - a qualitative analysis. In Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of the Hellenic Society on the Protection of Environmental and Cultural Heritage "inspiration reflection and imagination in the environmental education", University of Piraeus, 1-3 April, 2005.
5.2.41. Zygouri, E. & Mavrikaki, E. (2005). The opinions of teachers of municipal schools of Western Macedonia (Greece) about the ways that environmental education programs are implied in the frame of Flexible Area Cross curriculum Activities. In Proceedings of the 2nd Conference of the Hellenic Society on the Protection of Environmental and Cultural Heritage "inspiration reflection and imagination in the environmental education", University of Piraeus, 1-3 April, 2005.
5.2.42. Mavrikaki , E . & Kyridis, A . (2002). The use of “debates” for promoting sustainable development teaching at Greek Universities. Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability, 11, 487-500.
5.2.43 Mavrikaki, E. , Zygouri, E., Athanassiadou, I. & Fachantidis, N. (2004). Greek teachers describe the “ideal” educational software for Environmental Education. Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability, 16, 57-68.
5.2.44. Mavrikaki, E. , Kyridis, A., Tsakiridou, E. & Golia, P. (2004). Greek Educators' Attitudes and Beliefs about the Application of Environmental Education in Elementary School. Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability, 16, 29-36.
5.2.45. Mavrikaki, E. (2004). The functional components of Environmental Education. In: E. Mavrikaki & A. Kyridis (eds.). Environmental Education in the Greek Municipal School – Field Research. Athens: typothito – Giorgos Dardanos, 10-25.
5.2.46. Mavrikaki, E. (2005). Environmental Education and constructivism. Theoretical approaches in a compatible relation. In A. Georgopoulos (ed.) Environmental Education – the new emerging culture. Athens: typothito – Giorgos Dardanos.
5.2.47. Alevriadou, A., Mavrikaki, E., Tsakiridou, H. & Fountou, Ε. (2005). The understanding of the concept of poisoning from typically developed and mentally retarded children: research data and applications in Health Education. Contemporary Education, 137, 128-136.
5.2.48. Mavrikaki, Ε. (2005). Instead of a Prologue. In H. Zygouri, Evaluation of Environmental Education programs – Theory and examples, (pp. 15-20). Athens: typothito – Giorgos Dardanos.
5.2.49. Pateraki, H. & Mavrikaki, Ε. (2006). The cognitive needs and the degree of difficulty of biological exams in the national examination system of Greece (1983-2005). In: S. Chatdjidimou K. Mpikos, P. Stravakou and K. Chatdjidimou (eds.) (Proceedings of the 5th Pan-Hellenic Symposium) Greek Pedagogical and Educational Research, (vol Α΄), 319-325. Thessaloniki: Kyriakidis bros.
5.2.50. Mavrikaki, E. (2006). Health Education in the Greek full-day school. In A. Kyridis, H. Tsakiridou & I. Arvaniti (eds.) The full-day school in Greece, pp. 149-160. Athens: typothito – Giorgos Dardanos.
5.2.51. Makrygeorgaki. E. & Mavrikaki, E. (2007). Quantitative and qualitative classification of the questions that appear in the Greek 7th grade’s school textbook of Biology. (Proceedings of the 5th Conference) Science Teaching and New Technologies in Education, 5 (Β), 690-698.
5.2.52. Dimitrakopoulos, Ch., Lympioti, Chr., Papandreou, Ath., Stamatiou, St., Filioglou, M. & Mavrikaki, E. (in press). Nutrition as a concept and as an everyday practice according to the views of primary and secondary school students of Athens. In Proceedings of the Conference Science and Biological Sciences in Education, 11-13 April, 2008, Athens.
5.2.53. Kalathaki, M., Tsitsioula, D., Giannakopoulou, N. & E. Mavrikaki (in press) Nutritional choices in school units according to the relevant legislation. Coding and classification of the legal documents (1983 – 2007).
5.2.54. Mavrikaki, E. (in press). From the European Network of Health Promoting Schools to Schools for Health in Europe. The Greek route and its dead ends. Στο Δ. Ματθόπουλος (επιμ.) Συλλογικός Τόμος.
