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Athens Journal of Education
Published by the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER)
Editors
• Dr. John Spiridakis, Academic Member, ATINER & Professor, St. John University, USA.
• Dr. Nick Linardopoulos, Head, Education Unit, ATINER & Associate Teaching Professor
& Public Speaking Course Coordinator, Rutgers University, USA.
• Dr. Zoi Philippakos, Academic Member, ATINER & Assistant Professor, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
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ATINER is an Athens-based World Association of Academics and Researchers based in Athens. ATINER is an
independent and non-profit Association with a Mission to become a forum where Academics and Researchers
from all over the world can meet in Athens, exchange ideas on their research and discuss future developments in
their disciplines, as well as engage with professionals from other fields. Athens was chosen because of its long
history of academic gatherings, which go back thousands of years to Plato’s Academy and Aristotle’s Lyceum.
Both these historic places are within walking distance from ATINER’s downtown offices. Since antiquity, Athens
was an open city. In the words of Pericles, Athens“…is open to the world, we never expel a foreigner from
learning or seeing”. (“Pericles’ Funeral Oration”, in Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War). It is
ATINER’s mission to revive the glory of Ancient Athens by inviting the World Academic Community to the city,
to learn from each other in an environment of freedom and respect for other people’s opinions and beliefs. After
all, the free expression of one’s opinion formed the basis for the development of democracy, and Athens was its
cradle. As it turned out, the Golden Age of Athens was in fact, the Golden Age of the Western Civilization.
Education and (Re)searching for the ‘truth’ are the pillars of any free (democratic) society. This is the reason why
Education and Research are the two core words in ATINER’s name.
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The Athens Journal of Education (AJE) is an Open Access quarterly double-blind peer reviewed journal
and considers papers from all areas of history. Many of the papers published in this journal have been
presented at the various conferences sponsored by the Education Unit of the Athens Institute for
Education and Research (ATINER). All papers are subject to ATINER’s Publication Ethical Policy and
Statement.
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The Athens Journal of Education
ISSN NUMBER: 2241-7958 - DOI: 10.30958/aje
ISSN (print): 2407-9898
Volume 11, Issue 4, November 2024
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Athens Journal of Education
Editorial and Reviewers’ Board
Editors
• Dr. John Spiridakis, Academic Member, ATINER & Professor, St. John University, USA.
• Dr. Nick Linardopoulos, Head, Education Unit, ATINER & Associate Teaching Professor &
Public Speaking Course Coordinator, Rutgers University, USA.
• Dr. Zoi Philippakos, Academic Member, ATINER & Assistant Professor, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
Editorial Board
• Dr. Sharon Vaughn, Academic Member, ATINER & Professor and Executive Director, The
University of Texas at Austin and The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, USA.
• Dr. Effie Kritikos, Academic Member, ATINER & Professor and Division Chair of Education,
Governors State University, USA.
• Dr. Elsa Fourie, Academic Member, ATINER & Professor & Director, North-West University,
South Africa.
• Dr. Effie Efthymiou, Academic Member, ATINER & Assistant Professor, United Arab Emirates
University (UAEU), UAE.
• Dr. Ashlea Rineer-Hershey, Assistant Professor and Education Transition Programming
Coordinator, Slippery Rock University, USA.
• Dr. Lorna Hamilton, Academic Member, ATINER & Senior Lecturer, School of Education
University of Edinburgh, UK.
• Dr. Yaacov Julian Katz, Academic Member, ATINER & Lecturer and Researcher in Social
Psychology of Education, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
• Dr. Mary Ellis, Academic Member, ATINER & Senior Lecturer, National Institute of Education
(Nanyang Technological University), Singapore.
• Dr. Sandra M. Harris, Academic Member, ATINER & Assessment Director, Walden
University, USA.
• Dr. Jose Francisco Duran Medina, Professor, Department of Pedagogy, University of Castilla–
La Mancha, Spain.
• Dr. Roger B. Hill, Professor, University of Georgia, USA.
• Dr. Azita Manouchehri, Professor, Ohio State University, USA.
• Dr. Macleans A. Geo-JaJa, Professor of Economics and Education, David O. McKay School of
Education, Brigham Young University, USA.
• Dr. Dijana Karuovic, Professor, Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin, Serbia.
• Dr. Mohinder Partap Satija, Professor, Guru Nanak Dev University, India.
• Dr. Aieman Ahmad Al-Omari, Professor, The Hashemite University, Jordan.
• Dr. Michael F. Shaughnessy, Professor, School of Education, Eastern New Mexico University,
USA.
• Dr. Trish Stoddart, Professor, Education Department, University of California, USA.
• Dr. Kamini Jaipal Jamani, Associate Professor, Brock University, Canada.
• Dr. Francisco Javier Fernandez Rio, Associate Professor, Educational Sciences Department,
University of Oviedo, Spain.
Reviewers’ Board
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President's Message
All ATINER’s publications including its e-journals are open access
without any costs (submission, processing, publishing, open access paid
by authors, open access paid by readers etc.) and is independent of
presentations at any of the many small events (conferences,
symposiums, forums, colloquiums, courses, roundtable discussions)
organized by ATINER throughout the year and entail significant costs
of participating. The intellectual property rights of the submitting
papers remain with the author. Before you submit, please make sure
your paper meets the basic academic standards, which includes proper
English. Some articles will be selected from the numerous papers that
have been presented at the various annual international academic
conferences organized by the different divisions and units of the Athens
Institute for Education and Research. The plethora of papers presented
every year will enable the editorial board of each journal to select the
best, and in so doing produce a top-quality academic journal. In
addition to papers presented, ATINER will encourage the independent
submission of papers to be evaluated for publication.
The current issue is the fourth of the eleventh volume of the Athens
Journal of Education (AJE), published by the Education Unit of ATINER.
Gregory T. Papanikos
President
ATINER
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Athens Institute for Education and Research
A World Association of Academics and Researchers
27th Annual International Conference on Education
19-22 May 2025, Athens, Greece
The Education Unit of ATINER organizes its 27th Annual International Conference on Education,
19-22 May 2025, Athens, Greece sponsored by the Athens Journal of Education. The aim of the
conference is to bring together scholars and students of education and other related disciplines. You
may participate as stream leader, presenter of one paper, chair a session or observer. Papers (in
English) from all areas of education are welcome. Please submit a proposal using the form available
(https://www.atiner.gr/2025/FORM-EDU.doc).
Important Dates
• Abstract Submission: 28 January 2025
• Acceptance of Abstract: 4 Weeks after Submission
• Submission of Paper: 21 April 2025
Conference Fees
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Athens Institute for Education and Research
A World Association of Academics and Researchers
Important Dates
• Abstract Submission: 3 December 2024
• Acceptance of Abstract: 4 Weeks after Submission
• Submission of Paper: 9 June 2025
Conference Fees
Conference fees vary from 400€ to 2000€
Details can be found at: https://www.atiner.gr/fees
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