Chrysoula+Kosmidou

Dr Chrysoula Kosmidou-Hardy Curriculum Vitae: a short summary e-mail (home): hardkosm@gmail.com


 * President of the Transnational, Interdisciplinary Society: SY.N.TH.E.SI.: The Heuristic Teachers’ Society
 * Honorary Consultant at the Pedagogical Institute (P.I.) of Greece (Ministry of Education)
 * ex Chair of the Careers Education and Guidance Sector at the P.I.
 * Certified by the Hellenic National Certification Authority as:
 * Teaching Staff of Higher Education
 * Expert at Teaching Methodologies
 * Careers Education and Counselling


 * Scientific Responsibility for the Project of the Hellenic Pedagogical Institute entitled: “Investment in People: Methodology and psycho-pedagogical material on Careers Education and Counselling”.
 * Member of the Scientific Team (Panteion University) responsible for the training of 740 (520 hours) educational consultants in the area of Careers Education and Counselling.
 * Member of the Scientific Team (Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki) responsible for the Project entitled: “Promoting equality for the transition from education to the labour market”. Also representing the Hellenic Pedagogical Institute in this project for the training of teachers and educational staff.

Note: all the three above projects are organized at a national level. Studies and Scholarships  PH.D at Southampton University England. (Scholarship by the Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation. (Title: “Successful Careers Teachers in Greece: Collaborative Enquiry for a Critical Approach to Careers Education and Guidance”).


 * Post Graduate Diploma on Careers Guidance and Counseling (Hertfordshire University, U.K.). (Scholarship by the Hellenic Ministry of Education).
 * Certificate of Advanced Studies (level of Master of Arts Studies) on Media Education. Southampton University.
 * Annual studies on Methodology and Philosophy in Scientific Research (Social Statistics Department, Southampton University, U.K.).
 * Studies (at Master level M.A.Ed) in Research and Evaluation in Education (Department of Education, Southampton University).
 * English Literature, University Degree (Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Scholarship of the State Scholarships Foundation).
 * Athens, SELME (Postgraduate Certificate in Education).
 * Attendance of many courses in Europe and Greece (e.g. Organizing distance teaching /learning, “Media Literacy”, Linguistics and Methodology of Teaching, languages).

Foreign Languages: English, French, Italian

Work experience
 * Rich work experience (presented in more detail in Greek CV
 * Organisation and implementation of rich research projects,
 * Organisation of International and National Conferences (mainly as chair)
 * Organisation and implementation of a large number of seminars mainly based on experiential learning
 * Presentation of papers in Greece and Europe
 * Coordinator and representative of Transnational European Projects
 * Member of Scientific Societies in Greece and abroad.
 * Publications

Foreign Scientific Periodicals and Books

1. Kosmidou-Hardy, C. (1990), “Careers Education and Guidance in Greece: A Critical Approach”, International Review of Education, 36: 345-359. 2. Kosmidou, C. (1991), “L’ Orientation Scolaire et professionnelle en Grece”. L’Orientation Scolaire et Professionnelle. 20, no. 4: 377-393. 3. Kosmidou, C. and Usher, R. (1991), “Facilitation in Action Research”. Interchange. 22, no. 4. 24-40. 4. Kosmidou, C. and Usher, R. (1992), “Experiential Learning and the Autonomous Subject: A Critical Approach”, in D.Wildermeersch & T. Jansen (eds), Adult Education, Experiential Learning and Social Change: the Postmodern Challenge. The Hague: VUGA, 77-91. 5. Kosmidou-Hardy, C. and Marmarinos, J. (2001), “La Peur de L’ Evaluation: Evaluation de L; Enseignement ou du Sujet?”. International Review of Education. 47 (1): 59-75. 6. Kosmidou-Hardy C. (2002), “Iconic Communication Today and the Role of Media Education”, in A. Hart and D. Suss (eds), Media Education in European Countries: A Comparative Study of Teaching Media in Mother Tongue Education in Secondary Schools. Zurich: E-Collection of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. 7. Κοsmidou-Hardy, C. (2002), “GLOBAL (Geopolitical Lines Oriented to Broader Alternative Links) ISSUES: with a critical perspective”, in Kosmidou-Hardy, C. and Bella Z. (eds), SYNTHESI: Promoting Heuristic Teaching. Athens: PRISMA. (153-162). 8. Kosmidou-Hardy, Chr. and Hardy, Rus. (2006), EICON (Education in Information and Communication through Original Networks. Athens: Format. Η έκδοση περιλαμβάνει συγγραφικό μου έργο με τη μορφή καινοτόμου περιοδικού στο ντιζάϊν καθώς και DVD με μικρά φιλμ που συνοδεύουν πρακτκές ασκήσεις του περιοδικού. 9. Κοsmidou-Hardy, C. (2006), “Media Education as Critical Education across the Curriculum: Towards a Cross-border Pedagogy?”, in Waclaw Strykowski (ed.), From New Teaching Techniques to Virtual Education: Media Eduation. Poznan, Poland: Wydanie. (135-148).

Scientific Books in Greek


 * Author and editor of many books
 * Author in six books for the schools of Secondary Education of Greece
 * Scientific responsibility for the writing of the new book on Careers Education and Guidance for Secondary Education (being printed)
 * Scientific Periodicals and or books

More than 70 articles or chapters in scientific periodicals and books