DIONYSSIOS GOUVIAS Assistant Professor in Education Policy Department of the Sciences of Pre-school Education and Educational Design University of the Aegean DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 28/03/1971 in Athens, GREECE. CURRENT ADDRESS: 1 Democrateas Av., 851 00 Rhodes, GREECE. Tel: (0030-22410) 99147. Fax: (0030-22410) 27785 E-mail: dgouvias@rhodes.aegean.gr QUALIFICATIONS September 1989 - July 1993: Department of Sociology of the University of Crete in Greece. Graduation with Honour s Degree (8.24/10). December 1995: Award of the Degree of Master in Education by the University of Manchester, Faculty of Education. July 1998: Award of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) by the Research and Graduate School of the Faculty of Education, University of Manchester. Τhesis title: The National Examinations in Greece as a mechanism of social selection. RESEARCH AND GENERAL WORKING EXPERIENCE 1991-1993: Participation in a research-project about the Socio-professional structures and economic transformation. The case of Chania and Rethymnon, 1899-1940. (Supervisor: G. Stathakis) February 1992 - May 1992: Participation in a research-project on the Everyday life and economic condition in the occupied Athens, 1941-1944. (Supervisors: E. Bournova, S. Thomadakis). September 1993 - May 1994: Work in cramming institutes for high school students, and offer of private tuition to students preparing themselves for the University-entrance Examinations. July October 2000: Participation in a survey funded by the Sir David Owen Population Centre of the University of Wales/ Cardiff, and carried out in Crete /Greece, on the fertility problem and attitudes of newly married couple towards family (Supervisor: Alexandra Sarikaki). 1
January July 2001: Work, as an external research partner, for PRISMA, a Greek research firm specialising in Urban-planning and Development Studies. March 2001 - today: Evaluation of research proposals, submitted for funding to the Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus. September 2001 January 2002: Assistant Lectureship in Sociology, at the University of Piraeus, Department of European & International Studies, for the first semester of the 2001-02 academic year. March 2002 today: Collaboration with the non-profitable organisation HERMES (an Association of Parents, Guardians and Friends of People with Special Needs) on issues of social & economic assistance and employment rehabilitation of people with special needs. Teaching in various shortterm training seminars for primary and pre-primary schoolteachers, in the eastern and southern Aegean region. April 2002 today: Part-time Lecturship in Research Methods at the SAE Institute of Recording Arts (a private Greek F.E. College and an International Partner of Middlesex University) for the BA (Hons) in Recording Arts. September 2001 August 2008: Lecturer in Education Policy, at the University of the Aegean in Rhodes. Modules offered include areas such as Sociology of Education Educational Policy, Education and the Labour Market, Social Aspects of Assessment in Education, European Institutions and Education, Contemporary Greek Education and Political Theory and Education. Teaching in various short-term training seminars for primary and pre-primary schoolteachers, in the eastern and southern Aegean region. December 2005 March 2006: Responsible for a nation-wide research project on the socioeconomic characteristics and the educational & occupational aspirations of students in technical and vocational schools. May 2005 August 2007: Member of the Research Team of a Post-doctoral Research Programme on the use of computers in the classroom and its gender dimensions, within the Greek context. The project was funded by the E.U. EPEAEK II Programme, and its sub-programme called Pythagoras II. Authorship of Policy Proposals, based on the main findings of the core research. September 2008 today: Assistant Professor in Education Policy, at the University of the Aegean in Rhodes. Modules offered include areas such as Sociology of Education Educational Policy, Education and the Labour Market, Social Aspects of Assessment in Education, European Institutions and Education, Contemporary Greek Education and Political Theory and Education. Teaching in various short-term training seminars for primary and pre-primary schoolteachers, in the eastern and southern Aegean region. 2
