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This paper delineates the procedural intricacies and research outcomes of the International Teacher-Artist Partnership Professional Development (I-TAP-PD) Erasmus+ Project (2020-2023) within the context of Greek schools. Addressing the communication gap between teachers and artists, the project fostered arts-in-education practices through collaborative learning. Commencing with intensive training, the initiative led to residencies in Greek primary schools. A research group focused on partnership elements as on the personal and professional development of both professionals. Positive results, echoing experiences in Ireland, underscore the transformative impact on teachers, artists and students. Concerns emerge regarding program sustainability in Greece due to resource constraints. The study advocates for an institutionalized framework, aligning with global initiatives supporting arts integration in education. The paper aims to contribute to ongoing discussions on fostering collaboration, equality, equity, creativity, and social consciousness in education. The research findings emphasize the need for continued support and the integration of arts into educational systems.
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Betty Giannouli
is Specialised Teaching Staff at the Department of Early Childhood Education of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her research interests lie in the use of theatre as an educational medium and as a means of social intervention. In this context she designs, coordinates and delivers Theatre in Education programmes for Young People, as well as teacher training seminars, and organizes national and international conferences and European projects. She coordinated for the Greek partner (TENet-Gr) the European project “International Teacher-Artist Partnership -Professional Development”, (2020-2023. She is a founding member of the TENet-Gr and member of the Editing Committee of the Education & Theatre journal. For 20 years she worked in Upper Secondary Education as a teacher and as a Head Teacher.
Iro Potamousi
has studied Sociology (BA) at Panteion University and Drama/Theatre Education (MA) in Warwick University, UK. Currently she is a PhD Candidate at the Primary Education Faculty of the University of the Aegean. She has worked in formal education as a sociologist and theater pedagogue and in non-formal education specializing in group dynamics, cooperation and group empowerment as well as social intervention and change. As a researcher and professional, she has collaborated with various organizations and universities in Greece and abroad (NKUA, AUTH, Institute of Educational Policy, University of Warwick, Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, Pedagogical University of Zurich, European Center Wergeland, Greek National Theatre, Theater of Neos Kosmos, Municipal Theatre of Komotini, Hellenic Theater/Drama in Education Network, UNHCR, Action Aid, KETHEA). She teaches in the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program (MA) "Social Neuroscience, Social Pedagogy and Education" (NKUA).
Nassia Choleva
holds a PhD in Drama Pedagogy from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, with special interest in in-service teachers training and human rights education through drama. Her current, post doctoral research focuses on Council of Europe's Framework of Competencies for Democratic Culture (CDC) and the teaching of creative drama in Greek schools. In 2022-2023 she was an adjunct lecturer at the Theatre Studies Department of the University of Peloponnese, where she taught drama pedagogy. She studied drama and theatre at the School of Drama (BA-MA, AUTh) and did postgraduate studies in Applied Drama (MA, Exeter University). She is a drama teacher in primary education, she facilitates drama groups in formal and non-formal education settings and trains in-service teachers.
