Konstantinos
Chatzidimou
Associate Professor
Language Teaching Methodology with emphasis on German

Contact

School of German Language and Literature

+30 2310 997581

Short CV Presentation

Associate Professor at the School of German Language and Literature, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Research interests: language teaching and learning, teacher education, intercultural education, methodology of educational research, pedagogical lexicography

Short CV Presentation

Associate Professor at the School of German Language and Literature, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Research interests: language teaching and learning, teacher education, intercultural education, methodology of educational research, pedagogical lexicography

Contact

School of German Language and Literature

+30 2310 997581

Studies

2016 - 2017

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Faculty of Philosophy / School of German Language and Literature

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

2012 - 2013

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Faculty of Philosophy / School of Philosophy and Education

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

2011 - 2012

Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg – Heidelberg University of Education

Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft

Postdoctoral researcher (with a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD)

2004 - 2008

University of the Aegean

Faculty of Humanities / School of Pre-School Education and Educational Design

PhD in Education Sciences (Grade: "Excellent")

2005 - 2007

Democritus University of Thrace

Faculty of Education Sciences / School of Primary Education

MA in School Pedagogy and Diversity in Education (Intercultural Education, Special Education) Grade: 9.80/10.00 ("Excellent")

2000 - 2004

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Faculty of Philosophy / School of Philology

Philology, specialization in Linguistics (Grade: 8.85/10.00 "Excellent")

Publications

Research Interests

Language Teaching Methodology Teacher Education Intercultural Education Educational Research Methodology Pedagogical Lexicography

Professional Experience

2022 - 2024

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki / School of German Language and Literature

Associate Professor

Description:

Associate Professor of Language Teaching Methodology with emphasis on German

Government Gazette: 454/25.2.2022 τ. Γ’

2017 - 2022

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki / School of German Language and Literature

Assistant Professor

Description:

Assistant Professor of Language Teaching Methodology with emphasis on German

Government Gazette: 1106/7.11.2017 τ. Γ’

2020 - 2023

Hellenic Open University

Member of Cooperating Educational Staff

Description:

  • Teaching the modules “[GER61] Assessment of learners’ knowledge and use of German” (2020-2022) and “[GER60] Course design and curricula for the teaching of German” (2022-2023)
  • Supervision of postgraduate theses
    within the framework of the MSc “[GER] Teaching German as a Foreign/International Language” of the Faculty of Humanities of the Hellenic Open University

2014 - 2014

University of Western Macedonia / School of Primary Education

Adjunct Lecturer

Description:

Teaching Methodology and Teaching Practice

2014 - 2015

Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg / Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft

Teaching assignment

Description:

  • Course: “Microteaching in der Erziehungswissenschaft: eine handlungsorientierte Methode in der Lehrerausbildung”
  • Modulprüfer in Erziehungswissenschaft

2012 - 2013

University of Western Macedonia / School of Early Childhood Education

Adjunct Lecturer

Description:

Dictionary Use in Education

Courses

Supervision of PhD theses
  1. Sidopoulou, Glykeria (in progress). Language anxiety in learning German as a foreign language: A theoretical and empirical investigation (start: 19.07.2021)
  2. Tarenidou, Eugenia (in progress). The professional satisfaction of German language teachers in public primary and secondary education as a factor of quality improvement of German language teaching and learning in Greece (start: 07.09.2022)
  3. Vouri, Melina (in progress). Intercultural youth exchanges and the learning of German as a foreign language: An action research study (start: 18.01.2024)