New Perspectives in Science Education

Michail Kalogiannakis is an Associate Professor of the Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete and an Associate Tutor at School of Humanities at the Hellenic Open University. He graduated from the Physics Department of the University of Crete and continued his post-graduate studies at the University Paris 7-Denis Diderot (D.E.A. in Didactic of Physics), University Paris 5-René Descartes-Sorbonne (D.E.A. in Science Education) and received his Ph.D degree at the University Paris 5-René Descartes-Sorbonne (PhD in Science Education). His research interests include: science education in early childhood, science teaching and learning, e-learning, the use of ICT in science education, distant and adult education and mobile learning. He has published over 150 articles in international conferences and journals, and has served on the program committees of numerous international conferences.

Selected publications:

Ampartzaki, M., & Kalogiannakis, M. (2016). Astronomy in Early Childhood Education: A Concept-Based Approach. Early Childhood Education Journal, 44(2), 169-179.

Kalogiannakis, Μ., Ampartzaki, M., Papadakis, St., & Skaraki, E. (2018). Teaching Natural Science Concepts to Young Children with Mobile Devices and Hands-on Activities. A Case Study. International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies, 9(2), 171-183.

Kalogiannakis, M., Nirgianaki, G.-M., & Papadakis, St. (2018). Teaching magnetism to preschool children: the effectiveness of picture story reading. Early Childhood Education Journal, 46(5), 535-546.

Papadakis, St., & Kalogiannakis, M. (Eds). (2019). Mobile Learning Applications in Early Childhood Education. USA-PA: IGI Global, ISBN13: 9781799814863, ISBN10: 1799814866, EISBN13: 9781799814887, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1486-3
https://www.igi-global.com/book/mobile-learning-applications-early-childhood/233147

Kalogiannakis, M., & Kanaki, K. (2020). Introducing Computational Thinking Unplugged in Early Childhood Education Within the Context of Physical and Natural Science Courses: A Pilot Study in Greece. In J. Keengwe, & P. Wachira (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Integrating Computer Science and Computational Thinking in K-12 Education (pp. 164-190). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1479-5.ch010

Kalogiannakis, M., & Papadakis, St. (Eds). (2020). Handbook of Research on Tools for Teaching Computational Thinking in P-12 Education. USA-PA: IGI Global, ISBN13: 978179984576, ISBN10: 1799845761, EISBN13: 9781799845775, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4576-8, https://www.igi-global.com/book/handbook-research-tools-teaching-computational/244503

Papadakis, St., & Kalogiannakis, M. (Eds). (2021). Handbook of Research on Using Education Robotics to Facilitate Student Learning. USA-PA: IGI Global. ISBN13: 9781799867173, ISBN10: 179986717X, EISBN13: 9781799867197, DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6717-3 https://www.igi-global.com/book/using-educational-robotics-facilitate-student/256642

Area/s of Expertise: Science Education in the Early Childhood, Science Teaching and Learning, Use of ICT in Science Education.