Direction:Education
Position:Full Professor
Marika Kapanadze successfully graduated Tbilisi State University, as a Biophysicist, and continued her education at the Institute of Protein Research of the Academy of Sciences of Russia. She defended her dissertation on a topic ’’Investigation of Stability of Mutants of Human Pancreatic Polypeptide.’’ From 2004 she actively works in science education. From 2008 she is a professor in Science Education at Ilia State University. Together with the pedagogical activities she coordinates implementation of different projects in Science Education in Georgia, such as FP7 projects – PROFILES and Chain Reaction, funded by EU commission. In 2010-2012 she was the first Georgian TEMPUS project coordinator. Currently she is implementing ERASMUS+ project ESTA in Georgia. In the frame of different projects, she conducted lectures at the universities in Europe. Among these universities are – University of Bremen (Germany), University of Limerick (Ireland), University of Klagenfurt (Austria), University of Malta (Malta), Linnaeus University (Sweden). She got DAAD scholarship and conducted research activities at Free University of Berlin. She is a member of Editorial Board of several scientific peer-reviewed journals and founder and editor of international peer-reviewed journal ARISE. She cooperates with many European and American universities and conducts joint studies. She got scholarship from the University of Michigan for joint research for Fall Semester, 2018. She is an author of many scientific publications.
Scientific interests / research interests
- Inquiry Based Education and its Role for Learning Process
- Modern Approaches for Teaching and Learning
- Students Motivation for Science Learning
- Development of Science Teachers Attitudes
Kapanadze, M. (2019) Implementation of the Chain Reaction project in Georgia. In: S. Bevins (eds.), L. Lehane (eds.) & J. Booth (eds.), Comparative Perspectives on Inquiry-Based Science Education. IGI Global Publishing, DOI 10.4018/978-1-5225-5439-4
Eilks, I., Freirichs, N. & Kapanadze, M. (2018) Action Research to Innovate Science Teaching. In: I. Eilks, S. Markic & B. Ralle (eds.), Building Bridges Across Disciplines, Publisher: Aachen, Shaker, (pp. 191-196)
Sheety, A., Kapanadze, M. & Joubran, F., (2017) High School Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding Inquiry-Based Curricula in United States, Georgia, and Israel. In: C. Roofe, C. Bezzina (eds.), Intercultural Studies of Curriculum, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-60897-6_4, Palgrave, Macmillan
Kapanadze, M., Bolte, C., Schulte, Th., Slovinsky, E., (2015) Stakeholders’ Views on Science Education – Curricular Delphi Study in Georgia. American Educational Research Journal 3(7), (pp. 897-906)
Kapanadze, M., Bolte, C., Schneider, V., Slovinsky, E., (2015) Enhancing Science Teachers’ Continuous Professional Development in the Field of IBSE and other Aspects of Innovative Science Lessons. Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2015, Vol.14, (2), (pp. 254 -266)
Kapanadze, M., Eilks, I.; (2014) Supporting Reform in Science Education in Central and Eastern Europe – Reflections and Perspectives from the Project TEMPUS-SALiS, Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014, 10(1), (pp. 47-58)
Kapanadze, Marika; Markic Silvjia., (2013) A broad view on Georgian science teachers´ and science student teachers` beliefs about teaching and learning. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2013, 9(2), (pp. 143-154)
Books
In Georgian language:
- National Curricula, 2005 – 2009
- Teacher Professional Standards, 2008
- Vocabulary of Terminology, 1st part, 2007
- Materials for the teachers, 1st part, 2007
- Materials for the teachers, 2nd part, 2008
- Hoe can we teach the students to think, 2008
- Problem based Learning, 2008
- Lets Sudy Together, Book of Inclusive Education, 2008
- Traffic Rules – study Book for the students, book for the teachers, 1 st part, 2008
- Selected Articles of the newspaper _ Dialog 2009
- Traffic Rules – study Book for the students, book for the teachers, 2 nd part, 2009
- National Curricula, 2011 – 2016
- Science, 1st to 6th Grade. Book for the teachers. 2011
- Science Experiments – Book for the teachers, 7th – 11th Grades, 2013
- Science – Book for the teachers, 7th Grade, 2013
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