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• Dr. Spinthourakis holds a BA in History/Social Studies and Elementary Education, an MA in Guidance and Counseling and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Multilingual Multicultural Education. She has taught at the elementary, se...More

  Dr. Spinthourakis holds a BA in History/Social Studies and Elementary Education, an MA in Guidance and Counseling and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Multilingual Multicultural Education. She has taught at the elementary, secondary and tertiary level in the United States and Greece. She has worked as the Director of the Refugee Research and Policy Unit in the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services of the Florida State Government. She is a tenured Assistant Professor in the Department of Elementary Education of the University of Patras in Greece. She is also a coordinator of the post graduate Masters Degree thematic module 'Course Design and Evaluation' at the Hellenic Open University. She is an elected Executive Committee Member of the EU funded Children's Identity and Citizenship in Europe Thematic Network (CiCe) and Secretary of CiCea (Children's Identity and Citizenship European Association). Her research interests and publications focus on teacher education, citizenship, multiculturalism and identity, language and cultural diversity and their role in education and integration. Less

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