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 current, researched based, evidence and framework about classroom management.
-To be informed about the findings of the international literature concerning the influence of a positive teacher-child relationship to the child's development.
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
-Design intervention programs (presentation of an Erasmus+KA3 project)
Keywords
teacher-child relationships, social interactions, peer group, social adjustment
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Μπίκος, Κ. (2011). Κοινωνικές Σχέσεις και Αλληλεπίδραση στη Σχολική Τάξη. Θεσσαλονίκη: Ζυγός.
Hulac, D. M., & Briesch, A. M. (2021). Αποτελεσματική Διαχείριση της Συμπεριφοράς στη Σχολική Τάξη. (Επιμ. Ελένη Διδασκάλου). Αθήνα: Πεδίο. ISBN: 978-960-635-266-9
Σταμάτη, Π. (2015). Προσχολική και πρωτοσχολική παιδαγωγική. Επικοινωνιακές διαστάσεις της εκπαιδευτικής διαδικασίας. Αθήνα: Διάδραση. ISBN: 978-618-5059-27-9