MINORITY GROUPS AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION

Course Information
TitleΜΕΙΟΝΟΤΙΚΕΣ ΟΜΑΔΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΙΚΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ / MINORITY GROUPS AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
CodeΥΒ.1.023
FacultyEducation
SchoolEarly Childhood Education
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorPetroula Tsokalidou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID80003389
Class Information
Academic Year2021 – 2022
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600200124
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • General Knowledge
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Specifically, it is aimed students: a. To get acquainted with the general considerations concerning issues of identity and diversity and the cultural diversity of modern societies. b. Understand how stereotypes function and are reproduced as well as their role in social categorization. c. To value and reflect on their own previous attitudes in relation to the recruitment and managing of diversity. d. To be aware of issues of managing diversity in the school environment,intercultural awareness and to have intercultural competence. e. To learn effective practices that promote the principles of intercultural education and democratic values in the school environment. f.Το develop criteria for evaluating a class and a school for their effectiveness in managing and including diversity.
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
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Education aims to support the acceptance and respect of each individual who has a different ethnocultural identity and to promote mutual interaction and communication starting in kindergarten as the first level school. The particular course highlights the historic role of the kindergarten in the education of children who derive from minority backgrounds. It also aims to approach the main characteristics of various minority groups in school education, including both the old and the newcomers in the Greek society. Theoretical and practical aspects of issues related to managing diversity in the school environment are being discussed such as prejudices and stereotypes among school community members (students, teachers, parents), multiple identities in the classroom, treatment of pupils who don’t know the dominant language, the curriculum, teaching and pedagogical methods, educational materials, national and religious celebrations in school, the role of educators and principals in promoting interculturalism in schools, the "opening" of a school and its cooperation with pupils' families and the local community, the promotion of democratic values and the development of a participatory culture in the school community.
Keywords
intercultural education in the kindergarten, minority groups, managing cultural diversity, the role of educators, stereotypes, prejudices, democratic values, participatory culture, cultural sustainability
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Communication with students via e-mail. Use of the e-learning platform to post additional course material. Use of a computer and an overhead projector for ppt presentations and displaying digital material in class.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.6✓✓
Fieldwork200.8✓✓✓
Reading Assigment381.5✓✓
Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities150.6✓✓✓
Written assigments361.4✓✓✓
Exams20.1✓✓
Total1506
Student Assessment
Description
Students' evaluation will include: (a) Written exams at the end of the semester. (b) Participation in activities during the course. (c) Writing an essay rated up to 30% of the final grade. Guidelines are posted on the course's online platform (elearning)
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
  • Oral Exams (Formative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Τσιούμης, Κ. (2003). Ο Μικρός «άλλος». Μειονοτικές Ομάδες στην προσχολική εκπαίδευση. Θεσσαλονίκη: Ζυγός. Siraj-Blatchford, I.(2012). Τα πρώτα χρόνια της παιδικής ηλικίας θέτουν τα θεμέλια της φυλετικής ισότητας, Αθήνα: Επίκεντρο.
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Last Update
10-03-2020