Smaragda CHrysostomou

Smaragda Chrysostomou graduated from the Department of Music Studies at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1993. Concurrently, she obtained her Piano Degree (with unanimous distinction) and Diploma from the National Conservatory of Athens. She was awarded a Ph.D. in Music Pedagogy from the University of Reading, UK, in 1997. Her doctoral thesis was titled "Initial Education of Greek Music Teachers. Are there lessons to be learned from a study of the English system?" (A comparative analysis of the educational systems of Greece and England aimed at proposing improvements for music teacher education in our country). In 2001, she was elected as a Lecturer, and in 2005 as an Assistant Professor in the field of Music Pedagogy and Didactics at the Department of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has teaching experience at all educational levels in Greece and abroad (UK, USA, Cyprus) in undergraduate and postgraduate programs. She has collaborated with the Regional Training Centers of Alexandroupolis, Kavala, Tripoli, and Attica as a trainer for music, physical education, visual arts, primary, and preschool education teachers. She has published her work in Greek and international scientific journals and has participated with presentations at numerous international conferences in Greece and abroad. She is the Vice President of the Artistic Committee of the Ministry of Education. She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the international scientific journals: - International Journal of Education and the Arts - International Journal of Music Education-Practice of the International Society for Music Education (ISME) As well as the Greek journals: - Music Pedagogy of the Hellenic Society for Music Education (EEME) - Music in Primary Education of the Association of Primary Music Education Teachers (EEMAPE). She is also a member of the Review Board of international scientific journals: - Arts and Learning Research Journal - International Journal of Educational Development - Journal for Preschool Education of the Greek Committee of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP). She is the academic coordinator for the design of the Music Curriculum in Cyprus, commissioned by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Cyprus. Her research interests include: - Music teacher education - Interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches to music and other arts - Assessment in music education - Teaching methods - Music curriculum development. Her recent publications also include: - 2009 "Music Teacher Education: Contemporary Challenges". In Papapanagiotou, X. (ed.) "Issues in Music Pedagogy". pp. 389-414. Thessaloniki: EEME. - 2008 "To be (a music teacher) or not to be (a music teacher): the slings and arrows of the profession in Greece". In Argyriou M. (ed.) "Current trends and dynamics of school psychology". pp. 216-223. Symposium minutes. Athens: Diaplasi. - 2008 "Interdisciplinary Approaches in Music Teaching". In Dionysiou, Z. & Angelidou, S. (eds.) "School Music Education: Issues of Design, Methodology, and Applications". pp. 31-41. Thessaloniki: EEME. - 2007 "Arts Integration in the Curriculum". International Commentary- Greece. In Bresler, L. "International Handbook of Research in Arts Education". Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Springer. - 2007 "Assessment in the Music Classroom". RIME Conference proceedings. Exeter: University of Exeter. - 2007 "Practice and Research in Integrated Music Education. International Symposium. RIME Conference proceedings". Exeter: University of Exeter. - 2007 "Teaching Music: The Music Educator, Their Role, and the Organization of the Music Lesson". In Makri-Botsari (ed.) "Topics in Introductory Training for Newly Appointed Teachers". pp. 341-354. Athens: Pedagogical Institute. - 2006 "Student Assessment in Music Class: The Views of Future Music Educators". In Kakana, D. Botsoglou, K. Chaniotakis, N. Kavalari, E. (eds.) "Assessment in Education: Pedagogical and Didactic Dimension". pp. 539-546. Athens: Kyriakidis. - 2005 "Music in Education: The Dilemma of Interdisciplinarity" (Papagrigoriou-Nakas Editions).