Kostouli Triantafyllia

Associate professor

School literacy

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES

Undergraduate studies (1981 – 1985):
• School of Philosophy, Department of Greek Language and Literature. University of Athens, Greece.
Postgraduate studies:
• Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.). (1986 – 1987). School of Education. Cambridge University, UK.
• Ph.D. (1987-1991). Department of Linguistics, Edinburgh University, Scotland.
• Postdoctoral research (1991-1993). Boston University. Η.Π.Α.
Teaching and Research interests:
• Educational Linguistics, Critical literacy. Writing. Sociocultural and sociocritical approaches to literacy, school genres, critical analyses of writing practices in school contexts.
• Classroom discourse: Analyzing ‘effective’ teacher talk and developing practices for turning classroom communities into places of dialogic inquiry.
• Designing curricula for the teaching of Greek in elementary and secondary schools.
• Academic literacy. Students’ socialization into the academic culture.