Mousena Eleni

Eleni Mousena (Bachelor Degree in Political Science and International Studies, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, GR; Bachelor Degree in Pedagogy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GR; Master in Education, Hellenic Open University, GR; PhD in Sciences of Education – Citizenship Education, University of Patras, GR) is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Early Childhood Education & Care in the University of West Attica (UNIWA). She has also worked as an expert on education quality issues at the European Commission, and as a pre-school supervisor at the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs in Greece. Her scientific interests focus on Citizenship Education, Curriculum and Teaching Communication, and Discourse Analysis in an educational context.

Recent Selected Publications

Μουσένα Ε. (2021). Επικοινωνία και Προφορικότητα στην Εκπαίδευση: Προγράμματα και Παιδαγωγικές Πρακτικές. Gutenberg, Αθήνα.

Mousena, E. (2021). Pluribus vs Unum as Values in Citizenship Education. In Ruby M., Angelo-Rocha, M., Hickey, M., and Agosto, V. Charlotte (Eds) Making A Spectacle: Examining Curriculum/Pedagogy as Recovery from Political Trauma (pp. 49-64). NC: IAP– Information Age Publishing.

Κυπριανός Π., και Μουσένα Ε. (Επιμ.) (2021). Πέρα από την Ποιότητα – Γλώσσες αξιολόγησης στην Προσχολική Αγωγή.  Gutenberg. Αθήνα Dahlberg G., Moss P. & Pence A. Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care – Languages of Evaluation. Routledge. London and New York.

Mousena, E., & Raptis, N. (2021). Beyond Teaching: School Climate and Communication in the Educational Context. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 21(2), 98-110.

Aggelidou, G & Mousena, E., (2021). Labor Integration of Recognized Refugees and Beneficiaries of International Protection in Greece through e-Government. The International Journal of Community Diversity, 21(1), 35-50. doi:10.18848/2327-0004/CGP/v21i01/35-50.

Mousena E. (2020) Listening and speaking as powerful literacy practices. Educational Journal of the University of Patras UNESCO Chair.  7(2):17-26

Mousena E. (2020) Forming Autonomous Citizens the Role of Education (Формирование самостоятельных граждан – роль образования), Journal of Social Phenomena, Issues of Schoolchildren’s Identity Formation, 10(1): 16-26. https://doi.org/10.47929/2305-7327_2020.01

Raptis N., Mousena E. & Kouroutsidou M. (forthcoming) “Imaginative Leadership”: Imagination as a Central Characteristic of Effective Leaders. Educational Organization and Leadership.

Mousena, E. & Kainourgiou, E. (forthcoming) Changing the Paradigm: Early Childhood Institutions in Greece 1950-2020, in: Caroli, D. The history of day nurseries from 1945 until today. Palgrave.

Μousena, E., & Sidiropoulou, T., (2018).  Oral Communication Skills and Pedagogy, in: Cavero B. O. & Calvet L. N., New Pedagogical Challenges in the 21st Century. pp. 231-247.InTechOpen. Print ISBN: 978-1-78923-380-3. Online ISBN 978-1-78923-381-0 http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.70831

Mousena, E., & Varnava –Skoura, G., (2016). Report sul sistema educativo della prima infanzia in Grecia, pp 55-66, in:  Enea Nottoli (ed.) Q2, Lo 0-6 in Europa, un viaggio nell’ in fanzia. Zeroeiup Edizioni.

Sidiropoulou, T., Mousena, E., (2017). Looking for Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care systems, in: Journal of Regional & Socio-Economic Issues, V 7, Issue 2, pp 53-65

Sidiropoulou, T., Mousena, E., (2016). Exploring the impact of initial education on Professionalism of preschool pedagogues, in: The Cyprus Journal of Sciences, vol.14, pp 11-28

Mousena, E., (2016). An Overview of Evaluation Models on Early Childhood Education and Care, in: Theory and Research in the Sciences of Education, International e-journal, issue 14, ISSN: 2407-9669, p. 47-62.

Mousena, E., & Kiprianos, P., (2018). Quality and Identity Building in Early Childhood Education, in: Karakatsani, D., Spinthourakis, J.A., & Zorbas, V., (Eds). Identity in Times of Crisis – Globalization and Diversity, 17th CiCea & Jean Monnet CiCea Network International Conference Proceedings, pp. 476-491. ISBN: 978-618-82200-3-4 & 978-960-87091-8-8

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