SEMINARS 1. Successful attendance of graduate seminar organised by the Panteon University of Athens (Greece) from 14/09/1993 to 24/11/1993. Title of the seminar: Training in Social Development Aspects. 2. Attendance (under permission) of post-graduate laboratory-module offered by the Computer Unit of the Faculty of Education of the University of Manchester (UK), from September 1994 to January 1995. Title of module: Computer Literacy. 3. Attendance (under permission) of post-graduate module offered by the Centre for Special Needs of the Faculty of Education of the University of Manchester (UK), from February to May 1995. Title of module: Classroom and Learning Processes. CONFERENCES 1. Participation at the Research Students' Networks Conference, held at the School of Education, University of Birmingham, (UK) in June 1996. 2. Participation at the 17th CESE (Comparative Education Society in Education) Conference (Athens, Greece, 13-18th October 1996). The major topic discussed was: Education and Structuring of a Common European Space: Centre-Periphery, North-South, Identity-Otherness. 3. Participation at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 98), organised by the European Educational Research Association (EERA) (Ljubljana, Slovenia, 17-20 September 1998). Presentation of a paper titled: The National Examination System of Greece and its function as a mechanism of social selection. 4. Participation at the 8 th Sakis Karagiorgas Foundation Conference (Panteon University, Athens, Greece, 28-31 March 2001) which analysed the IDEOLOGICAL CURRENTS AND TRENDS OF INTELLIGENCIA IN CONTEMPORARY GREECE. 5. Participation at an international conference organised by the Hellenic Scientific Association for Social Policy, in collaboration with the Department of Social Adminstration of the University of Thrace (Komotini, Greece, 10-13 Μay 2001), and had as a core theme: SOCIAL POLICY IN GREECE AND THE E.U.: NEW CHALLENGES, TRENDS AND REFORM PROSPECTS. Presentation of a paper titled: Education as Training and the Retreat of the Welfare State. 6. Participation at an international conference organised by the Hellenic Sociological Association and the Greek National Centre of Social Research (Panteon University, Athens, Greece, 24-26 May 2001) which focused on the LATE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN GREECE AND EUROPE. 3
7. Participation at the 2 nd International Conference of the Laboratory of Modern Greek & International Education s Historical Archives (Patras, Greece, 04-06 October 2002), with core theme: EDUCATION AT THE DAWN OF THE 21 ST CENTURY HISTORICAL & COMPARATIVE APPROACHES. Presentation of a paper titled: The School works for or is affected by the Market? - Trends and Prospects of the Greek State Schools in a Climate of Globalisation of Markets. 8. Participation at the Panhellenic Conference of the Psychology Section of the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens (Athens, Greece, 03-06 October 2002), with core theme: THE GREEK FAMILY. Presentation of a paper titled: The importance of the family involvement and its cultural capital on the educational progress and occupational aspirations of their offspring. The case of the Dodecanese Islands (co-author: C. Vitsilakis-Soroniatis). 9. Participation at the 2 nd International Congress of Sociology, organised by the Hellenic Sociological Association, the (Greek) National Centre for Social Research and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki, Greece, 8-10 November 2002). Presentation of a paper titled: Would you like some Lifelong Learning? No Thanks! The importance of shifting our attention to the demand side of Adult Education with the use of ICT: the case of Greece. 10. Participation at the 9 th Panehellenic Conference of Psychological Research (Rhodes, Greece, 21-24 May 2003). Symposium paper titled: The effect of adolescent labour on their educational and occupational aspirations. The case of secondary-school students in the area of the Dodecanese Islands. 