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CURRICULUM VITAE
Georgios Sideridis, B.A., M.S. Ed., Ph.D.
1 PERSONAL DETAILS
LASTNAME : SIDERIDIS
FIRSTNAME : GEORGIOS
DATE OF BIRTH : JANUARY 1, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH : THESSALONIKI, GREECE
HOME ADDRESS : 32 KON/POLEOS, KALAMARIA, 55132
WORK TEL : 617-2877256
EMAIL :
DEPARTMENT : Center for Social Development and Education
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Degree / Date /Institution
Post-Doctoral FellowshipSept. 1998 - Jan. 2000 / Dept. of Primary Education, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI, Thessaloniki, Greece
Post-Doctoral Dissertation Title: "Characteristics of children with reading and spelling difficulties: Identification and intervention."
Postgraduate work.
June 1998 – Sept. 1998 / HARVARD UNIVERSITY, U.S.A.
Doctor of Philosophy
Sept. 1992 - June 1995 / Dept. of Human Development, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, KANSAS, U.S.A.
Dissertation Title: "Classwide Peer Tutoring: Effects on the spelling performance and social interactions of students with mild disabilities and their typical peers in an integrated instructional setting."
GPA: 4.0 (out of 4.00)
Master of Science in Education (MS Ed.)
May. 1991 - Sept. 1992 / Dept. of Education and Human Development, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, KANSAS, U.S.A.
Master Thesis Title: "Attitudes of Kansas elementary physical and music educators towards integrating disabled students in the regular classroom."
GPA: 3.9 (out of 4.00)
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Sept. 1985 - Jan 1990 / Dept. of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY, Thessaloniki, Greece
GPA: 8.7 (out of 10.0)
MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED SOCIETIES:
· American Psychological Association, APA, Washington, DC. U.S.A.
· Association for Behavior Analysis (ABA), University of Western Michigan,
Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.A..
· National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.
· Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry (ACPP), London, Great Britain
· International Association of Applied Psychology, U.S.A.
· Greek Association of Adapted Physical Activity, Thessaloniki, Greece
· Greek Psychonomic Society, Thessaloniki, Greece.
APPOINTMENT(S):
At the University of Crete
Date / Title2004-present: / Associate Professor of Research Methods and Applied Statistics, Department of Psychology, University of Crete
At University of Massachusetts Boston
Date / Title2002-2003: / Senior Research Scientist, Center for Social Development and Education; Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
At City Liberal Studies, Affiliated Institution of University of Sheffield
Date / Title1999-2002: / Head, Dept. of Psychology
Other:
Date / Title / Employer1996- today: / Data analyst in projects supported by grants / Dept. HDFL, Kansas University, Dept of Primary Education, Aristotle University, Dept of Sport Sciences, Aristotle University.
1996-today / Part-time Lecturer at a Graduate Course in Special Education / Dept. of Primary Education, Aristotle University
1996-today / Thesis supervisor in Special Education / Dept. of Primary Education, Aristotle University
1.5 PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS:
Date / Title / Employer1997-1999 / Lecturer of a Postgraduate Course in Research Methodology / Dept. of Primary Education, Aristotle University
1997-1999 / Lecturer in Psychology / Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki
1996-1998: / Assistant Professor in Psychology / The American College of Thessaloniki, Department of Psychology
1997-1998 / Lecturer in Psychology / Technological Educational Institution of Serres
1995-1997 / Diagnostic specialist / Greek Army Services
1991-1995: / Research assistant in a research project entitled "Effects of illicit drugs on the neonate" / The University of Kansas, Dept. of Human Development, U.S.A.
1994-1995: / Research assistant in a research project entitled "Multicultural special education needs assessment" / The University of Kansas, Dept. of Human Development, U.S.A.
1993-1994: / Teaching Assistant in a Master’s Course in ”Research Methods and Statistics” / The University of Kansas, Dept. of Human Development, U.S.A.
1991-1992 / Teaching Assistant in a Course in ”Adapted Physical Education” / The University of Kansas, Dept. of Education, U.S.A.
2 RESEARCH
2.1 RESEARCH AREAS
Research Areas / SummarySpelling-Reading Assessment / My postdoctoral work focused on the development and use of spelling and reading assessments, as those were nonexistent in Greece. This project contributed two instruments, which were necessary for the assessment and evaluation of the respective abilities for Greek students and presented important information in regard to the patterns of errors of Greek elementary school students. Furthermore, a detailed examination of the motives for academic achievement was undertaken and those variables were modeled using a number of theoretical frameworks.
Spelling-social Interventions and Inclusion / My Ph.D. dissertation concerned the examination of an intervention to increase the spelling ability and social interactions of children with and without learning difficulties and mental retardation in order to include them in general education settings.
Teacher Attitudes and Inclusion / My Master’s Thesis work pertained to an examination of two settings, those of physical and music education for the inclusion of children with disabilities. This project added important information regarding the needs of teachers to include children with disabilities and suggested changes on the Public Law 94-142.
Prediction of Academic Achievement based on Motivational Variables
(Current research) / Parts of this work were supported by a Mellon Foundation Grant, two grants from the Operational Program for Education and Initial Vocational Training, EU.
