Anastasia Kalokyri (Ph.D. Research Student)

Thesis title: Young people with ADHD, complex social identities and school experiences in Scottish context: Moving beyond deficit labels

Biography

Background

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalokyri/

Qualifications

MA in Special Needs (2014), School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK (Graduated with Distinction)

BA in Philology (2010), School of Philosophy, University of Crete, Rethimno, Crete, Greece (Merit 2:1)

Undergraduate teaching

Education Studies  (BA Ord):

 

BA Childhood Practice (BA Ord): 

 

Postgraduate teaching

  • Psychology of Learning and Teaching, 2020-present (Marker)
  • MSc Education Dissertation, 2022 (Supervisor, Marker)

Research summary

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Inclusion
  • Social identities (disability, gender, age, race, ethnicity, social class)
  • Young people
  • Ethnography
  • Intersectionality
  • Teacher's training & Professional Development 

Past research interests

Kalokyri, A. (2014) An exploration of the Experiences of Greek Secondary School Teachers with Children with ADHD in Their Classrooms. Unpublished Master Thesis. University of Nottingham.

Current project grants

Young people labelled with ADHD, complex social identities and school experiences in Scottish context: Moving beyond deficit labels
Funded by the Principal's Career Development Scholarship from the University of Edinburgh

Conference details

Kalokyri, A. (May, 2022). Dealing with uncertainties in ethnographic fieldwork in a Scottish Secondary School, Interweaving Conference (Part Two), 13th May 2022, Moray School of Education and Sport, Holyrood Campus, Edinburgh, Scotland

Invited speaker

Interweaving Conference (Part One) - Moray House School of Education

'Student-Parent experiences' session, co-speaker

Academic Conference organised by PGR students for PGR students held on 14th of October 2021, Paterson’s Land, Moray School of Education and Sport, Holyrood Campus.

 

"Teaching strategies to support students with ADHD in Primary and Secondary School"

Organisation: Education Project Coordinator (PE02) V. Kalokyri, Education Project Coordinator (PE70) S. Martinou (PE70) and PhD researcher A. Kalokyri in collaboration with the Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.

Two-day training course for primary and secondary school teachers. Held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece on 28-29 March 2019 (Ref.No: Φ2/684)

Organiser

Interweaving Conference (Part Two)- Moray House School of Education

Academic Conference organised by PGR students for PGR students held on 13th of May 2022, Paterson’s Land, Moray School of Education and Sport, Holyrood Campus

 

Interweaving Conference (Part One) - Moray House School of Education

Networking event organised by PGR students for PGR students held on 14th of October 2021, Paterson’s Land, Moray School of Education and Sport, Holyrood Campus

 

"Teaching strategies to support students with ADHD in Primary and Secondary School"

Organisation: Education Project Coordinator (PE02) V. Kalokyri, Education Project Coordinator (PE70) S. Martinou (PE70) and PhD researcher A. Kalokyri in collaboration with the Regional Directorate of Primary and Secondary Education of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.

Two-day training course for primary and secondary school teachers. Held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece on 28-29 March 2019 (Ref.No: Φ2/684)

Participant

4th Panhellenic Interdisciplinary Conference on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) "From Child to Adult", held on 23-24 October 2021, online (16 CME-CPD credits)

 

Visit my personal website on: 

https://anastasiakalokyri.wordpress.com/ 

Community Champion, 2021-present • Proposing and organising events and activities for new students advocating physical and mental health • Finding effective ways to disseminate communicative channels for students and staff • Discussing and incubating more creative and engaging platforms for students’ interactions from different programs at Moray House • Organising and delivering sessions on Practice Worth Sharing

 

Co-creator of support group (Collaboration with the Chaplaincy) Oct 2018-Jul 2019

  • Organising a series of discussions from academics talking about experiences of parenting whilst navigating academic career, mental health and flexible working.

 

PhD Buddy System (2018- present)

 

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