Introduction to Pedagogy

General Foundation

The course is also offered to exchange programme students.

The aim of the course is participants to be inducted in the history and the scientific “paradigms”, the object, the field and the research of pedagogy. The main topics of the course will be analyzed by the teachers but also through the work of students, with the aim of understanding terms, concepts and phenomena related to modern pedagogy.

Learning contents, schedule Introduction: Pedagogy - Science of Education: Pedagogy’s object, the basic concepts, the issue of autonomy of Pedagogy, Pedagogy’s disciplines, Pedagogy and interdisciplinarity, Pedagogy in Greece. Section One: History of pedagogical thinking and Theories of Pedagogy A. History and Philosophy of Education in modern times: 1. Pedagogical thought from the 16th to the 19th century, criticism of school and Pedagogy in the 20th century (movement of New Education and Progressive Education, De-schooling, Marxist critique, Anti-pedagogy). 2. Educational idealism, realism, pragmatism and reconstructivism. B. "Paradigms" of Pedagogy and relation between theory and practice: 1. Hermeneutical Pedagogy, 2. Empirical Pedagogy 3. Marxist Education, 4. Critical Pedagogy and emancipation, 5. Contemporary approaches (System Pedagogy, Deconstructive Pedagogy, Post-Critical Pedagogy). C. Education, training and ideology. Section Two: Purpose and methods of pedagogical research A. Field of pedagogical research B. Analytical-empirical (quantitative) and synthetic (qualitative) research, explanation, understanding, ideology critique, deconstruction, research techniques and methods of analysis (7th and 8th lecture) Section Three: Educational groups and the field of Pedagogy A. Reference groups-biological and psychological conditions: the child, the teenager, the adult, the student, the teacher, the adult educator B. Institutions and structures that provide education and training: the family, the pre-school education- preschool systems, the school-school and society, vocational schools, university, non-formal education (e.g. youth centers), adult education and continuing education, non-formal education structures and informal learning (media, ICT, church, etc.). G. Ideals, goals, objectives, operation and role of education in societies of late capitalism. The future of education. Section Four: Pedagogy and contemporary global problems Pedagogy in the era of crisis: Planning a critical education designed to critical consciousness, participation, peace, social justice and ecology. Exercises: As part of the course, the participants will visit university libraries, and be provided with information on how to search and find educational literature and scientific articles; they will also practice on academic writing, whereas a limited number of students of the Department of Philosophy and Pedagogy will write synthetic works, which will be presented in the course.

29-11-2020