NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
FACULTY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Dimitris Chassapis

 Professor of Mathematics Education

 

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EDUCATION

 

·         Doctorate in Educational Sciences by The Patras University, Greee (1992).

·         Postgraduate Certificate in Education, School of Pedagogical and Technical Education, Athens (1979).

·         Master of Science in Mathematics by The City University, London (1978)

·         Degree in Mathematics by The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greeece (1972)

 

PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

·         2016: 

Professor Emeritus, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Early Childhood Education

·         2008- 2016:   

National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Early Childhood Education, 

Teaching and research work as Professor of Mathematics Education.

·         1994 - 2008:   

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Primary Education
Teaching and research work as a Lecturer and from 1998 onwards as an Assistant Professor of  Mathematics Education.

·         1989 - 1994:   

Technical and Vocational Teachers Training Institute (SELETE), Athens
eaching work on vocational training research and evaluation methods.

·         1976 - 1994:    

The Hellenic Manpower Employment Organisation (OAED), Athens,
Training, research and development work in the fields of initial and continuing vocational training.

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS

 

· The Mediation of Symbolic and Technical Tools in the Formation and Development  of Mathematics Concepts

 

· The ideology of Mathematics Education in Greece 

-        Ideological orientations of mathematics teaching practices in primary schools and their impacts on children's learning (Ideology of mathematics teaching).

-        Ideological orientations of primary school teachers towards mathematical knowledge and its applications: Factors and processes influencing their constructions and impacts on their teaching practices (Ideology of teachers).

-        Images of mathematics constructed by school-children and their parents: Factors and processes influencing their constructions and impacts on their learning of mathematics (Ideology of school-children and the adults who influence them). 

-        Public images of mathematics

 

· Public understanding of mathematics -Adult Numeracy 

-        Numerical skills and practices of selected adult populations in Greece

-        Public understanding of mathematics

 

 

SELECTED ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

 

· Member of the International Advisory Board in the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Mathematics Education and Society conferences

· Head of the Organizing Committee of numerous national conferences promoting a dialogue on related issues between teachers, researchers and academics.