LEARNING AND TEACHING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Course Information
TitleΜΑΘΗΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΔΑΣΚΑΛΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΝΗΠΙΑΓΩΓΕΙΟ / LEARNING AND TEACHING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
CodeΥΒ.1.014
FacultyEducation
SchoolEarly Childhood Education
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorMaria Papandreou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID80003390
Class Information
Academic Year2022 – 2023
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600208668
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
By completing all the learning activities of the course, students will be able to: - recognize a variety of factors that influence the development of each child's unique characteristics - understand the importance of these factors in the process of learning and teaching in the kindergarten - explore aspects of young children's thinking and understand the importance of prior knowledge for learning and teaching - recognise and make use of all the communication means children use to communicate, express and represent their thinking - identify the characteristics of different learning contexts - analyse how different learning contexts support the learning and teaching process - recognise the importance of play for learning - develop appropriate strategies to support and mediate learning - analyse and interpret with appropriate theoretical tools learning and teaching processes
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
  • Respect natural environment
  • 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 covers two key areas (units) of learning and teaching in early childhood education. The first unit studies the child as a learner who lives and grows in a specific sociocultural context. It examines how family, community and school background, affect children’s learning. Specifically, it analyzes children’s attributes and highlights their diversity: “funds of knowledge”, interests, ways of thinking, ways of representation and communication they prefer and learning preferences. The second unit studies the main “contexts for learning” in kindergarten classes: play, routines, real-life or authentic situations, investigations, and focused learning experiences. Their main characteristics are presented and ways of implementation are discussed for spontaneous and intentional learning and teaching. Examples and applications highlight ways of supporting children's semiotic resources (languages) in the educational process.
Keywords
Socio-cultural Approach, Student Diversity, Learning Identity, Children's Thinking, Modes of representation and communication, Learning Frameworks in the kindergarten
Educational Material Types
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
  • papers
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Supporting lectures with presentations (ppt), communication with students, dissemination of educational material (notes, articles to be studied, instructions for assignments, etc.) on the course website. Αnalysis of film and video footage from the educational process in kindergarten classrooms
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.6✓
Fieldwork110.4✓✓
Reading Assigment552.2✓✓
Written assigments401.6✓✓
Exams50.2✓
Total1506
Student Assessment
Description
The evaluation process takes place during the whole semester and includes: A. a sequence of assignments: reading papers and answering questions, critical reflection on various case studies like an interview with a child or a group discussion in a kindergarten, data collection and analysis etc, and B. examination tests. The evaluation standards are described clearly in the course webpage (e-learning) and the first class meeting.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Επιλογές Συγγραμμάτων: Βιβλίο [94691001]: ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΙΚΗ ΜΑΘΗΣΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΡΟΣΧΟΛΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΠΡΩΤΗ ΣΧΟΛΙΚΗ ΗΛΙΚΙΑ, ΠΑΠΑΝΔΡΕΟΥ ΜΑΡΙΑ, Θεσ/νικη: Εκδόσεις Σοφία. Βιβλίο [22051]: Reggio Emilia: Οι χίλιες γλώσσες των παιδιών προσχολικής ηλικίας, Edwards Carolyn,Gandini Lella,Forman George,Κουτσουβάνου Ευγενία, Βεργιοπούλου Αθηνά. Αθήνα:Πατάκης Πρόσθετο Διδακτικό Υλικό: Βιβλίο [91681116]: International Handbook of Early Childhood Education [electronic resource], Marilyn Fleer / Bert van Oers
Additional bibliography for study
Εκπαιδευτικό υλικό στην ιστοσελίδα του μαθήματος (παρουσιάσεις από τα μαθήματα, άρθρα, σημειώσεις κλπ) Τα παρακάτω είναι ενδεικτικά Πρόγραμμα Σπουδών Νηπιαγωγείου, Α΄ μέρος. (2011). Στο Ψηφιακό Σχολείο, Α. Προγράμματα Σπουδών. 2. Συμπληρωματικά προς τα Ισχύοντα Προγράμματα Σπουδών, Επιστημονικό Πεδίο: Προσχολική - Πρώτη Σχολική Ηλικία http://ebooks.edu.gr/info/newps/%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%20-%20%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8E%CF%84%CE%B7%20%CE%A3%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%20%CE%97%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B1/1%CE%BF%20%CE%9C%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82.pdf Οδηγός για Νηπιαγωγείο. (2011). Στο Ψηφιακό Σχολείο, 2. Συμπληρωματικά προς τα Ισχύοντα Προγράμματα Σπουδών Β. Οδηγοί για τον εκπαιδευτικό http://ebooks.edu.gr/info/newps/%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%20-%20%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8E%CF%84%CE%B7%20%CE%A3%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%20%CE%97%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B1/%CE%9F%CE%B4%CE%B7%CE%B3%CF%8C%CF%82%20%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1%20%CE%9D%CE%B7%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%B3%CF%89%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF.pdf • Α. Ανδρούσου. Κίνητρο στη εκπαίδευση. www.kleidiakaiantikleidia.net • Birbili, M & Tsitouridou, M. 2008. Identifying children’s interests and planning learning experiences: challenging some taken for granted views. In P.G. Grotewell & Y. M. Burton, Early Childhood Education: Issues and Developments (143-156). Nova science Publishers, Inc. • Παπανδρέου, Μ. (2011). Σημειωτικές διαδικασίες στο νηπιαγωγείο και ανάπτυξη μαθηματικών δραστηριοτήτων με νόημα για τα παιδιά. In Ν. Stellakis & M. Efstathiadou (Eds), Proceedings of the OMEP European conference Cyprus: Perspectives of creativity and learning in early childhood" (pp. 618-627). ISBN: 978-9963-7377-0-3. http://www.omep.com.cy/images/media/assetfile/conference_proceegins.pdf • Παπανδρέου, Μ. Σιαμπάνη, Ε. & Δούμου, Σ. (2011). Η σημασία της σχεδιαστικής δραστηριότητας στο Νηπιαγωγείο: Αλληλεπιδράσεις νηπίων κατά την επίλυση ενός προβλήματος μέσω του σχεδίου Σύγχρονο Νηπιαγωγείο, 83, 118-126. • Σ. Αυγητίδου. 2001. Το παιχνίδι: σύγχρονες ερευνητικές και διδακτικές προσεγγίσεις. Αθήνα: Τυποθήτω, Γιώργος Δάρδανος. • S. Wright. 2007. Young children’s meaning-making through drawing and telling. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, V 32, N 4, 37-48 • Κaren Bellous. Looking at the Trees around Us Spring 2004 ECRP Vol. 6 No. 1 http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/index.html • Yvonne Kogan. 2003. A Study of Bones. ECRP Vol. 5 No. 1. http://ecrp.uiuc.edu
Last Update
30-05-2022