CURRICULUM AND PLANNING FOR TEACHING IN THE KINDERGARTEN

Course Information
TitleΑΝΑΛΥΤΙΚΑ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ ΚΑI ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΔΙΑΔΙΚΑΣΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΝΗΠΙΑΓΩΓΕΙΟ / CURRICULUM AND PLANNING FOR TEACHING IN THE KINDERGARTEN
CodeΕΠ.2.044
FacultyEducation
SchoolEarly Childhood Education
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorMaria Papandreou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID80003417

Programme of Study: UPS of School of Early Childhood Education (2012-today)

Registered students: 103
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
CoreOrientation CourseWinter/Spring-6
Class Information
Academic Year2017 – 2018
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600110281
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Students who complete successfully the course demands will be able to: • Recognize the contemporary curricula design approaches • Discern the main principles and the structural elements of diverse Curricula and the pedagogical approaches influence them • Identify the models of contemporary early childhood curricula • Reflect upon diverse early childhood curricula • Plan learning and teaching in Kindergarten taking in to account the national curricula as well as children’s needs
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
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course includes two main parts. The first studies key issues related with curriculum frameworks: • Main terms and meanings, classifications and models of curricula design • Principles for early childhood curricula design and factors affect it in nowadays. • Models of early childhood curricula and how contemporary pedagogical approaches influence them. • Structural elements of curricula: objectives, contents, teaching methods and methods of assessment. • Features of contemporary early childhood curricula, their theoretical framework and structural elements. The second part examines issues related with curriculum planning in kindergarten. Specifically, factors influence teaching objectives and activities like children’s interests, previous knowledge, needs and the current Kindergarten curricula objectives are discussed
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Multimedia
  • Book
  • Papers & official documents
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
The course and the related activities are supported by the e-learning platform
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.6✓
Reading Assigment552.2✓✓
Written assigments562.2✓✓
Total1506
Student Assessment
Description
assignments: reading papers and answering questions, critical reflection on various case studies like an interview with a child or a group discussion in a kindergarten, data collection and analysis etc, and B. examination tests. The evaluation standards are described clearly in the course webpage and the first class meeting.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
  • εκπόνηση project (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1.Mclachan, C., Fleer, M. & Edwards, S. (2017). Αναλυτικά προγράμματα προσχολικής και πρώτης σχολικής ηλικίας: Σχεδιασμός, αξιολόγηση και εφαρμογή. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Gutenberg. 2. Χατζηγεωργίου, Γ., 2011 Γνώθι το Curriculum. Αθήνα: Διάδραση.
Additional bibliography for study
Τα παρακάτω είναι ενδεικτικά • Σφυροέρα, Μ. 2002. Διαθεματική προσέγγιση της γνώσης. Σειρά Κλειδιά και Αντικλείδια, www.kleidiakaiantikleidia.net. • Μ. Σφυρόερα. 2002. Διαφοροποιημένη παιδαγωγική www.kleidiakaiantikleidia.net Πρόγραμμα Σπουδών Νηπιαγωγείου, Α΄ μέρος. 2011. Στο Ψηφιακό Σχολείο, Α. Προγράμματα Σπουδών. 2. Συμπληρωματικά προς τα Ισχύοντα Προγράμματα Σπουδών, Επιστημονικό Πεδίο: Προσχολική - Πρώτη Σχολική Ηλικία http://ebooks.edu.gr/info/newps/%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%20-%20%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8E%CF%84%CE%B7%20%CE%A3%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%20%CE%97%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B1/1%CE%BF%20%CE%9C%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82.pdf Πρόγραμμα Σπουδών Νηπιαγωγείου, Β’ μέρος . 2011 Στο Ψηφιακό Σχολείο, Α. Προγράμματα Σπουδών. 2. Συμπληρωματικά προς τα Ισχύοντα Προγράμματα Σπουδών, Επιστημονικό Πεδίο: Προσχολική - Πρώτη Σχολική Ηλικία http://ebooks.edu.gr/info/newps/%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%20-%20%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8E%CF%84%CE%B7%20%CE%A3%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%20%CE%97%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B1/2%CE%BF%20%CE%9C%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82.pdf Οδηγός για Νηπιαγωγείο. 2011. Στο Ψηφιακό Σχολείο, 2. Συμπληρωματικά προς τα Ισχύοντα Προγράμματα Σπουδών Β. Οδηγοί για τον εκπαιδευτικό http://ebooks.edu.gr/info/newps/%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%20-%20%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8E%CF%84%CE%B7%20%CE%A3%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%20%CE%97%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B1/%CE%9F%CE%B4%CE%B7%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%82%20%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1%20%CE%9D%CE%B7%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%89%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF.pdf • Εκπαιδευτικό υλικό που αναρτάται στην ιστοσελίδα του μαθήματος • Δαφέρμου, Χ., Κουλούρη, Π. & Μπασαγιάννη Ε. Οδηγός νηπιαγωγού: Εκπαιδευτικοί σχεδιασμοί –δημιουργικά περιβάλλοντα μάθησης. Αθήνα: ΟΕΔΒ. • ΔΕΠΠΣ για το Νηπιαγωγείο. • Προγράμματα σπουδών Νηπιαγωγείου από διάφορες χώρες (π.χ Αυστραλία, Νέα Ζηλανδία, Αγγλία, Σκωτία, Καναδάς, κλπ) • Χρυσσαφίδης, Κ. 2004. Επιστημολογικές αρχές της προσχολικής εκπαίδευσης. Αθήνα: Τυποθήτω – Γιώργος Δάρδανος. • Tomlinson, C. A., Brighton, C., Hertberg, H., Callahan, C. M., Moon, T. R., Brimijoin, K., Conover, L. A. & Reynolds, T. (2003). Differentiating Instruction in Response to Student Readiness, Interest, and Learning Profile in Academically Diverse Classrooms: A Review of Literature. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 27, 2/3, pp. 119-145. http://etseo.org/info/raas/DI%20Review%20of%20Lit.pdf κ.ά.
Last Update
26-04-2020