5.2.55. Mavrikaki, E., Tsakiridou, H. & Makaratzis, G. (in press). The alternative ideas of primary and secondary school students about the human circulatory system. Σύγχρονη Εκπαίδευση.
5.2.56. Gerodimou, L., Alevriadou, A. & E. Mavrikaki (in press). How Greek children with and without learning disabilities understand the concept of microbes. In D. Raichvarg (ed.) Proceedings of the BioEd Conference, Autun/Auxerre/Dijon – Burgundy (France), 24-28 June 2008.
5.2.57. Mavrikaki, E. & Athanassiou, K. (in press). Biology Teaching Personal Efficacy Beliefs of students of Educational Departments. In Proceedings of the 5th Pan-Hellenic Conference with International Participation Science and Society: Natural Sciences in Early Childhood.
Books (as an editor, author or coauthor)
5.3.1. Mavrikaki, E. (2001). Exercises and Activities to develop Environmental Consciousness. Athens: typothito – Giorgos Dardanos.
5.3.2. Gouvra, M., Kyridis, A. & Mavrikaki, E. (2001). Health Education and School – A Biological and Pedagogical Approach. Athens: typothito – Giorgos Dardanos.
5.3.3. Mavrikaki, E. & Kyridis, A. (eds.) (2004). Environmental Education in the Greek Municipal School – Field Research. Athens: typothito – Giorgos Dardanos.
5.3.4. Mavrikaki, E. & Zografou-Tsantaki, M. (2007). Prevention of Injuries in Nursery Schools. Athens: typothito – Giorgos Dardanos.
5.3.5. (Official School textbook) Mavrikaki, E., Gouvra, M. & Kampouri, A. (2007). Biology – 7th Grade. Athens: Ministry of Education. (It is comprised of: a) a textbook for the student, b) a laboratory guide, c) a book of activities and d) a book for the teacher.)
5.3.6. (Official School textbook) Mavrikaki, E., Gouvra, M. & Kampouri, A. (2007). Biology – 9th Grade. Athens: Ministry of Education. (It is comprised of: a) a textbook for the student, b) a laboratory guide, c) a book of activities and d) a book for the teacher.)
Participation in research projects
5.4.1. «Biological & Cultural Research of Lavrion» - Archaeological & Bioanthropological research, Greek General Secretariat for Research and technology [1996].
5.4.2. Aggelaki Ch., Vezyridou M., Kappatou A., Kyridis A., Mantzjarli P., Mavrikaki E., Tsoulis Th.(1998). The Syllabus and functional data of the Faculty of Pedagogics of Florina, Florina, Greece.
5.4.3. Evaluator of the program: Balanced Diet - Information, Action, Evaluation. Pedagogical Institute, Greek Ministry of Education [1999-2000].
5.4.4. Action for the Educational support of the program “NET" – County of Western Macedonia.
5.4.5. Broadened training in the Faculty of Primary Education of Florina, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
5.4.6. "Digitalization and documentation of the historical and cultural stock of the Folklore Museum of Kozani" (Scientifically supervisor in charge).
Freelance collaborator to “Patakis Editions” for the production of a new Greek Lexicon: giving the different meanings as well as the examples of them from given headwords and also editing already compiled headwords
Participation in the production of educational CD-Rom or similar products
5.6.1. Zafeiratos, K., Mavrikaki, E., Sapnadelli - Koloka, A., Gouvra, M., Andriotis, M. and Kapsalis, Ach. (1999). Biology (Sample). Athens: Keystone.
5.6.2. Mavrikaki, Ε. (in press). Educational scenarios for 7th and 9th grades. (AXONES–CHRYSALLIDES – In charge: SYSTEMA).
6. Participation in scientific committees, editorial boards or board of reviewers
North American Association for Environmental Education) The Boston TEE (Total Environmental Education) στο Boston Park Plaza, Boston, MA 6 – 10 August 2002.
2nd Conference of the Hellenic Society on the Protection of Environmental and Cultural Heritage "inspiration reflection and imagination in the environmental education", University of Piraeus, 1-3 April, 2005.
International Conference “Sustainable Management and Development of Mountainous and Island Areas”
