Author

Simoni Symeonidou

Observed names: Symeonidou, Simoni, Symeonidou,Simoni, Σιμώνη Συμεωνίδου, Συμεωνίδου,Σιμώνη

Institution: University of Cyprus

Observed institutions: University of London, University of Southern Denmark, University of Cyprus

ORCID: 0000-0002-8416-4621

Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-8416-4621

OpenAlex ID: A5087303957

Understanding the value of inclusive education and its implementation: A review of the literature

2020 · Anthoula Kefallinou, Simoni Symeonidou, et al. · Prospects · 322

Using teachers' prior knowledge, attitudes and beliefs to develop in-service teacher education courses for inclusion

2009 · Simoni Symeonidou, Helen Phtiaka · Teaching and Teacher Education · 149

Initial teacher education for inclusion: a review of the literature

2017 · Simoni Symeonidou · Disability & Society · 128

The wonderful world of children's books? Negotiating diversity through children's literature

2015 · Elena Monoyiou, Simoni Symeonidou · International Journal of Inclusive Education · 47

Resistance, transformation and the politics of hope: imagining a way forward for the disabled people’s movement

2009 · Susan Peters, Susan Gabel, et al. · Disability & Society · 46

‘My colleagues wear blinkers . . . If they were trained, they would understand better’. Reflections on teacher education on inclusion in Cyprus

2012 · Simoni Symeonidou, Helen Phtiaka · Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs · 39

Trapped in our past: the price we have to pay for our cultural disability inheritance

2009 · Simoni Symeonidou · International Journal of Inclusive Education · 31

The inclusion of children with disabilities in early childhood education: interdisciplinary research and dialogue

2022 · Simoni Symeonidou, Eleni Loizou, et al. · European Early Childhood Education Research Journal · 29

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Disability studies as a framework to design disability awareness programs: no need for ‘magic’ to facilitate children’s understanding

2018 · Simoni Symeonidou, Eleni Loizou · Disability & Society · 29

Education for disability equality through disabled people’s life stories and narratives: working and learning together in a school-based professional development programme for inclusion

2017 · Marianna Chrysostomou, Simoni Symeonidou · European Journal of Special Needs Education · 29

Employing the principles of universal design for learning to deconstruct the Greek-Cypriot new national curriculum

2013 · Katerina Mavrou, Simoni Symeonidou · International Journal of Inclusive Education · 29

'Diversity' 'Widening Participation' and 'Inclusion' in Higher Education: An International study

2016 · Suanne Gibson, Delia Baskerville, et al. · Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning · 28

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The Hare and the Tortoise: a comparative review of the drive towards inclusive education policies in England and Cyprus

2017 · Caroline Jones, Simoni Symeonidou · International Journal of Inclusive Education · 27

Deconstructing the Greek-Cypriot new national curriculum: to what extent are disabled children considered in the ‘humane and democratic school’ of Cyprus?

2013 · Simoni Symeonidou, Katerina Mavrou · Disability & Society · 27

Disability, the arts and the curriculum: Is there common ground?

2018 · Simoni Symeonidou · European Journal of Special Needs Education · 26

Including students as co-enquirers: Matters of identity, agency, language and labelling in an International participatory research study

2017 · Suanne Gibson, Delia Baskerville, et al. · International Journal of Educational Research · 26

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Problematising disabling discourses on the assessment and placement of learners with disabilities: can interdependence inform an alternative narrative for inclusion?

2019 · Simoni Symeonidou, Katerina Mavrou · European Journal of Special Needs Education · 24

A critical consideration of current values on the education of disabled children

2002 · Simoni Symeonidou · International Journal of Inclusive Education · 24

Supporting All Educators to Take Part in Teacher Professional Learning for Inclusion

2023 · Annet De Vroey, Amélie Lecheval, et al. · Trends in Higher Education · 23

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The changing role of the support teacher and the case of Cyprus: the opportunity for a cooperative teaching approach

2002 · Simoni Symeonidou · European Journal of Special Needs Education · 23

The experience of disability activism through the development of the disability movement: how do disabled activists find their way in politics?

2009 · Simoni Symeonidou · Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research · 22

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‘I got to see the other side of the coin’: Teachers’ understandings of disability-focused oppressive and anti-oppressive pedagogies

2019 · Simoni Symeonidou, Marianna Chrysostomou · International Journal of Educational Research · 19

Bridging early childhood education and inclusive practices in classrooms that serve children with disabilities: a narrative portrait

2022 · Simoni Symeonidou, Eleni Loizou · European Early Childhood Education Research Journal · 18

Teacher education for inclusion and anti-oppressive curriculum development: innovative approaches informed by disability arts and narratives

2020 · Simoni Symeonidou · International Journal of Inclusive Education · 16

Rights of People with Intellectual Disability in C yprus: Policies and Practices Related to Greater Social and Educational Inclusion

2015 · Simoni Symeonidou · Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities · 14

Works count: 75

Citation count: 1,321

H-index: 21

I10-index: 30