The Center

Centre for Intercultural and Migration Studies

Director: Dr. Aspasia Chatzidaki, Professor

Goals

-Τo investigate and promote educational issues regarding Diaspora Greeks

-To investigate and promote educational issues regarding repatriated Greeks and immigrants in Greece

-To ensure pre- and in-service training for educators wishing to teach the Greek language as a second and a foreign language to student populations both abroad and in Greece

-To produce educational material for the teaching of Greek as second and a foreign language and to elements of Greek history and culture to the aforementioned categories of students.

Current Research Projects

The Director of the Centre, Dr. Michalakaki, Kontogianni and Dr. Thomou take part in a UNICEF-funded capacity-building seminar for teachers (Teach4Integration, Dec.2022-July 2023) which is coordinated by the University of Thessaly (Prof. G. Androulakis) and operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Education. Dr. Chatzidaki and Dr. Thomou are responsible for producing educational material for two thematic units offered at the seminar.

Chatzidaki and Dr. Thomou participate in the ERASMUS+ KA220-HED (Cooperation in Higher Education) Global Teacher Education (GatherEd) programme representing the University of Crete. The programme is coordinated by the University of Iceland (Haskoli Islands), and also involves the following international partners:
Universitetet i Oslo (Norway),
Universidad de Granada (Spain),
Oranim Academic College of Education-The Kibbutz Movement (Israel)

July 2023-a three-week Summer School (Modern Greek language courses) for Australian University students who take Greek language courses at the University of Flinders, Adelaide, Australia (LOGOS Australian Centre for Hellenic Language & Culture).

Research Projects

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Publications

Chatzidaki, A. (2022). Greek state schools in Germany and the impact of ‘New’ Migration. In M. Kousis, A. Chatzidaki & K. Kafetsios (Eds), Challenging Mobilities in and to the EU during Times of Crises. The Case of Greece. (pp.69-87). IMISCOE Springer series.
Chatzidaki, A. & Tsokalidou, R. (Eds) (2021). Challenges and Initiatives in Refugee Education: the case of Greece. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Kontogianni D., Michelakaki Th.,& Papalexopoulou, E. (2021). The narratives of the 'sense of belonging' by returnee students of Albanian origin: transitions and identity ascriptions, IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science 26 (11), 37-47.
Chatzidaki, A., Kontogianni, D., Michelakaki, T. & Thomou, P. (2021). Raising Language Awareness and Intecultural Sensitivity in Mixed Classrooms. In Papadopoulos & S. Papadopoulou (Eds). Applied Lingustics Research and Good Practices for Multicultural and Multilingual Classrooms (pp.55-75). New York: ΝΟVA Science Publishers.
Kontogianni D., Michelakaki Th., & Papalexopoulou, E. (2019). Albanian Families Leaving Greece: Narratives on Repatriation and the Sense of Belonging by Children and Teenage. In J.A.Panagiotopoulou, L. Rosen, Cl. Kirsch, A. Chatzidaki (Eds.) (2019). New Migration of Families from Greece to Europe and Canada. A new Challenge for Education? Wiesbaden: Springer (pp 129-150)
Chatzidaki, A. (2019). Greek schools in Germany as a ‘safe haven; Teachers’ perspectives on new migration and community language schools. In: A. Panagiotopoulou, L. Rosen, C. Kirsch and A. Chatzidaki (Eds) ‘New’ Migration of Families from Greece to Europe and Canada -A ‘New’ Challenge for Education? (pp.153-174). Berlin: Springer Verlag.
Δαμανάκης, Μ. (2014). Νέα ελληνική μετανάστευση στη Γερμανία. Στο Μ. Δαμανάκης, Σ. Κωνσταντινίδης και Α. Τάμης (επιμ.). Νέα Μετανάστευση από και προς την Ελλάδα. (σς.139-175). Ρέθυμνο/Αθήνα: ΚΕΜΕ-ΠΚ/Αλεξάνδρεια.
Χατζηδάκη, Α., Σπαντιδάκης, Γ. & Αναστασιάδης, Π. (επιμ.) (2014). Ελληνόγλωσση εκπαίδευση και ηλεκτρονική μάθηση στη διασπορά. Σχεδιασμός και ανάπτυξη ενός Διαδικτυακού Μαθησιακού Περιβάλλοντος. Ε.ΔΙΑ.Μ.ΜΕ: Ρέθυμνο.
Θώμου, Π., & Χατζηδάκη, Α. (2014). Διδασκαλία πολυλεκτικών λεξικών μονάδων (multiword units) της Νέας Ελληνικής ως Δεύτερης Γλώσσας σε Ηλεκτρονικό Περιβάλλον Μάθησης. In G. Kotzoglou, K. Nikolou, E. Karantzola, K. Frantzi, I. Galantomos, M. Georgalidou, V. Kourti-Kazoullis, Ch. Papadopoulou, & E . Vlachou (eds), Selected Papers from the 11^th International Conference on Greek Linguistics (Rhodes, 26-29 September 2013) (pp.560-579). University of the Aegean.
Kourtis-Kazoullis, V., Spantidakis, G., & Chatzidaki, A. (2014). An electronic learning environment for Greek-language intercultural education in the Diaspora. In INTED2014 Proceedings: 8th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (pp.1847-1854) (Valencia, Spain, 10-12 March, 2014). Διαθέσιμο στο: https://library.iated.org/publications/INTED2014/start/1100

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