Konstantine Kyriacopoulos

Education

University of Washington, PhD, Curriculum & Instruction, 2011

Areas of Expertise

Multicultural Education
Social Studies
Critical Race Theory

Bio

Dr. Konstantine Kyriacopoulos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Early and Elementary Education of the Seidel School of Education at Salisbury University. He was an elementary school teacher in a mixed grades classroom, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades, in Seattle Public School before going into graduate school. Professor Kyriacopoulos lives in Salisbury with his wife, a cat, a dog, and a teenage daughter.

Research Interest
Teaching Philosophy

My goal is for every student who enters the classroom to leave more powerful, stronger, and more capable. True learning requires risk-taking, the possibility of being wrong, of trying and failing, which means that I work to make space for students to grow with that capacity, inviting learners to welcome the discomfort and providing the community to permit mistakes and development. I endeavor to create a supportive learning community within each course I teach, modeling the pedagogy of warm demanding, where I expect great things based on creating a real relationship with each student.
Selected Publications

Kyriacopoulos, K. and Sanchez, M. (2017) Stepping up for childhood: A contextual critical methodology. Critical Questions in Education, 3rd Annual Special Themes Issue: Critical Inquiry for the Social Good: Methodological Work as a Means for Truth-Telling in Education.

Kyriacopoulos, K. and Pope, A. (2019) How do questions lead to action?. Extending the ground of public confidence: Teaching civil liberties in K-16 social studies.
Current Courses
ECED 453 Teaching Social Studies in Early Childhood Classrooms (Spring 2021)

ECED 453 Teaching Social Studies in Early Childhood Classrooms (Spring 2021)

ELED 405 Teaching Social Studies in Elementary Classrooms (Spring 2021)

ELED 405 Teaching Social Studies in Elementary Classrooms (Spring 2021)
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