Evdoxia Nteropoulou – Nterou


nteropoulouBasic Information:

Title: Associate Professor
Area of Specialization: Special and Inclusive Education

Contact details:

Phone No: +30 2103689325
E-mail: ederou@ecd.uoa.gr

Personal site:


Post address: 13Α NAVARINOU STR. 10680 ATHENS – GREECE
Office address: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Department of Early Childhood Education 5 STADIOU STR., 7th FLOOR, 10562 ATHENS – GREECE

 


Academic information

 

Education
  • 2005: PhD at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in the area of special education. Thesis title:  Reading in preschool and early elementary education of deaf children. A combinatorial methodological approach: Case study – Survey research.
  • 1995: Master degree at the National Pedagogical University of Moscow in the area of special education. Thesis title:  Configuration of various forms of speech perception in preschool children with hearing impairment during preschool education. 
  • 1994: Bachelor at the National Pedagogical University of Moscow in the area of special education.

 

Research interests
  • Special education,
  • disability studies,
  • inclusive education,
  • inclusive education policy,
  • collaborative practices between school and families of children with disabilities,
  • oral and written language within the context of disability.

 

Courses and Seminars
Undergraduate program

  • Lecturer in the area of special education, oral and written language within the context of disability, home-school collaboration practices and inclusive education at the Department of Early Childhood Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

 

Postgraduate program

  • Lecturer in postgraduate program “Special Education” in the area of special and inclusive education and disability studies at the Department of Early Childhood Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Course title: Educational and social inclusion of people with disabilities.

 

Selected Publications
  • Nteropoulou-Nterou E., Zoniou-Sideri, A. (2002). Early reading skills of preschoolers with deafness and mild multiple disabilities (deafness and learning disability) in early childhood education in Research in early childhood education, Quality, Problems and organization of early childhood education Vol. III, edited by E. Kourti,  Typothitο -Dardanοs: Athens (pp. 343-353). [in Greek]
  • Zoniou-Sideri A., Nteropoulou-Nterou E., Karagianni, P., Spandagou I. (2003). Designation of Educational Disability inclusion in the new world order. The examples of Greece, Palestine and England in Diversity and Society, proceedings on CD-ROM of the international conference in cooperation with the Association “Internationale des Sociologues de langue Francaise” (AISLF), the University of Athens, the National Centre for Social Research (E.K.K.E.), the French Institute, the Association of Greek Sociologists (HAR) and the General Secretariat of Social Security, (p.13). [in Greek]
  • Nteropoulou-Nterou E. (2004). Practical implementation of inclusion programs for children with sensory impairment (deafness-blindness), in Modern Approaches Accession Act (Vol II), edited by A. Zoniou-Sideri, Ellinika Grammata: Athens, (pp. 151-180). [in Greek]
  • Zoniou-Sideri, A., Karagianni, P., Nteropoulou-Nterou E.,  Papastavrinidou, G. & Spandagou, I. (2004). The importance and role of curriculum in inclusive education of blind children in Greece in Education and Blindness: Current trends and prospects, edited by A. Zoniou-Sideri, H. Spandagou, Ellinika Grammata: Athens, (pp. 189-200).[in Greek]
  • Zoniou-Sideri, A., Karagianni, P., Nteropoulou –Nterou, E., Spandagou, I. (2005). Educational assessment of disabled students. Critical analysis of the positions of the Greek political parties in Assessment in Education: Education and Teaching Dimension, edited by D.M. Kakana, K. Botsoglou, N. Haniotakis, E. kavalary, Kyriakidis Brothers: Thessaloniki, (pp. 333-346). [in Greek]
  • Ζoniou– Sideri, Α., Karagianni P., Nteropoulou–Nterou Ε., Spandagou I. (2005). Inclusive classes in Greece: New names, old institutions in CD-ROM of Inclusive and Supportive Education Congress (ISEK 2005) Inclusion: Celebrating Diversity?, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, (σελ.10).
  • Zoniou-Sideri, A., E. Nteropoulou-Nterou & Spandagou, I. (2006). Vocational Rehabilitation of Disabled Graduates of Education Department of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (II), in CD-ROM of proceedings of the IX Conference of Cyprus Educational Society in cooperation with K.O.E.E. and the Department of Education, Contemporary Educational research in Cyprus: Priorities and Perspectives, Nicosia (pp.769-781). [in Greek]
  • Zoniou-Sideri A., Karayianni & P., Deropoulou, E., Spandagou, I. (2006). Inclusive Discourse in Greece: strong voices, weak policies. International Journal of Inclusive Education, vol. 10, No 2-3, pp. 279-291.
  • Ζoniou– Sideri, Α., Nteropoulou–Nterou Ε. (2007). Experiences of disabled children’s families concerning school-family collaboration in CD-ROM of the 6th International Conference of the Organization European Research Network About Parents in Education (ERNAPE 2007) in collaboration with the Cyprus University: Schools & Families in Partnership: Looking into The Future, Nicosia (pp. 220-231).
  • Nteropoulou-Nterou, E. (2012). Assessment of the progress of legislative changes thirty years after the enactment of the first law for special education in Greece in Disability and education policy: A critical approach to special and inclusive education, A. Zoniou-Sideri, E. Nteropoulou-Nterou, A. Vlachou (ed.), published by Pedio: Athens. [in Greek]
  • Zoniou-Sideri, A., Nteropoulou-Nterou, E., Vlachou Balafouti, A. (Scientific Editor) (2012). Disability and education policy: A critical approach of special and inclusive education, published by Pedio: Athens.[in Greek]
  • Zoniou-Sideri, A., Nteropoulou-Nterou, E., Vlachou Balafouti, A. (Scientific Editor) (2012-2023). Research in special education, inclusive education and disability, collective volume no1, no2, no3, no4, no5, no6, no7, no8,  no9, no 10, published by Pedio: Athens.[in Greek]
  • Nteropoulou-Nterou, E., and R. Slee (2019). A critical consideration of the changing conditions of schooling for students with disabilities in Greece and the fragility of international in local contexts. International Journal of Inclusive Education, vol. 23, no.7:891-907.
  • Nteropoulou-Nterou, E. (2020). “Disability Studies and inclusive education”. In Education Sciences. A dynamic interdisciplinary field, A. Androusou and V. Tsafos (eds.),  pp.: 495-528.Gutenberg:Athens.
  • Warren, J., Soukakou, E., Forster, J., Ng, L.T., Nteropoulou-Nterou, E.  (2021). Small steps: The inclusion of young children with disabilities in Australia, Greece and Malaysia, Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive Education, Cambridge University press
  • Nteropoulou-Nterou, E. (2023). Crisis, austerity and the inclusive education agenda: The case of Greece, International Encyclopedia of Education 4th Edition, pp. 418-425. Elsevier.
  • Nteropoulou-Nterou, E. (2024). “Inclusive educational policy in preschool education: availability, accessibility and adaptability of educational structures”. In Inclusive Approaches to Preschool Education: Issues of Educational Policy and Educational Practice, E. Nteropoulou-Nterou (scientific editor), published by Pedio: Athens [in Greek].
  • Pavlos Kapsalakis and Evdoxia Nteropoulou-Nterou (2024). Perspectives of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities on Quality of Life: A Qualitative Study International, Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 21, no 1186, pp.2-30.  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21091186
  • Evdoxia Nteropoulou-Nterou and Maria Gelastopoulou (2025). The individualized education program in early childhood education: improving inclusive practices through action research, Educational Action Research, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09650792.2025.2488429

