Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Christidou, Dimitra"
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Embodying Artistic Process in Art Gallery Visits
Steier, Rolf; Christidou, Dimitra (Chapter, 2020)In this chapter, we explore the ways in which visitors make meaning in art museums. Drawing on sociocultural and embodied perspectives, we explore visitor interactions with artworks in two galleries, the Courtauld Gallery ... -
From Map Using to Map Making: The Museum Experience Through Social Meaning Mapping
Christidou, Dimitra; Reitstätter, Luise (Chapter, 2020)This article introduces Social Meaning Mapping (SMM), a digital qualitative tool designed to be used by museum visitors in groups post-visit during a researcher-led session. SMM is embedded in a tablet-based app called ... -
Measuring the visual in the museum: Social meaning mapping as a means of capturing more than meets the eye.
Christidou, Dimitra (Chapter, 2020)Visitors’ visual engagement with the museum collection has been treated as a proxy for their learning. Researchers use a number of methods to measure this engagement, including timing and tracking studies for which they ... -
Museum encounters: a choreography of visitors’ bodies in interaction
Diamantopoulou, Sophia; Christidou, Dimitra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)By viewing the museum experience as inextricably linked to an interactive nexus of bodies and objects arranged in the museum space, this paper foregrounds the significance of movement in the shaping of museum encounters. ... -
Obstacles and challenges identified by practitioners of non-formal science learning activities in Europe
Christidou, Dimitra; Voulgari, Iro; Tisza, Gabriella; Norouzi, Behnaz; Kinnula, Marianne; Iivari, Netta; Papavlasopoulou, Sofia; Gollerizo, Adrian; Lozano González, Jose María; Konstantinidi Sofrona, Dafni (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Despite the increasing demand for non-formal science learning activities, few studies report on practitioners' perspectives and experiences with designing and implementing such activities worldwide. This paper focuses on ... -
Patterns in informal and non-formal science learning activities for children–A Europe-wide survey study
Tisza, Gabriella; Papavlasopoulou, Sofia; Christidou, Dimitra; Iivari, Netta; Kinnula, Marianne; Voulgari, Iro (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)There is a growing number of informal and non-formal learning activities worldwide related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) curricular subject areas—particularly those involving coding and making. ... -
The role of age and gender on implementing informal and non-formal science learning activities for children
Tisza, Gabriella; Papavlasopoulou, Sofia; Christidou, Dimitra; Voulgari, Iro; Iivari, Netta; Giannakos, Michail; Kinnula, Marianne; Markopoulos, Panos (Chapter, 2019)There is a growing number of informal and non-formal learning activities worldwide related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) subject areas -- particularly, those related to coding and making. To ... -
Tools and Methods for ‘4E Analysis’: New Lenses for Analyzing Interaction in CSCL
Steier, Rolf; Shapiro, Ben; Christidou, Dimitra; Pierroux, Palmyre; Davidsen, Jacob; Hall, Rogers (Chapter, 2019)This symposium aims to expand the use of and perspectives on Interaction Analysis (IA) and related methods in CSCL, and to explore new ways of collecting, editing, visualizing and sharing research data, including video and ... -
Trails of Walking - Ways of Talking: The Museum Experience Through Social Meaning Mapping
Christidou, Dimitra; Reitstätter, Luise (Chapter, 2021)This paper discusses the digital method Social Meaning Mapping (SMM) and its affordances to capture aspects of the museum visit. SMM, embedded in the Visitracker tablet-app, enables the annotation of visitors’ movement and ... -
Using the lens of science capital to capture and explore children’s attitudes toward science in an informal making-based space
Christidou, Dimitra; Papavlasopoulou, Sofia; Giannakos, Michail (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose Governments and organizations worldwide are concerned over the declining number of young people choosing to study Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), especially after the age of 16. Research ...