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Dr Kyriakos Demetriou joined the University of Nicosia in September 2019. He holds a PhD in Inclusive Education from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. His thesis examined the use of the limited available educational technology resources for the differentiation of teaching word-based mathematical problems in Cypriot mainstream schools for children with reading difficulties. He received his Master’s degree in Special Educational Needs from the University of Leeds in 2009. In 2008, he graduated from the University of Cyprus with a major degree in Educational Sciences – Primary School Education and a minor degree in Psychology. He also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from Liverpool Hope University (2016) which allowed him to become a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy of the United Kingdom in 2016. He worked as a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow (2015-2016) and then as a Lecturer (2016-2019) in Early Childhood Studies (Inclusive Education) at Liverpool Hope University. He is a qualified primary school teacher (QTS in 2009) and has taught in several mainstream and special schools both in Cyprus and the United Kingdom. His research interests relate to special educational needs, inclusion, inclusive policy and practice, assistive technologies, social aspects of disability such as friendship and disability, cultural representations of disability, disability stigma etc.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
Award Date: 14 Jul 2015
Master, University of Leeds
Award Date: 15 Dec 2009
Bachelor, University of Cyprus
Award Date: 24 Jun 2008
Bachelor, University of Cyprus
Award Date: 24 Jun 2008
Liverpool Hope University
External positions
Lecturer, Liverpool Hope University
Mar 2016 → Sep 2019
Post-doctoral teaching fellow, Liverpool Hope University
Sep 2015 → Mar 2016
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Do you want to play with me? Acceptance and preference dilemmas in choosing playmates with physical disability
Demetriou, K., 2022, In: Early Child Development and Care. 192, 6, p. 947-963 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Intentions of children without disabilities to form friendship with peers with physical disability: a small scale study
Demetriou, K., 2021, In: Early Child Development and Care. 191, 13, p. 2141-2157Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Speech: Play between peers with and without disabilities
Demetriou, K., May 2021Research output: Other contribution
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Stamped allegories of disability: Representations of the disabled body on postage stamps
Demetriou, K. & Symeonidou, S., 8 Oct 2021, In: Disability & Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The origins of self-concept as part of identity formation
Nikiforidou, Z. & Demetriou, K., Jul 2021, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Identity and Culture. BloomsburyResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review