Research Activity
2. Participation in the research action entitled "Teaching nanotechnology through the use of digital technologies to children of early school age." carried out during the academic year 2021-2022, within the framework of the second cycle of Postgraduate Studies of the Department of Early Childhood Education of the Faculty of Education of the University of Crete in collaboration with the 4th, 50th, 28th, 57th and 45th Public Primary School of Heraklion, funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I) in collaboration with the Special Research Funding Account (ELKE) of the University of Crete (KA 11090) and focusing on the design and implementation of a curricular teaching intervention for the teaching of nanotechnology elements through the use of digital technologies to 150 students of the 2nd grade in the context of the current health crisis caused by the new coronavirus worldwide (Figure 3, 4 & 6).
1. Participation in the WITEA-ID (Weeks of International Teaching - Inclusive and Digital) project funded by the European Commission's Erasmus+ program, aiming to bring an innovative approach to the internationalization of higher education in the digital environment. In particular, Pandora participated as a member of the project team of KA 10755. In the workshop of the WITEA-id (Weeks of International Teaching-Inclusive and Digital) project, which took place in Heraklion, Crete between 11-15 October 2021 at the Hellenic Mediterranean University, training of the invited teachers on possible tools and methods of teaching blended learning (digital and on-site) was conducted. The main topic was to bring "action" to this education model. Information about the detailed program can be found at the following link: https://witea-id.eu/ 2) At the "4th Panhellenic Conference of Young Researchers in Science Teaching and New Technologies in Education" organized by Democritus University and ENEPHET in Alexandroupolis from 16 to 18.09.2022. At the conference, and especially in the section "Poster Session of Research Programmes - Foyer," the possibility of dissemination-promotion was given by placing a unique poster with the titles 1) WITEA-ID: Definition of teachers and students interaction mobility competencies across European institutions, and 2) WITEA-ID: Teaching and learning open access online modules and materials (Figure 7 & 8).
3. Participation in the training research activity entitled Contemporary Issues in Science and Technology, organized by the Laboratory of Informatics in Education and Science Teaching of the Department of Early Childhood Education and the Laboratory of Science Teaching of the Department of Primary Education of the University of Crete, in collaboration with the Regional Centre for Educational Design (PEKES) of Crete during the Academic Year 2019 - 2020, which was addressed to active pre-school teachers and was conducted through teleconferences using the e-class platform of the School of Education of the University of Crete and the BigBlueButton platform on cutting-edge research topics in education with an emphasis on nanotechnology and socio-scientific issues in the teaching of science (Figure 1).
2. Participation in the research activity entitled "The teaching of historical time to children of primary school age in the light of the Byzantine coins of Crete," which took place during the Academic Year 2016 - 2017, funded by the Special Research Funding Account of the University of Crete and focusing on the design and implementation of a three-month teaching intervention for the teaching of temporal concepts to 1st-grade students through coins from the Historical Museum of Crete (HMC) (Figure 2 & 5).
