CURRICULUM AND PLANNING FOR TEACHING

Course Information
TitleΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΟΡΓΑΝΩΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΗΣ ΔΙΑΔΙΚΑΣΙΑΣ / CURRICULUM AND PLANNING FOR TEACHING
CodeΕ.1.224
FacultyEducation
SchoolEarly Childhood Education
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorMaria Papandreou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID80000286
Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours2
Class ID
600130220
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • General Knowledge
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
For Erasmus students fluency in English (speaking and writting)
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 • Indentify 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
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • 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)
This course includes two main parts. The first part 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
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures28✓
Reading Assigment40✓
Other / Others20✓✓
Total88
Student Assessment
Description
The evaluation process has two options: A. an assignment and B. examination tests. The evaluation standards are described clearly in the course webpage.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Χατζηγεωργίου, Γ., 2001 Γνώθι το curriculum.Αθήνα: Ατραπός. 2. Roopnarine J.L. & Johnson, J.E. (2006) Ποιοτικά Προγράμματα Προσχολικής Εκπαίδευσης. Παραδείγματα από τη διεθνή πρακτική. Εκδόσεις Παπαζήση.
Additional bibliography for study
1. Σφυροέρα, Μ. 2002. Διαθεματική προσέγγιση της γνώσης, Εκπαίδευση μουσουλμανοπαίδων 2002-2004. Σειρά Κλειδιά και Αντικλείδια, www.kleidiakaiantikleidia.net. Προαιρετικά: 2. Χρυσσαφίδης, Κ. 2004. Επιστημολογικές αρχές της προσχολικής εκπαίδευσης. Αθήνα: Τυποθήτω – Γιώργος Δάρδανο. 3. Δαφέρμου, Χ., Κουλούρη, Π. & Μπασαγιάννη Ε. Οδηγός νηπιαγωγού. Εκπαιδευτικοί σχεδιασμοί –δημιουργικά περιβάλλοντα μάθησης. Αθήνα: ΟΕΔΒ. 4. ΔΕΠΠΣ για το Νηπιαγωγείο. 5. Εκπαιδετικό υλικό που αναρτάται στην ιστοσελίδα του μαθήματος (π.χ ppt από τις ποαρουσιάσεις στο μάθημα)
Last Update
19-09-2013