Aspasia Dania (PhD), is an Assistant Professor in Physical Education Teaching and a Director of the Sport Pedagogy Laboratory at the School of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She lectures at a Doctoral, Master and Undergraduate level in the topics of Pedagogy, Physical Education Teacher Education and Qualitative Research, all with a focus on equity, democracy, diversity, and inclusion. Dr Dania is highly experienced in curriculum planning, and model-based instruction and has developed and implemented successfully an extensive record of Programs and Online Learning Modules by using a variety of instructional design tools and approaches (e.g., MOODLE systems. Micro-credential approaches). She is the mentor and facilitator of 200 pre-service and 70 in-service Physical  Education Teachers, as part of the supervision of undergraduate students’ practicum in secondary and high schools. With a focus on human-centered teaching and praxis, Dr. Dania is committed to academic excellence and has coordinated a variety of Blended Intensive Programs within the CIVIS University Alliance, under the framework of Innovative Pedagogies. She is the (co)author of 7 books, 45 peer reviewed articles and 18 book chapters and has presented more than 80 research papers at national and international conferences. She has also participated in more than 10 research projects related to Teacher Education and currently she is the chair elect of the Teaching Games for Understanding and the leader of the Social Pedagogy in Physical Education Special Interest Groups (SIGs). She has extensive experience in Qualitative Research Methods and Analysis and supervises 5 master and 7 PhD dissertations in the fields of Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy.

Her research interests focus on: (1) Physical Education Teacher Education; (2) Initial, induction and continuous professional development of teachers; (3) Use of qualitative and post-qualitative methods in education; (4) Game and Play-Based approaches in education; (5) Social and Emotional learning of children and youth; (6) Social Pedagogy with a focus on Social Justice; (7) Transdisciplinary/Interdisciplinary Instruction and Curriculum Development.

Recent Publications (indicative):

• Dania, A. (in press). Affective assemblages: negotiating material and socio-pedagogical practices within higher education contexts. In D.L. Mulligan, M. Forbes, E. A. Anteliz & P. A. Danaher (Eds), The Palgrave Handbook of Autoethnographic and Self-Study Education Research Methods. Palgrave
• Dania, A., & Farias, C. (2024). Social Pedagogy in Physical Education. Human Centred Practice. UK: Routledge.
• Dania, A., Koukounaras Liagkis, M., Gogoulou, A., Karavas, K., Vlachos, K., Vitsou, M., Magos, K., & Nikolopoulou, M. (2024). Supporting preservice teachers’ civic competence as a strategy for internationalisation in the digital era. Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.26529/cepsj.1676
• Dania, A., (2023). Community facilitation for social justice education. In Impedovo, M., Ferreira-Mayers, K., & Inque, E. (Eds) Creating a Teacher Community – Professional Development Within the Group, the Community, and the Network (Chapter 10). London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.
• Dania, A., & Tannehill, D. (2022). Moving within learning communities as an act of performing professional wellbeing, Professional Development in Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2022.2081250

Email: adania@phed.uoa.gr