26.01.2006
Competition organised by
The Pedagogical Institute,
The Cyprus University and the Research Promotion Foundation
Students’ Role In Research ΜΕΡΑ
A group of GC School of Careers students had the wonderful opportunity to discover the value of research and its great contribution to many and diverse fields of life through their participation in a competition organised by the Pedagogical Institute, the Cyprus University and the Research Promotion Foundation.
The aim of the Competition - the Students’ Role In Research ΜΕΡΑ - is to help students acquire advanced research skills, appreciate the value of research and its role in the development of technology, economy, society, the environment and in general, the improvement in quality of life. Eleven fourth formers under the guidance of Mrs Christina Papasolomontos, researcher from the Pedagogical Institute, and their teacher Mrs Yiota Yerontidou have started examining since last December issues concerning Violence at School, Football Hooliganism and Drug Addiction. The programme will be completed in May.
The participating team is:
- Stavrinidou Andrea Chari
- Yiorkatzi Elena Yiannou
- Chrysostomou Xenia Chrysostomou
- Michaelides Danae Christodoulou
- Antoniou Yianna Georgiou
- Christodoulou Alexis-Stefanie Antoniou
- Demetriou Ioanna Pericli
- Nicou Evanthia Xenophontos
- Antoniou Veronica Mariou
- Orphanidou Andria Christou
- Iosif Stephanie Savva
At the first meeting of the team with Mrs Papasolomontos last December the research targets and requirements were outlined and relevant literature was supplied.
On 12th January t he student team interviewed Police Special Forces Officers headed by Lieutenant Stavros Stavrou, who is the officer in charge of the Police Department collecting information on hooliganism. Mr Stavrou briefly outlined the history of hooliganism abroad and in Cyprus , and showed a film about clashes in Italy in 1985 between Liverpool and Juventus supporters, as well as a film on the acts of violence which took place during the recent AEL – APOEL match. The meeting closed with a constructive discussion on the topic under discussion.
This interview was followed by the interviews of three male teachers and four students who had attended the APOEL – AEL match.
On 25th January t he Bishop of Limassol Mr. Athanasios visited our school and talked to the “MEPA” team as well as students of 3 Orange about drugs, while on 8th February Mr Nicos Tornaritis, President of the Education Committee of the House of Representatives gave a lecture at the School on Juvenile Crime and Ways to Confront it.
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