INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
| Title | ΔΙΑΠΡΟΣΩΠΙΚΕΣ ΣΧΕΣΕΙΣ, ΑΛΛΗΛΕΠΙΔΡΑΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΙΝΟΤΟΜΕΣ ΕΦΑΡΜΟΓΕΣ ΣΤΟ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΟ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝ / INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNICATION AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS |
| Code | ΥΒ.006 |
| Interdepartmental Programme | IPPS Total Quality Management and Innovative Implementations on Education |
| Collaborating Schools | Early Childhood Education Economics |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Athanasios Gregoriadis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600000634 |
| Academic Year | 2016 – 2017 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 2 |
| Total Hours | 24 |
| Class ID | 600067816
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Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600067816
- eLearning (Moodle):
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction)
Learning Outcomes
-to enrich their knowledge and skills in introducing innovations regarding the improvment of social climate and social culture of the school unit and the classroom
-to enhance their knowledge in international practices of administration and management of the school uing and the cooperation between school and community
-To become familiar with international educational practices and strategies for creating a positive school and classroom climate
-to comprehend the challenges of the modern role of educators
-to improve their work ethics, routines and productivity
-to design effective interventions in improving administrative aspects of a school unit
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
1η & 2η seminar
-Typical and informal education in the 21st century: recent trends and challenges
-The school unit as a learning organism. Improving working behavior and productivity.
3η seminar
Examples and Problems in the administration of a school unit
4η seminar
Design and implement intervention programmes in schools (guest speaker professor from University of Oxford)
5η & 6η seminar
-Most importan problems of communication and social relationships in educational environments
-International data for the quality of educational environments: the perspectives of school principals
(Quest speaker a Doctorate graduate from university of Oxford)
7η & 8η seminar
-Innovative approaches to social organization of the classroom and the school unit
-Communication among the school unit the family and the community
9η & 10η seminar
-Effective management of failure and mistakes
-Autonomy vs attachment: examining the Scandinavian model
11η, 12η, 13η seminar
-Effective administrative strategies and educational practices for improving the social climate and the social culture of a school unit and a classroom
Keywords
school culture, school climate, classroom climate, educational interventions, effective administration strategies
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Interactive excersises
- Latest research papers
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Power-point presentations, supportive materials uploaded to e-class, videos, e-mail communication. Support of course throughout the semester with e-learning (moodle) platform.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.6 | |||
| Seminars | 12 | 0.5 | |||
| Laboratory Work | 3 | 0.1 | |||
| Reading Assigment | 75 | 3 | |||
| Project | 35 | 1.4 | |||
| Written assigments | 80 | 3.2 | |||
| Distant support and communication | 6 | 0.2 | |||
| Total | 250 | 10 |
Student Assessment
Description
Students’ evaluation will be formative (formative assessment). They will be evaluated in four different tasks: a) presentation of an article, b) mid-semester assignemnts (paper review and an extended literature review, c) a problem solving task, and d) the final project (design of an intervention).
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
- Labortatory Assignment (Formative)
- Two more writen assignments a) a paper evaluation and b) a literature review (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Deal, T.E., & Peterson, K.D. (2009). Shaping School Culture: Pitfalls, Paradoxes and Promises. 2nd edition, New York: Jossey-Bass.
Duhigg, C. (2012). The Power of Habit. Why We Do What We Do and How to Change It. New York: Random House.
Gruenert, S., & Whitaker, T. (2015). School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform it. London: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development.
Hall, E., & Hall, C. (2005). Human Relations in Education. London and New York: Routledge.
Jennings, P.A. (2015). Mindfulness for Teachers: Simple Skills for Peace and Productivity in the Classroom. New Jersey: W. W. Norton & Company.
Knowles, M.S., Holton, E.E., Swanson, R.A. (2010). The Adult Learner. 6th edition. Amsterdam, Boston, New York: Elsevier Butterworth Henemman.
Mercer, J., Barker, B., Bird, R. (2005). Human Resource Management in Education. London and New York: Routledge.
Pychyl, T. (2013). Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies to Change. Reprint edition. New York: Target.
Smith, R. (2008). Human Resources Administration: A School Based Perspective. 4th edition, London: Routledge.
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Last Update
17-01-2017
