Maria Papazachariou-Christoforou (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor in Music Education & Pedagogy
Department of Education Sciences
European University Cyprus
https://euc.ac.cy/en/faculty-profiles/maria-papazachariou/
Maria Papazachariou-Christoforou, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in Music Education and Pedagogy at the Department of Education Sciences, European University Cyprus. Her research specialises in the sociological dimensions of music pedagogy and musical identities, early childhood music education, musical parenting, and informal music learning practices. She is the founder and director of the LifeLong Music Engagement Research Unit, SosciEAtH, and serves on the board of EuNetMERYC. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education from the Department of Music Studies at the Kapodistrian University of Athens, a Master of Music in Music Education from Michigan State University in the USA, a Bachelor of Primary Education from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and a Teaching Diploma from the Pedagogical Academy of Cyprus. She has expertise in Edwin Gordon’s Music Learning Theory and is an active member and commissioner of the GIML. She has 25 years of professional experience as a music educator in public schools in Cyprus and as the director and advisor of music education at the Pedagogical Institute of Education in Cyprus.
Her research activities include collaboration with other academic institutions through the Erasmus+ programme and other initiatives. She coordinates the research project, entitled “Music During Pregnancy and Infancy”, which aims to enhance family musicking in the early years. Dr. Papazachariou-Christoforou has presented research papers at numerous international conferences and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Her active involvement in music education communities across the globe and her extensive networks with pioneering academics and researchers worldwide inform and shape her practice in accordance with the latest developments in music education.