Nikolas Tsaftaridis

tsaftaridis Basic information:

Title: Teaching Staff
Area of Specialization: Music Education

Contact details:

Phone No: 210-3688401 Φαξ: 210-3688510
E-mail: nikotsaf@ecd.uoa.gr

Personal site:
http://users.uoa.gr/~nikotsaf

Office hours:
Contact address:	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Department of Early Childhood Education

Education

PhD in Music Education, Title of Thesis: Building Musical Instruments in Music Education: Apprenticeship, Knowledge and construction in early childhood teacher education
ΜΑ, Master of Arts in Music Education, Reading University, England
MA module in Open and Distance Learning, Hellenic Open University
BA in Traditional Music, Department of Traditional Music, Faculty of Music Technology. Technological Educational Institute of Epirus
Degree in Theory of (Western) Music, Greek Conservatory
Diploma in Kodaly Concept of Music Education, Kesckemet Hungary

Courses

Research interests

Courses and Seminars

Undergraduate

601. Theories of Music and Movement Education Ι a΄ semester (Δ.Μ.: 3, ECTS: 5)
619. Theories of Music and Movement Education ΙI b΄ semester (Δ.Μ.: 3, ECTS: 5)
93B. Application of Μusic and Μovement Εducation in Early Childhood Education (Δ.Μ.: 3, ECTS: 5)
602. Building Improvised Musical Instruments with Odd Materials d΄ semester (Δ.Μ.: 3, ECTS: 5)
605. Construction of Musical Instruments and Musical Idioms Ι e΄ semester (Δ.Μ.: 3, ECTS: 5)
620 . Construction of Musical Instruments and Musical Idioms ΙI f΄ semester (Δ.Μ.: 3, ECTS: 5)
606. Percussive Musical Instruments and sound Generators h΄semester (Δ.Μ.: 3, ECTS: 5)

Selected Publications

(2010). Musical knowledge and apprenticeship in modern Greek luthiers: a case study. Annual BFE Conference“ What is Musical Knowledge”,, University of Oxford, 8 – 11 April 2010
(2008). Three tunes… one thousand musical phrases. The composition of motives and musical phrases as a tool in Music Education.
http://cim08.web.auth.gr/index2.htm