11. Participation at the one-day Conference (organized by the Department of the Sciences of Pre- School Education and of Educational Planning, of the University of the Aegean, Rhodes) on Education and Multicultural Society (Rhodes, Greece, 01/06/2004). Presentation of a paper titled: Dealing with differentiality in the Greek School. Ideological, Institutional and Practical Dimensions (co-author: N. Nioti). 12. Participation at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2004), organised by the European Educational Research Association (EERA) (Rethymnon, Greece, 22-25 September 2004). Presentation of a paper titled: Independent Bodies in Education and the post-modern State. 13. Participation at the Panehellenic Conference of Psychological & Pedagogical Research with core theme: SCHOOL & FAMILY (Ioannina, Greece, 18-10 March 2005). Presentation of a paper titled: New dimensions of cultural capital and educational occupational aspirations of adolescents (co-author: C. Vitsilakis-Soroniatis). 14. Participation at the MARXISM AND EDUCATION: RENEWING DIALOGUES VIII Conference (University of London, Institute of Education, 03 May 2006). Presentation of a paper titled: Get a Sponsor or Die! Implications of the Opening-up of Greek Higher Education through Financial Support from the European Union. 15. Participation at the ISA/RC04 Conference, with core theme: New Directions in Sociology of Education in/for the 21 st century (Cyprus College, Nicosia, 25-27 May 2007). Presentation of a 4
paper titled: The Life-long Learning Rhetoric in Adult Education Policies in Europe A Case Study. 16. Participation at the 23rd CESE Conference (Athens, 07-10/07/2008), with core theme: Changing landscapes, topographies and scenarios: educational policies, schooling systems and higher education. The World in Europe - Europe in the World. Presentation of a paper titled: Quality Assurance and Product-based Funding in Greek H.E.: A déjà vu phenomenon. 17. Participation at the First ISA Forum on Sociological Research and Public Debate (Barcelona, Spain, 05-08/09/2008). Presentation of a paper titled: Accountability in the Greek Academia. An erosion of University Autonomy or a High-Stakes Policy-Making Instrument? 18. Participation at the 9th European Sociological Association Conference (Lisbon, 2-5 September 2009). Presentation (second name) of a paper titled: The social standing of new and traditional occupations in Greece: A Weberian approach. (co-authors: M. Vryonides & I. Efthymiou) 19. Participation at the 27 th World Congress of the ISA (Gothenburg, 11-17 July 2010). Presentation of a paper titled: One Step at a Time : Strategic Planning and Practical Steps in Accountabilitydriven Reforming of the Greek Higher Education System. 20. Participation at the 27 th World Congress of the ISA (Gothenburg, 11-17 July 2010). Presentation (second name) of a paper titled: Adult Education Provision Policy and Implementation in Peripheral Contexts: a Case-study. (co-author: M. Sofos) GENERAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES 1. Participation, as an assistant, in research modules, offered by the School of Education of the University of Manchester to post-graduate students, on how to use effectively computers for social research purposes (Academic years: 1995-96 & 1997-98). Offer of tutorials on this subject. 2. Participation in a pioneering program introduced in the Greek Armed Forces, relating to the provision of psychological support and extensive counseling services to Greek conscripts, from February 1999 to May 2000. BOOKS Vitsilakis-Soroniatis, Chr. & Gouvias, D. (2007). School and Work: An empirical investigation of adolescent employment and of its effects on educational and occupational aspiration. Athens: Gutenberg. (in Greek) CHAPTERS IN BOOKS 1. Gouvias, D. (2007). Basic skills in ICTs and the Programmes of Studies of the Departments of Primary and Pre-school Education. In F. Kalavasis & A. Kontakos (eds.) Issues of Educational 5
