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  1. Teaching Science Through Play: An Adaptive Professional Development Programme to Provide Tailored Support to Preschool Teachers

    Article • Early Childhood Education Journal, September 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  2. Προς μια νέα κουλτούρα εκπαίδευσης STEM: προτάσεις από εκπαιδευτικούς προσχολικής ηλικίας

    Article • Διάλογοι! Θεωρία και πράξη στις επιστήμες αγωγής και εκπαίδευσης, December 2025, National Documentation Centre

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  3. Playful science: fostering procedural and epistemic knowledge in early childhood experiments

    Article • International Journal of Science Education, September 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  4. Back to basics: pre-service early childhood teachers’ challenges in questioning to elicit children’s ideas in science

    Article • Education Inquiry, June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  5. Παραγωγή Εκπαιδευτικού Υλικού από Μελλοντικούς/ές Εκπαιδευτικούς για την Καλλιέργεια του Επιστημονικού Οπτικού Εγγραμματισμού των Μικρών Παιδιών

    Article • 13o Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο της Διδακτικής των Φυσικών Επιστημών και Νέων Τεχνολογιών στην Εκπαίδευση, April 2025, National Documentation Centre

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  6. Scientific Toys in Early Childhood Settings: Teaching and Learning About Light and Shadows

    Article • Research in Science Education, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  7. «Είναι ένα μικρόβιο... και έρχεται από έναν πράσινο πλανήτη»

    Article • Έρευνα για την Εκπαίδευση στις Φυσικές Επιστήμες και την Τεχνολογία, December 2023, National Documentation Centre

    Dr Fotini Bonoti, Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  8. The Role of Hemispheric Preference in Student Misconceptions in Biology

    Article • European Journal of Educational Research, April 2023, Eurasian Society of Educational Research

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  9. Editorial: Visual images in science education

    Article • Frontiers in Education, April 2023, Frontiers

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  10. The effectiveness of a teaching approach using brain-based learning elements on students’ performance in a Biology course

    Article • Cogent Education, December 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  11. Children’s Views of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Preventive Practices: Comparing Verbal and Visual Empirical Evidence

    Article • Frontiers in Education, June 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Fotini Bonoti, Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  12. Exploring children’s participation in the framework of early childhood environmental education

    Article • Children s Geographies, May 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  13. Address and involvement in e-books about COVID-19 for young children: an analysis of the visual mode

    Article • Journal of Visual Literacy, April 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  14. Drawing a scientist: using the Emo-DAST to explore emotional aspects of children’s images of scientists

    Article • Research in Science & Technological Education, November 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou, Dr Fotini Bonoti

  15. Children’s conceptions of coronavirus

    Article • Public Understanding of Science, October 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou, Dr Fotini Bonoti

  16. Interpersonal Meaning: Verbal Text–Image Relations in Multimodal Science Texts for Young Children

    Article • Education Sciences, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou, Dr Fotini Bonoti

  17. The interplay between interpersonal and compositional meanings in multimodal texts about animals for young children

    Article • Punctum International Journal of Semiotics, June 2019, Hellenic Semiotic Society

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  18. ‘A smile stands for health and a bed for illness’: Graphic cues in children’s drawings

    Article • Health Education Journal, March 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr Fotini Bonoti, Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  19. Public visual images of Greek scientists and science: tracing changes through time

    Article • International Journal of Science Education Part B, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  20. Teaching Chemistry Concepts through Multiple Analogies

    Article • The International Journal of Science Mathematics and Technology Learning, January 2018, Common Ground Publishing

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  21. Investigates the role of explanatory captions in pupils' understanding of illustrated science texts.

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION METHODOLOGY, May 2016, CIRWOLRD

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  22. Compares American and Greek primary children's stereotypic elements in their drawings of scientists.

    Article • Science & Education, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Fotini Bonoti, Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  23. APPLICATION OF MICROCLIMATIC LANDSCAPE DESIGN IN SCHOOLYARDS IN GREECE

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, September 2015, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  24. Investigates thermal perception in a Mediterranean schoolyard.

    Article • International Journal of Biometeorology, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  25. Compares teaching practice and curriculum guidelines for science activities in the kindergarten.

    Article • The International Journal of Early Childhood Learning, January 2014, Common Ground Publishing

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  26. Presents a teaching scenario on water conservation implemented in kindergarten.

    Article • Global NEST Journal, May 2013, University of the Aegean

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  27. Proposes a sosiocognitive approach for teaching about light in the kindergarten.

    Article • Research in Science Education, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  28. Reveals tensions in textual construction between PISA and school examination science test items.

    Article • International Journal of Science Education, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  29. Discusses the emerging scientific visual literacy in young children.

    Article • The International Journal of Science Mathematics and Technology Learning, January 2013, Common Ground Publishing

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  30. Compares images used in PISA test items and biology school textbooks.

    Article • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  31. Investigates the textual construction of university distance learning educational material.

    Article • Ubiquitous Learning An International Journal, January 2012, Common Ground Publishing

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  32. Investigates stereotypic visual elements in publicly available photos of Greek scientists.

    Article • Public Understanding of Science, May 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  33. Analyses the visual image of science and scientists revealed in students' drawings.

    Article • Public Understanding of Science, November 2010, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  34. Analyses stereotypic elements in Greek students' drawings of scientists.

    Article • Journal of Science Communication, August 2010, Sissa Medialab, SRL

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  35. Presents an analysis of teacher-pupils dialogues during kindergarten science activities.

    Article • Creative Education, January 2010, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  36. Compares different teaching approaches on magnets for kindergarten children.

    Article • The International Journal of Learning Annual Review, January 2009, Common Ground Publishing

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  37. Investigates the visual codes used by primary children in their drawings of environmental issues.

    Article • The International Journal of Science and Society, January 2009, Common Ground Publishing

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  38. Copmares the textual construction of PISA test items and school science textbooks.

    Article • Science Education, July 2008, Wiley

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  39. Records primary pupils' understanding of air pollution.

    Article • Journal of Biological Education, December 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  40. Records adolescents' interests and everyday experiences related to science.

    Article • International Journal of Science Education, August 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  41. Presents a taxonomy of young children's explanations of different natural phenomena.

    Article • The International Journal of Learning Annual Review, January 2006, Common Ground Publishing

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  42. Offers a classification of children's explanations of natural phenomena.

    Article • Research in Science Education, October 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  43. The nature of science science promoted by metaphors used in newspaper articles.

    Article • Public Understanding of Science, October 2004, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  44. Primary pupils' mental models of the greenhouse effect.

    Article • Science Education, September 1999, Wiley

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  45. How children understand and explain metaphorically ozone layer and ozone depletion

    Article • Research in Science Education, December 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou

  46. Children's models of the ozone layer and ozone depletion

    Article • Research in Science Education, December 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Vasilia Christidou