Curriculum vitae

Εleni Gana is a lecturer οn Literacy in the Department of Special Education (PTEA),  University of Thessaly, where she teaches the courses: “Teaching writing and writing composition”,“Multiliteracies in Education”, “Children development of language communication”  and “Functional aspects in the teaching of Greek Language”.

Dr Eleni Gana completed a bachelor’s degree in French Language and Literature at the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki and she is also a graduate of the Department of Greek Language and Literature of the University of Ioannina.  She did postgraduate studies (Maitrise, DEA) at the Universities of Sorbonne III and Sorbonne I and supported her doctoral dissertation at the University of Athens.  She participated as a visiting researcher in graduate programs at the School of Education at Indiana University (USA) and at the University of Leicester (UK).

Her research interests include: literacy and the teaching of literacy, semiotics of pedagogical discourse, design and development of educational material, language and Mathematics, teaching in multilingual – multicultural classes, teacher’s education.

She has contributed to several research and educational projects and she is currently participating in the following collaborative research projects: «Roma education» and “Multiculturalism, Migration, Mathematics Education and Language” (COMENIUS Multilateral projects). Her work has been published in international and Greek journals, volumes and conference proceedings.