Organizing and Managing Learning Environments
| Title | ΟΡΓΑΝΩΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΧΕΙΡΙΣΗ ΜΑΘΗΣΙΑΚΩΝ ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΩΝ / Organizing and Managing Learning Environments |
| Code | ΕΠ.2.037 |
| Faculty | Education |
| School | Early Childhood Education |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Athanasios Gregoriadis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 80003405 |
| Academic Year | 2021 – 2022 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600194499
|
Class Schedule
| Building | Education Blue |
| Floor | Groundfloor |
| Hall | ΑΙΘΟΥΣΑ ΛΥΟΜΕΝΟ 2 (173) |
| Calendar | Tuesday 16:00 to 18:30 |
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600194499
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=7565
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
-To get familiar with international practices, policies and examples of organizing and evaluation early childhood education learning environments and of assessing the educational procedure.
-To understand what the concept of quality in early childhood education environments meant and what does it include
-To get acquainted with the observational rating scales of early childhood education environments ECERS-R and ECERS-E
-To practice in using the observational rating scales of early childhood education environments ECERS-R and ECERS-E
-To reflect on their own educational practices, based on the newly acquired knowledge from working with the observational rating scales of early childhood education environments ECERS-R and ECERS-E
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 international context
- 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
Keywords
organize learning environments, evaluation of early childhood education environments, observational rating scales, professional development, professional reflection, ECERS-R scale, ECERS-E scale
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Multimedia
- 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
- 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 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reading Assigment | 50 | 2 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Project | 26 | 1.0 | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 35 | 1.4 | ✓ | ||
| Total | 150 | 6 |
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, c) a problem solving task, and evaluating videos and d) the final project.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
- Labortatory Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Written assignments of evaluation and scoring videos using the ECERS scales
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
a) ECERS-E: Επέκταση της Κλίμακας Αξιολόγησης Περιβάλλοντος
Προσχολικής Εκπαίδευσης ECERS-R. Τέσσερις Υποκλίμακες Γνωστικών Περιοχών. Εκδόσεις Ζήτη.
b)Κλίμακα Αξιολόγησης Περιβάλλοντος για την Προσχολική Εκπαίδευση. Εκδόσεις Κυριακίδη.
Last Update
09-06-2022
