Olympia Agalianou
Member
She holds a PHD degree in Philology, Pedagogy and Psychology and is a graduate of the Department of Physical Education & Sports Science. She has studied music and dance therapy, as well as the Carl Orff music-motor education method.
She is a writer of monographs and a member of the writing team producing physical education books for the first classes of primary school.
She has served in primary education for 20 years. Today, she serves as Special Education Staff at the Department of Early Childhood Education. At the same time, she teaches Postgraduate Programs at the University of Macedonia, University of the Ionian (Corfu), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Democritus University of Thrace.
She is the Honorary President of the The Hellenic Orff-Schulwerk Association and represents Greece at the International Orff-Schulwerk Forum. Her research interests include: community music and dance, art as a means of social cohesion and personal development.
About Us
The Network for Children’s Rights acquired non-profit organisation status in 2004, but actually began as an informal action group four years earlier with the aim of raising awareness of problems relating to the righs of children and interceding in order to solve them. It encourages initiatives and actions to ensure that the UN International Convention on the Rights of the Child is implemented in Greece, to guarantee respect for diversity and to put an end to discrimination. Its members are teachers, parents, university lecturers, authors, artists and children who work on a voluntary basis both within and outside the school community. They carry out surveys, campaigns and programmes.
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