Pedagogical Psychology

Course Information
TitleΠαιδαγωγική Ψυχολογία / Pedagogical Psychology
CodeΓΚ3900
FacultyPhysical Education and Sport Science
SchoolPhysical Education and Sport Science (Serres)
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID260000582

Programme of Study: UPS of School of Physical Education and Sports Science in Serres (2014)

Registered students: 67
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSDESMĪWinter/Spring-4
Class Information
Academic Year2024 – 2025
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours2
Total Hours26
Class ID
600268739
SectionInstructors
1. ΦΟΙΤΗΤΕΣ ΠΑΛΑΙΟΤΕΡΩΝ ΕΤΩΝ (μόνο για εξετάσεις)Eirini Koidou, Aikaterini Mouratidou, Ioanna Parisi
2. Τμήμα ενεργών φοιτητώνEirini Koidou, Aikaterini Mouratidou, Ioanna Parisi
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
This course aims to familiarize students with the framework and axons of research in Educational Psychology as well as for issues regarding the impact of heredity and environment on the formation of an individual's personality. Moreover to know and understand key issues related to learning as well as the children’s and adolescent’s development in basic education. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: • Design and implement a Physical Education program based on the needs, abilities and expectations of students of the age groups targeted • Be able to fulfill their future work as physical educators effectively, qualitatively and reliably regardless of the level of education.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • 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
Course Content (Syllabus)
- Definition, basic concepts, objects and methods of Pedagogical Psychology. Historical approach to the perception of the child and its development. - Τhe sense of development in Psychology: the effects of inheritance and development (definition, stages and phases of development, approach of the question “born or become”, definition of genotype and phenotype, theoretical models that answering the question), theories of individual development (biological approaches, Freud's psychoanalytic model, Erikson's psycho-social theory, Piaget's cognitive-developmental model, Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory) and key issues for child’s development. - Personality development. The social and moral development of the child (definitions, theories and basic issues for the socio-moral development of the child and for aggression, connection of the socio-moral competence with the educational process and suggestions that support it in order to confront violence within the school) - Learning and school: Definitions, learning theories [theories of behaviorism (Classical Conditioning, