Position: Assistant Professor
Tel/fax: +302107276141
Section: Theoretical Sciences
E-mail: adania[at]phed.uoa[dot]gr
Scientific discipline
Teaching and Methodology of Physical Education
Teaching
Compulsory:
- Sport Pedagogy - Teaching Practice in Elementary School
- Teaching and Methodology of Physical Education - Teaching Practice in Secondary School
Research Interests
-Physical Education Teacher Education
-Teaching Methods and Models in Physical Education and Sport
-Assessment in Physical Education and Sport
Degrees
-Graduate: Physical Education, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1995.
-Master of Science (MSc), Physical Education, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2009.
-PhD: Physical Education, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2013.
Indicative Publications
- Dania, A. (2021). An autoethnography of becoming critical in Physical Education Teacher Education, Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 12(3), 251-267. https://doi.org/10.1080/25742981.2021.1926299
- Adamakis, M., & Dania, A. (2021). Validity and reliability of the emotional intelligence scale in pre-service physical education teachers. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 21(1), 54-59.
- O’Brien, W., Adamakis, M., O’ Brien, M., Onofre, M., Martins, J., Dania, A., Makopoulou, K., Herold, F., Ng, K., & Costa, J. (2020). Implications for European Physical Education Teacher Education during the COVID-19 pandemic :a cross-institutional SWOT analysis, European Journal of Teacher Education, 43(4,) 503-522. https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2020.1823963
- Dania, A., & Griffin, L. (2020). Using social network theory to explore a participatory action research collaboration through social media. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2020.1836506
- Dania, A., & Harvey, S. (2020). Teaching basketball to sampling-year athletes: a game-centered and situated learning perspective. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 20(2), 529-538.
- Dania, A., Kaioglou, V., & Venetsanou, F. (2020). Validation of the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy for Greek children: Understanding assessment in response to culture and pedagogy. European Physical Education Review, https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336X20904079
- Kaioglou, V., Dania, A., & Venetsanou, F. (2020). How physically literate are children today? A baseline assessment of Greek children 8-12 years of age. Journal of Sport Sciences, 38(7), 741-750, https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1730024.
- Dania, A., & Zounhia, K. (2019). Physical education and physical education teacher education in Greece. In A. MacPhail, D. Tannehill & Z. Avsar (Eds), Identifying best practice across physical education teacher education programmes: A European perspective (pp. 121-136). Meyer & Meyer Publ. House.
- Dania, A. (2018). Pre-service and in-service teachers’ use of a wiki platform within a physical education mentoring program. In van Hilvoorde, I., & Koekoek, J. (Eds.), Worldwide Developments of Digital Technology in Physical Education and Sport, (pp. 257-277). London and New York: Routledge.
- Dania, A. (2018). LANTD: The implementation of a nonlinear pedagogical approach to primary school traditional dance teaching. In Overby, L. Y. & B. Lepczyk (Eds.), Dance: Current Selected Research, Vol. 9, DE: University of Delaware Library Open Access Publishing Platform. https://journals.udel.edu/dance/index