TEACHER-CHILD INTERACTIONS AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Course Information
TitleΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΙΚΗ ΑΛΛΗΛΕΠΙΔΡΑΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΕΣ ΣΧΕΣΕΙΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΡΟΣΧΟΛΙΚΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ / TEACHER-CHILD INTERACTIONS AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
CodeΥΒ.1.007
FacultyEducation
SchoolEarly Childhood Education
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorAthanasios Gregoriadis
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID80003382

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

Registered students: 124
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
CoreBackround CourseWinter/Spring-6

Class Information
Academic Year2017 – 2018
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600110320
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
-To familiarize themselves with the basic theoretical models and the background for the teacher-child relationship in early childhood education. -To link the role of the teacher and the teacher's practices with the impact it has on the child's behavior and adaptation. -To solve case studies about conflictual teacher-child relationships --To know how to develop a positive classroom climate -To be informed about the findings of the international literature concerning the influence of a positive teacher-child relationship to the child's development.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Syllabus: -Pedagogic interaction - Teacher-child relationship: Current theories and models -Review of the literature -Role of the educator in the 21st century - Interpersonal expectations of the teacher: self-fulfilling prophecies -Non verba l and verbal communication -Peer group relationships -Peer group structure: formal and informal -Peer group structure: teacher role -Sociometric method in early childhood education -Cooperative learning in early childhood environments
Keywords
teacher-child relationships, social interactions, peer group, social adjustment
Educational Material Types
  • Slide presentations
  • Interactive excersises
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Power point presentations, supportive materials uploaded to e-class, videos, e-mail communication.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures
Fieldwork110.4
Reading Assigment502
Project351.4
Written assigments100.4
Small assignments50.2
Total1114.4
Student Assessment
Description
Students’ evaluation will be formative (formative assessment). They will be evaluated in four different tasks: a) presentation of an article, b) a quiz test, c) a problem solving task, and d) the final essay.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative)
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative)
  • Small assignment (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
(α) Μπίκος, Κ. (2011). Κοινωνικές Σχέσεις και Αλληλεπίδραση στη Σχολική Τάξη. Θεσσαλονίκη: Ζυγός. (β) Γκότοβος, Α. (2002). Παιδαγωγική Αλληλεπίδραση. Επικοινωνία και κοινωνική μάθηση στο σχολείο. Αθήνα: Gutenberg. (γ) Καψάλης, Α. (2007). Παιδαγωγική Ψυχολογία. Θεσσαλονίκη: Κυριακίδης (δ) Sylva Kathy, Siraj-Blatchford Iram, Taggart Brenda, (2012). ΕCERS-E: Επέκταση της Κλίμακας Αξιολόγησης Περιβάλλοντος Προσχολικής Εκπαίδευσης ECERS-R. Τέσσερις Υποκλίμακες Γνωστικών Περιοχών, 4η έκδ. με προσθήκη επεξηγήσεων, Θεσσαλονίκη: Ζήτη
Additional bibliography for study
Σύγχρονη επιστημονική αρθρογραφία με ελληνικά και αγγλικά επιστημονικά άρθρα των τελευταίων πέντε ετών
Last Update
19-02-2016