Within the period of 1995-2000 12 studies (with more than 3,500 students) were undertaken to examine how the theories of Planned Behaviour (Ajzen, 1988), Goal Importance (Hollenbeck & Williams, 1987), task-goal (Locke & Latham, 1990), self-efficacy (Bandura, 1977), self-regulation (Zimmerman, 1989), and other psychological dispositions can explain student study behaviour habits and/or academic achievement either in the form of the GPA, teacher ratings or standardised tests in reading, spelling, mathematics, and phonological awareness. Results were encouraging as 90-96% of the variability of mathematics performance and 83% of language were explained as a function of the three systems (school-home-student). The above models are currently being tested with Greek immigrants.
RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
I have been awarded the following grants:
Project: / Fund/Grant:Development of Greek reading and spelling assessments
1998-2000 / Greek Scholarship Foundation. Post-doctoral research grant.
Prediction of Academic Achievement based on student motivation
1997-1999 / The American College of Thessaloniki, Mellon Foundation Grant, USA.
PhD research grants
1991-1995 / Dept. of HDFL, University of Kansas.
I have participated in the following grants as a research consultant, designing studies, analysing data and writing reports:
Project: / Fund/Grant:"Inclusion of children with learning disabilities in general education settings"
1996-1997 / E.U. grant awarded to Dr. Padeliadu, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
"Assessment of teacher needs in including children with disabilities in general education settings"
1998-2000 / E.U. grant (EPEAEK) awarded to Dr. Padeliadu, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
"The presence of children with disabilities in general education: Inclusion or preclusion?”
1998-2000 / E.U. grant (EPEAEK) awarded to Dr. Padeliadu, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
"Needs of people with MR prior to employment”
1998-1999 / E.U. grant (EPEAEK) awarded to Dr. Padeliadu, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Prediction of Academic Achievement based on Academic Variables
1998-2000 / Operational Program for Education and Initial Vocational Training, EU (EPEAEK). Head investigator Ch. Tsorbatzoudis
Development of drug-exposed children. / NICH, USA. Principal Investigator J. Carta.
Multicultural teacher’s special education needs. / NIMH, USA. Principal Investigator C. Utley.
Language development of children from impoverished backgrounds. / NICH, USA. Principal Investigator D. Walker.
Inclusion of children with MR in general education settings. / NIMH, USA. Principal Investigator C. Utley.
3 TEACHING
UNDERGRADUATE AND POST GRADUATE TEACHING
In the 2003-present sessions, I taught the following modules:
Session/Semester / Contact Hours / Students / Level of Study / Course03- present/
Fall-Spring / 6 / 26 / 2nd / BS
Title: / Research Methods, Statistics I-II, Lab on Statistics Using SPSS
Module Code: / (Department of Psychology, University of Crete)
In the 2002-2003 academic session, I taught the following modules:
Session/Semester / Contact Hours / Students / Level of Study / Course02-03/Fall-Spring / 9 / 26 / 2nd / BS
Title: / Research Methods
Module Code: / (Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston)
In the 1997-2002 academic sessions, I taught the following modules:
Session/Semester / Contact Hours / Students / Level of Study / Course01-02/Fall / 24 / 26 / 2nd / BA
Title: / Research Methods and Statistics I
Module Code: / PSY209 (Department of Psychology, City Liberal Studies)
Employer: / ARISTOTLE university
Dept. of Primary educ. / Title: / Lecturer (PT)
Session/Semester / Contact Hours / Students / Level of Study / Course
1996-1999 / 30 / semester / 30-50 / class / Postgraduate / Graduate Program in Special Education
Title: / Research Methods and Dissertation Preparation
Employer: / ARISTOTLE university
Dept. of Primary educ. / Title: / Lecturer (PT)
Session/Semester / Contact Hours / Students / Level of Study / Course
1996-1999 / 30 / semester / 30-50 / class / Postgraduate / Graduate Program in Special Education
Title: / Children with Orthopaedic Handicaps
Employer: / ARISTOTLE university
Dept. of Primary educ. / Title: / Lecturer (PT)
Session/Semester / Contact Hours / Students / Level of Study / Course
1996-1997 / 30 / semester / 30-50 / class / Postgraduate / Graduate Program in Special Education
Title: / Diagnostic Methods in Education
Employer: / ARISTOTLE university
Dept. of Psychology / Title: / Lecturer (PT)
Session/Semester / Contact Hours / Students / Level of Study / Course
1995-1996 / 30 / semester / 20-30 / class / Postgraduate / Graduate Program in School Psych. Education
Title: / Topics in Special Education
Employer: / University of Kansas
Dept. of human develop. / Title: / Teaching
Assistant
Session/Semester / Contact Hours / Students / Level of Study / Course
1992-1993 / 30 / semester / 20-30 / class / Postgraduate / Graduate Program in Psychology
Title: / HDFL 725: Statistical Software Packages
UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING
I have taught 33 sections of the following course (more than 1,500 students)
Employer: / ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITYDept. of Primary educ. / Title: / Lecturer (407)
Session/Semester / Contact Hours / Students / Level of Study / Course
1998-2000 / 30 / semester / 40 –60 / class / BA / BA in Education
Title: / Research Methodology
Description: Sources of knowledge, research methods, experimental design, common problems, data collection and analysis, and writing the research report.
