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Dr Aspasia Dania

Assistant Professor
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
 
Email: adania@phed.uoa.gr
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aspasia_Dania/research
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Biography

​Aspasia Dania is an Assistant Professor at the School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, working in the field of Sport Pedagogy and Teaching in Physical Education. She is a teacher educator at an undergraduate and a postgraduate level and she is in charge of preservice PE teachers’ practicum in elementary and secondary education, as well as in sport clubs.  She is a member of scientific committees and associations and a certified author and assessor of the new Physical Education (PE) curricula and teacher guides for the Greek middle and high school education. She has published 1 book and 8 chapters in edited and peer reviewed books on sport pedagogy and has presented numerous relevant works in international and national congresses. She has more than 25 publications in peer reviewed journals and 30 invited speeches and presentations in national Physical Education seminars and workshops, all the above in the subject areas of “Physical Education Teaching”, “Curriculum Planning”, and “Model-Based Instruction”. Her research interests focus on curriculum design, game-based instruction, social networking and critical pedagogy, as well as continuous professional development of PE teachers and coaches.

Mission Statement

  • To spread the power of game-based pedagogies within Physical Education (PE) at all levels
  • To engage in collaborative activities with public and private sectors, so as to integrate TGfU within PE and sport coaching curricula.
  • To enable undergraduate PE students to develop knowledge and skills necessary to adopt leadership roles in implementing and disseminating TGfU within their communities.
  • To create a national network of PE and sport practitioners interested in integrating TGfU within recreational sport and long-term athlete development programs
  • To link my scholarly research and academic teaching with the latest trends in game-based instruction and create academic collaborations with colleagues in other countries
  • To organize and/or host national and international TGfU conferences
  • To support the development of online resources intended to be used by PE and sport practitioners

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