Planning. Athens: Department of the Sciences of Pre-school Education and Educational Design of the University of the Aegean & Atrapos Publications. 2. Vitsilakis, C. & Gouvias, D. (2007). «The lack of occupational orientation and counseling in the Greek junior high school. In Gakouka, M. (ed.), Proceedings of the International Forum on Youth Against Discimination. Nicosia: Cyprus Equality Observatory. 3. Gouvias, D. (2010). Sports and Youth: The Role of the State Mass Media. In Georgoulas, S. & Chatziefstathiou, D. (eds.) Sports in Society and the Society of Sports. Sociology of Sports - Theory, Methodology and Research. Rethymnon: Nimertis Publications. PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS 1. Gouvias, D. Comparative Issues of Selection in Europe: the Case of Greece. Education Policy Analysis Archives (electronic peer review journal) (Vol. 6 No. 4, 1998). 2. Gouvias, D. The Relation Between Unequal Access to Higher Education and Labour Market Structure: The Case of Greece. British Journal of Sociology of Education (Vol. 19, no. 3, 1998, pp. 305-338). 3. Gouvias, D. Equalisation or Adaptation? Time Trends in Access to Higher Education and the Labour-market (in Greek). Epistemes tis Agogis ( Educational Sciences ) (issue 2, 2002, pp. 89-114). (in Greek) 4. Gouvias, D. The Promotion of self-esteem in adolescents and adults. Some clarifications, educational practices and useful bibliography (in Greek). Epistimoniko Vima ( Scientific Review ) (issue, 2, 2003, pp. 79-94). (in Greek) 5. Gouvias, D. & Vitsilaki, Chr. Student employment and parental influences on educational and occupational aspirations of Greek adolescents. Journal of Education and Work (Vol. 18 No. 4, 2005, pp. 421-449). 6. Gouvias, D. The Response of the Greek State to Global Trends of Educational Policy-making. European Educational Research Journal (Vol. 6 No. 1, 2007, pp. 25-38). 7. Gouvias, D. The Regulatory State and the Use of Independent Agencies as Legitimising Mechanisms of Educational Reform. Research in Comparative and International Education (Vol. 2, No 4, 2007, pp. 297-312). 8. Michail, Ε. & Gouvias, D. The Social Connotation of Part-time Employment. Labour Relations Review (vol. 49, 2008, pp. 64-75). (in Greek) 9. Intzidis, E., Karantzola, E., Gouvias, D. and Vitsilakis, C. On Lifelong Learning Legitimation: Discursive Strategies in Academia in Greece. The International Journal of the Image (Vol. 14, 2008). 10. Gouvias, D. & Nioti, N. Dealing with otherness in the Greek school: ideological, institutional and practical dimensions. Scientific Review of the Department of Primary Education of the University of Ioannina (vol. 21, 2008-09, pp. 39-62). (in Greek) 11. Arvanitidou, Z. & Gouvias, D. The Image of Gender Stereotypes Reproduced in Hable Con Ella. The International Journal of the Image (Vol. 1, 2011). 12. Gouvias, D. Accountability in the Greek Higher Education System as a High-Stakes Policy- Making Instrument. HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY (forthcoming). 13. Gouvias, D. E.U. Funding and Issues of Marketisation of Higher Education in Greece. EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL(forthcoming). 6
RESEARCH REPORTS Gouvias, D. Exploring primary- and secondary-school teachers attitudes towards gender issues, with special reference to the use of ICTs in the classroom. Some Policy Proposals. Research Report for the Post-doctoral Research Programme Pythagoras II (funded by the E.U.). Rhodes: University of the Aegean (December 2007). OTHER PUBLICATIONS 1. Gouvias, D. Equalising features of the National Examinations in Greece and Selection in Access to Higher Education: the case of Athens (in Greek). Antitetradia tis Ekpedefsis ( Anti-Notebooks of Education ) (issues 51-52, January-April 1999, pp. 53-61 & 75-80). 2. Gouvias, D. Education as Training and the Role of the State in Contemporary Greece (in Greek). Koinoniogramma (newsletter of the Greek Sociological Association) (issue 57, 2002). 3. Gouvias, D. Conflict over the future of Greek Higher Education. Post-16 Educator (issue 34, July 2006). 4. Gouvias, D. Pay as you learn! The Learning Society Rhetoric in the EU-Sponsored Research Projects. Information for Social Change (issue 23, October 2006). 5. Gouvias, D. A New Landscape in Greek Public Education. Post-16 Educator (issue 58, July 2010). FOREIGN LANGUAGES I speak English fluently, and have a satisfactory level in understanding French. RESEARCH INTERESTS Sociology of Education, Comparative Education, Educational Policy-Planning, Education & Social Exclusion, Curriculum Content and Dominant Ideologies, Education & Labour Market, Education & Technology. I am also interested in the production of inter-disciplinary learning material, with the use of modern ICT. 7