Additional Information: / Audience: in-service teachers aged 35-60 years.
The figures that follow are
per quarter semester:
· Number of classes: 4-5
· Total number of students 200
· Total lecture hours 120
· + Supervision of 50 undergraduate research projects.
Employer: / City Liberal Studies / Title: / Lecturer (PT)
Session/Semester / Contact Hours / Students / Level of Study / Course
1997-1999 / 24 / semester / 15-20 / class / 1st, 2nd, 3rd / BSc
Titles: / Taught two modules per semester. Courses included:
· Introduction to Psychology
· Educational Psychology
· Computerised Applications in Psychology
Additional Information: / Department of Liberal Arts.
Employer: / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF THESSALONIKI / Title: / Assistant Professor
Session/Semester / Contact Hours / Students / Level of Study / Course
1996-1998 / 42 / semester / 20-25 / class / 1st 2nd 3rd & 4th / BA Psychology
Title: / Introduction to Psychology
Employer: / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF THESSALONIKI / Title: / Assistant Professor
Session/Semester / Contact Hours / Students / Level of Study / Course
1996-1998 / 42 / semester / 20-25 / class / 3rd & 4th / BA Psychology
Title: / Developmental Psychology
Employer: / INSTITUTION OF TECHNOLOGY Thessaloniki / Title: / Lecturer (PT)
Session/Semester / Contact Hours / Students / Level of Study / Course
1996-1997 / 28 / semester / 50-60 / class / 3rd / BSc
Title: / Adapted Physical Education
POSTGRADUATE & RESEARCH SUPERVISION
· Supervised approximately 150 undergraduate educational research projects pursued by in-service teachers. Projects were part of the course “Research Methodology”, were carried out in teams of 4-5 teachers and included from literature reviews to data collection, analysis and reporting of the results.
· Supervised 18 Post Graduate Theses in the Continuing Education Program in Special Education, at the Department of Primary Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Titles of projects:
1. ”Law mandates in special education: Are there any provisions for Greek people with disabilities?”
2. “Examination of the characteristics of children with attention deficit disorder: Comparisons of teacher’s subjective experience and ratings from scales”
3. “Increases in communication for children with autism using an enriched TEACH program”
4. “Diagnosis in special education: Comparisons among multidisciplinary teams”
5. “Psychological parameters influencing the academic achievement of immigrants”
6. “An experimental study on integration using play activities”
7. Psychological effects of low achievers from different socio-economic strata”
8. Self-concept differences between children with and without LD and low achievers: A comparative study”
9. “Teacher’s perceptions on the use of computers in the classroom: Are they prepared to accommodate them?”
10. “Teacher needs and attitudes towards integration”
11. “Parent-teacher relationships for children with special needs”
12. “Integration of people with cerebral palsy in the workplace”
13. “Motivational and achievement differences of multi-cultural students with and without reading difficulties”
14. “The “use” of people with special needs in the elementary school literature and in fiction”
15. “Ecobehavioral analysis of classroom environments in general and special education”
16. “Changes of teacher attitudes towards integration following in-service training”
17. “How do students learn mathematics?: An experimental study of 7 different teaching methods and comparisons between deaf and typical students”
18. “Comparisons between children with and without learning disabilities in mathematics”
· Co-supervised with Professor Dan Daly of Leuven University the Master’s Thesis of Mathas George who attended the International Program in Adapted Physical Education, University Leuven, Belgium. Title of Thesis: ”Classification criteria in special Olympics for swimmers”
OTHER TEACHING ACTIVITIES
· I gave a number of professional seminars and workshops to organisations. A detailed list follows.
PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS / LECTURES
Date / Organisation / Topic / Duration / Audience31 May 2000 / Department of Physical Education, Aristotle University / Structural equation modelling in the social sciences: Pros, cons, and future directions / 3-hour
Invited seminar / Graduate Students
24 May 2000 / Symposium, Department of Psychology, City College / Psychology and pseudo-psychology: Myth and reality / 30min
Invited presentation / General
22 May 2000 / Symposium, Department of Physical Education, Aristotle University / Motivation in Higher Education. / 1-hour Invited presentation / Undergraduate and graduate students
10 May 2000 / Stratigakis English Schools,Thessaloniki. / Learning Disabilities and ADHD: What can we do about them? / 2-hour Invited presentation / 120+ parents
14 January 2000 / Symposium, Department of Physical Education, Aristotle University / Pros and Cons of the use of Structural Equation Modeling for Path Analysis and Instrument Validation / 2-hour seminar / Graduate students
June 1999 / Symposium, Department of Primary Education, University of Florina / Learning disabilities: An effective intervention for integration / 2-hour seminar / Students and parents
4. ADMINISTRATION
4.1 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES
· Senior Research Scientist, CSDE, UMASS Boston.