Article

Fotou, Nikolaos and Constantinou, Marina (2020) The pandemic’s precipitate: Reconsidering biology and health literacy. School Science Review, 102 (378). pp. 13-15. ISSN 0036-6811

Constantinou, Marina and Fotou, Nikolaos (2020) The Effectiveness of a Must-Have Practical Work in Tertiary Life Science Education. Information, 11 (9). pp. 401-414. ISSN 2078-2489

Fotou, Nikolaos and Abrahams, Ian (2020) Extending the Role of Analogies in the Teaching of Physics. The Physics Teacher, 58 (32). pp. 32-35. ISSN 0031-921X

Fotou, Nikolaos and Abrahams, Ian (2019) Reconsidering Spontaneous Analogical Reasoning through the Knowledge in Pieces Mechanism. New Perspectives in Science Education Conference Proceedings, 8 . ISSN 2420-9732

Sharpe, Rachael, Abrahams, Ian and Fotou, Nikolaos (2018) Does paired mentoring work? School Science Review . ISSN 0036–6811

Sharpe, Rachael, Abrahams, Ian and Fotou, Nikolaos (2018) Does paired mentoring work? A study of the effectiveness and affective value of academically asymmetrical peer mentoring in supporting disadvantaged students in school science. Research in Science & Technological Education, 36 (2). pp. 205-222. ISSN 0263-5143

Abrahams, Ian, Constantinou, Marina, Fotou, Nikolaos and Potterton, Beverley (2017) The relevance of science in a ‘black box’ technological world. School Science Review, 98 (365). pp. 85-90. ISSN 0036-6811

Clay, Simon, Fotou, Nikolaos and Monaghan, John (2017) The Use of Software in Academic Stream High School Mathematics Teaching. The International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education . ISSN 1744 2710

Fotou, Nikolaos and Abrahams, Ian (2016) Reply to ‘Misconceptions indeed’. Physics Education, 51 (6). 066504. ISSN 0031-9120

Fotou, Nikolaos and Abrahams, Ian (2016) Students’ analogical reasoning in novel situations: theory-like misconceptions or p-prims? Physics Education, 51 (4). 044003. ISSN 0031-9120

Fotou, Nikolaos and Abrahams, Ian (2015) Doing with ideas: the role of talk in effective practical work in science. School Science Review, 97 (359). pp. 25-30. ISSN 0036–6811

Book Section

Abrahams, Ian, Constantinou, Marina, Fotou, Nikolaos and Potterton, Beverley (2018) The Chimera that is education for sustainability. In: Building bridges across disciplines. Shaker, Aachen, Germany, pp. 29-36. ISBN UNSPECIFIED

Abrahams, Ian and Fotou, Nikolaos (2018) Thinking about Practical Work. In: ASE Guide To Secondary Science. The Association for Science Education, Hatfield, UK, pp. 150-161. ISBN 978-0-86357-458-0

Fotou, Nikolaos and Abrahams, Ian (2015) Students' reasoning in making predictions about novel situations: the role of self-generated analogies. In: Insights from research in science teaching and learning 2016: Selected Papers from the ESERA 2013 Conference. Contributions from Science Education Research . Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783319200736

Paper or Report

Clay, Simon, Fotou, Nikolaos and Monaghan, John (2016) Observations of 2014-15 TAM lessons with regard to the use of mathematical software. Project Report. University of Leeds, Leeds.

Conference or Workshop contribution

Constantinou, Marina and Fotou, Nikolaos (2020) Hands-on or hands-off? A Look into undergraduate life sciences practical work. In: 9th International Conference New Perspectives in Science Education.

Abrahams, Ian, Fotou, Nikolaos and Potterton, Beverley (2019) Who, on the Clapham omnibus, really needs scientific literacy? In: 2nd International Conference of Engineering, Science and Mathematics Education, 8-10 November, Cyprus.

Fotou, Nikolaos and Abrahams, Ian (2019) The nature of knowledge in students’ spontaneous analogical reasoning. In: 2nd International Conference of Engineering, Science and Mathematics Education, 8-10 November, Cyprus.

Fotou, Nikolaos and Abrahams, Ian (2019) Reasoning through spontaneously generated analogies. In: 2019 ESERA conference, August 26-30, Bologna, Italy.

Sharpe, Rachael, Fotou, Nikolaos and Abrahams, Ian (2019) Does Paired Mentoring Work? A Study of the Effectiveness and Affective Value of Pairing Students Aged 16 with Undergraduate Students in England. In: New Perspectives in Science Education, 21-22 March 2019, Florence, Italy.

Abrahams, Ian, Potterton, Beverley, Fotou, Nikolaos and Constantinou, Marina (2019) Scientific Literacy: Who Needs it in a ‘Black Box’ Technological Society? In: New Perspectives in Science Education, 21-22 March 2019, Florence, Italy.

Fotou, Nikolaos and Abrahams, Ian (2018) On the Role of Analogies beyond their Didactic Purpose. In: New perspectives in science education 7th edition, Florence, Italy.

Fotou, Nikolaos and Abrahams, Ian (2018) Prediction-making in novel situations and the role of self-generated analogies. In: Hellenic Physical Society 27th Conference Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Callinan, Carol, Johnston, Jennifer and Fotou, Nikolaos (2017) Capturing children’s ideas in science through the use of mini whiteboards: A case study of children with SEND. In: ESERA 2017, 21-25 August 2017, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.

Sharpe, Rachael, Abrahams, Ian and Fotou, Nikolaos (2017) Does paired mentoring work? A study of the effectiveness and affective value of academically asymmetrical peer mentoring in supporting disadvantaged students in school science. In: ESERA 2017, 21-25 August 2017, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.

Fotou, Nikolaos (2017) Students’ misconceptions and different approaches to conceptual change: from theory to practice. In: ISTA Annual Conference, 7th-9th April 2017, Maynooth, Ireland.

Fotou, Nikolaos (2017) Exploring the role of self-generated analogies in solving and reasoning about novel situations. In: New Perspectives in Science Education, 16-17 March 2017, Florence, Italy.

Fotou, Nikolaos, Sharpe, Rachael and Abrahams, Ian (2016) Pair-mentoring: a project to improve the achievement and attitude in science of students aged 16 in England. In: New Perspectives in Science Education, 16 - 17 March 2016, Florence, Italy.

Fotou, Nikolaos and Abrahams, Ian (2016) Students’ ideas in novel situations: misconceptions or fragmented pieces of knowledge? In: New Perspectives in Science Education, 16-17 March 2016, Florence, Italy.

Fotou, Nikolaos (2014) Students' use of analogies in making predictions in novel situations. In: International Conference New Perspectives in Science Education, 2014, Florence. Italy.

Fotou, Nikolaos and Abrahams, Ian (2013) Preliminary findings regarding students’ predictions in novel situations: the role of self-generated analogies in non-scientific reasoning. In: Proceedings of the ESERA 2013 Conference: Science Education Research For Evidence-based Teaching and Coherence in Learning, 2 - 7 September 2013, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Thesis

Fotou, Nikolaos (2016) Day/night cycle and alteration of seasons: Greek primary school children’s conceptions. Masters thesis, University of Leeds.

Fotou, Nikolaos (2014) Students’ predictions in novel situations and the role of self-generated analogies in their reasoning. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.

Fotou, Nikolaos (2011) Methodological issues in exploring students’ ideas about elementary astronomy. Masters thesis, University of Leeds.