Christina Pylonitis is a PhD candidate in Prof. Dr. Meyer's team at the Department of Teaching English as a Foreign Language. As part of her PhD project, she is investigating the role of 'arguing' in the development of global citizenship.
Besides her research, she teaches the M.Ed. seminar "TEFL II: Arguing for Global Citizenship" as well as an accompanying course to Prof. Dr. Meyer's master seminar, "TEFL I: Media in the EFL Classroom," where future teachers learn how to incorporate a variety of meaningful educational technologies into their development of deeper learning episodes.
Research interests:
- Arguing in the (EFL) Classroom
- Global Citizenship
- Deeper Learning
- Educational Technologies
Publication:
Pylonitis, C., & Meyer, O. (2024). Arguing for Global Citizenship: Mapping Deeper Learning in the Language-as-Discipline Classroom. In S. Greco & L. Cinganotto (Eds.), Innovation in Education for Deeper Learning (pp. 55–78). INDIRE-IUL Press.
Presentations and Conferences:
Pylonitis, C. (2025, March 26). Exploring Arguing for Global Citizenship with Pre-Service Upper-Secondary Foreign Language Teachers [Conference Presentation]. International Conference: Language Education for Sustainable Development, Münster, Germany.
Pylonitis, C. (2024, September 18). Arguing for Global Citizenship in the FL Classroom: From Key Messages to Materials [Presentation]. Network Meeting: Pluriliteracies for Global Citizenship: Deeper Learning in the Foreign Language Classroom, European Centre for Modern Languages, Graz, Austria.
Pylonitis, C. (2024, September 17). Arguing for Global Citizenship: Mapping Deeper Learning in the Language-as-Discipline Classroom [Presentation]. Network Meeting: Pluriliteracies for Global Citizenship: Deeper Learning in the Foreign Language Classroom, European Centre for Modern Languages, Graz, Austria.