CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION

Course Information
TitleΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΕΣ ΤΑΣΕΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΡΟΣΧΟΛΙΚΗΣ ΑΓΩΓΗΣ / CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN PRESCHOOL EDUCATION
CodeΥΒ.1.008
FacultyEducation
SchoolEarly Childhood Education
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorAnastasia Dimitriou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID80003383

Class Information
Academic Year2022 – 2023
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600209777
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • General Knowledge
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
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
The students will study the contemporary trends of preschool education and will gain knowledge, form opinions and exchange ideas about the basic issues that concern the education of preschool- aged children in the 21st century. In addition, they will study the preschool education programs (historical retrospection, goals, environment, role of children and teacher, materials and activities, exemplary daily program, critical evaluation) and will gain knowledge, form opinions and exchange ideas about the planning, implementation and evaluation of the appropriate programs for preschoolers.
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
  • 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)
Presentation and critical analysis of the contemporary trends of preschool education, as the project approach, the Reggio Emilia approach, Vygotsky’s theory and its application in preschool education, developmentally appropriate practices, Gardner’s theory for multiple intelligences and the application for preschool education that derives from it, children’s museums: an innovative way for educating children and educators, new technologies in preschool classrooms. Programs of 18th, 19th, 20th century: Brief presentation. Preschool education programs in Greece. The Montessori program. Behaviorist programs with special reference to Bereiter- Engelmann- Becker and Distar. The Bank- Street program. The High- Scope program. The Kamii-DeVries program. An approach for the development of creativity. An approach for the promotion of peace. An approach for the cultivation of emotions. A multicultural approach. A bilingual approach. An approach for the inclusion of special needs children in a regular classroom. In all the programs/approaches above, special attention is given to the space/ environment, the planning and application of the program, the relations between children and educators, among children and teachers and parents and the evaluation of the development and learning of the children. Comparison of the programs and approaches and evaluation of them. Comparison of the programs and approaches to the Greek curriculum for the kindergarten.
Educational Material Types
  • Video lectures
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.6
Reading Assigment502
Written assigments612.4
Other / Others
Total1506
Student Assessment
Description
Paper and presentationw in the classroom.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Roopnarine J., Johnson J. (2η έκδ./2019). Ποιοτικά προγράμματα για την εκπαίδευση της πρώιμης παιδικής και της νηπιακής ηλικίας. Αθήνα: ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ Α.ΠΑΠΑΖΗΣΗΣ. Mac Naughton, Glenda (2020). Διαμορφώνοντας την Προσχολική Ηλικία. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Πεδίο .
Additional bibliography for study
Edwards, C. Gandini, L. & Forman, G. (2001). Reggio Emilia: Οι χίλιες γλώσσες των παιδιών προσχολικής ηλικίας. Αθήνα: Εκδ. Πατάκη. Helm, J. & Katz, L. (2002). Μέθοδος project και προσχολική εκπαίδευση. Αθήνα: Μεταίχμιο. Κακανά, Δ. κ.ά (2006). (επιμ). Η αξιολόγηση στην εκπαίδευση: Παιδαγωγική και διδακτική διάσταση. Θεσ/νίκη: Αφοί Κυριακίδη. Katz, L. & Chard, S. (2004). H μέθοδος project. Αθήνα: Ατραπός. McAfee, O. Leong, D. & Bodrova, E. (2010). Βασικές αρχές της αξιολόγησης στην προσχολική αγωγή και εκπαίδευση. Αθήνα: Εκδ. Παπαζήση.
Last Update
25-08-2022