 

Book editing

  • Thomas D., & Woods H. (2008). Working with people with learning Disabilities –Theory and Practice, Zoniou-Sideri, E. Nteropoulou-Nterou (ed.), published by Pedio: Athens. [in Greek]
  • Mason H. & McCall S. (2011). Visual Impairment: Access to Education for Children and Young People, Zoniou-Sideri, E. Nteropoulou-Nterou (ed.), published by Pedio: Athens. [in Greek]
  • Moores D.F. (2011). Educating the Deaf: Psychology, Principles and Practices, Zoniou-Sideri, E. Nteropoulou-Nterou (ed.), published by Pedio: Athens. [in Greek]
  • Albrecht G.L, Seelman K., & Bury M. (2019). Handbook of Disability Studies, Nteropoulou-Nterou, A. Zoniou-Sideri (ed.), published by Pedio: Athens.[in Greek]
  • Nteropoulou – Nterou E. (2024). Inclusive Approaches to Preschool Education: Issues of Educational Policy and Educational Practice, published by Pedio: Athens.[in Greek].

 

Additional Information

  • From September 2025 to today: Head of the Department of Early Childhood Education of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
  • 2022 to today: Director of the Master’s Program “Special Education” of the Department of Early Childhood Education of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
  • 2016 to today: Director of Special, Inclusive Education & Disability Studies Laboratory at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Early Childhood Education.
  • 2009 to today: Member of coordinating scientific committee of the Postgraduate Program “Special Education” at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Early Childhood Education.
  • 2009 to today: Consultant Professor for disabled students at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Early Childhood Education.
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