Dr Vasiliki Tzibazi

Dr Vasiliki Tzibazi

Senior Lecturer

Department of Early Childhood and Education , School of Childhood and Social Care

Dr Tzibazi is a senior lecturer in museum education with expertise in participatory research with community groups, children, young people, teachers and artists. 

She is also the course leader for Early Childhood Studies Online BA (Hons), Education Studies Online BA (Hons), and Special Education Online BA (Hons).

Areas Of Interest

  • Museum pedagogy and learning
  • Participatory research with children
  • Creative interpretation in museums, galleries and heritage sites
  • Embodied learning
Dr Vasiliki Tzibazi

OVERVIEW

Vasiliki is a Senior Lecturer in Museum Education with expertise in participatory research. She has worked with a range of groups, including children, young people, community members, teachers, and artists.

She has presented her work at international academic and professional conferences and has successfully led collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects. As a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, she has developed innovative university programs for museum professionals and educators.

Vasiliki's creative teaching portfolio includes curriculum design for both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in teacher education and childhood studies. She has also supervised EdD and PhD theses and led empirical projects on the transformative role of the museum experience.

She is an experienced external examiner in Higher Education (HE) and a reviewer for international publishing houses. She is also a member of several professional and research bodies, including the National Associate Pool of Researchers (2017-2021), the Group for Education in Museums, Engage in Visual Arts and the Museum Association.

CURRENT RESEARCH

  • The professional identity of museum educators
  • Children's agency and museum pedagogy 

 

Indicative past research/consultancy

  • (2021) Consultancy for the 2nd Experimental pre-school of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/collaboration with Dr Dimitra Zapri
  • (2019-2021) Democratising the body in gallery spaces/interpreting art through movement (Southampton City Art Gallery)
  • (2018-2019) Exploring the embodied nature of the museum experience (Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, Southampton Sea City Museum)
  • (2016-2017) Children as researchers - interpreting a local archaeological site (Elementary School of Nature and Colours, Fourfouras, Rethymno, Crete)
  • (2012-2013) Museum education in N.Y.C. (Bank Street College, N.Y.C. Museum-school)
  • (2007-2012) Student teachers' experiences of museum learning and collaborative projects with museums in Hampshire (Series of Projects funded by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council)
  • (2009-2011) Becoming a teacher in Primary education: student teachers’ perceptions of teacher identity and professionalism in an Initial Teacher Education Programme
  • (2006-2009) Cultural pathfinder & cultural entitlement programmes in the South East (funded by the DCMS in collaboration with independent museums in Kent and the Canterbury Museums and Galleries)
  • (2003-2006) Researching primary schoolchildren's experiences of drama and theatre programmes in museums and heritage sites (Clarke Hall in Wakefield, Museum of London)

FUNDING

  • 2019, KA 203 Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education (EU funding, Project: Early years and outdoors learning (principal investigator for the University of Winchester €36,000, total grant value €345,000)
  • Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (£1,500)
  • Research Knowledge Exchange - University of Winchester (total amount of grants £15,000)
  • Museums Libraries &Archives-(3projects on CPD and museum partnership, total £15,000)
  • Group for Education in Museums, Research Bursary
  • William Ruddick Scholarship, Leicester University
  • Scholarship Koukoufli for PhD research in Arts, Council of Thessaloniki (£4,800)
  • State Scholarships Foundation, Athens, Greece, following exams in museum education (£30,800)

INDUSTRY PARTNERS

  • The Postal Museum in London (2022-2025, evaluation/consultancy project with Dr Jennifer Robson)
  • Horniman Museum and Gardens (2022- ongoing, knowledge exchange projects with BA students)

PUBLICATIONS

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