Μπιρμπίλη Μαρία [Birbili Maria]
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Current research:
Concept-based teaching, family involvement in children's learning, funds of knowledge and children's interests, dialogic teaching and learning, assessment for learning in early childhood education, teachers as curriculum mediators, children's participation in their learning
Studies:
DPhil in Educational Studies
University of Oxford, Department of Educational Studies, UK, 1995 – 1999
MSc in Educational Research Methodology
University of Oxford, Department of Educational Studies, UK, 1994 – 1995
MA in Early Childhood Education, Specialist Option
Boston College, School of Education, MA, USA, 1990 - 1991
BA in Early Childhood Education
Technological Educational Institution, Greece, 1984 – 1988
Recent publications:
Books
Birbili, M. (2015). Towards a pedagogy of dialogue: The importance and the role of questions in preschool education (2nd ed.). Thessaloniki: Sofia Publications.
Special Issue
Birbili, Μ., & Ηedges, Η. (2019). Conceptualizing and researching interest/s as a learning phenomenon in contexts representing the fullness of human life [Εditorial]. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 23 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2019.100324
Peer-reviewed (international) journals (selected)
Birbili, M. (2022). Sharing pedagogical documentation with others: exploring issues of addressivity and voice [Special issue]. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 30(2), 309-323. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2022.2046832
Birbili, M. (2022) Conceptual Development in Early Childhood. In H. Montgomery (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Childhood Studies. New York: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/obo/9780199791231-0254
Birbili, M., & Hedges, H. (2021). Studying curriculum as culture: Early childhood policy documents in Greece and New Zealand. International Journal of Early Years Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669760.2020.1866502
Birbili, M., & Hedges, H. (2019). Conceptualising and researching interest/s as a learning phenomenon. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2019.100324
Birbili, M., & Myrovali, A. (2019). Early childhood teachers’ relationship with the official curriculum: the mediating role of professional and policy contexts [Special Issue]. Education Inquiry, 11(2), 110-125. doi: 10.1080/20004508.2019.1687080
Birbili, M. (2019). Children’s interests in the early years classroom: Views, practices and challenges [Special issue]. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2018.11.006
Kalogiannidou, A., Tsitouridou, M., & Birbili, M. (2019). Building an online teachers' community of practice. Educational Journal of the University of Patras UNESCO Chair, 6(1), 396-401.
Birbili, M. (2017). Supporting young children to ask productive questions. Research in Practice Series, 24(3), 1-25.
Papandreou, M., & Birbili, M. (2017). Not just a recreational activity: giving artmaking the place it deserves in early childhood classrooms. Educational Journal of the University of Patras UNESCO Chair, 4(1), 94-106.
Gregoriadis, A., Papandreou, M., & Birbili, M. (2016). Continuing professional development in the Greek early childhood education system. Early Years. An International Research Journal, 38(3), 271-285.
Book chapters (selected)
Birbili, M. (2023). Teachers mediating of curriculum making processes. In R. J. Tierney, F. Rizvi, & K. Ercikan (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education, vol. 7 (pp. 142-148). New York, NY: Elsevier.
Birbili, M., & Tsitouridou, M. (2019). Early childhood teacher education in Greece: challenges and opportunities in a centralized education system. In S. Garvis & S. Phillipson (Eds.), Early Childhood Education in the 21st Century, Volume III. New York, NY: Routledge.
Birbili, Μ., & Roufidou, Ι. (2019). Parent involvement in Greek early childhood education and care: the need for new policies and practices. Ιn S. Phillipson & S. Garvis (Eds.), Teachers’ and Families’ Perspectives in Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Education in the 21st Century, Volume II (pp. 96-109). New York, NY: Routledge.
Birbili, M., & Christodoulou, I. (2018). Early childhood care and education in Greece: looking back and moving forward. In S. Garvis, S. Phillipson & H. Harju-Luukkainen (Eds.), International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Care. Early Childhood Education in the 21st Century, Volume I (pp. 90-102). New York, NY: Routledge.
Birbili, M. (2017). The pedagogy of worksheets in early childhood settings: teachers’ beliefs and practices. In A. Pinto & V. Pagnotto (Eds.), Focus on Early Childhood Education (pp. 85-122). New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Duties in Department:
Member, Reseach Ethics Committee, AUTH (2023 - 2026)
Head of Department, School of Early Childhood Education (Sept. 2021 - August 2023)
Member, Advisory Committee, Aristotle University Preschool Centre
Member, Student Practicum Committee, School of Early Childhood Education, AUTH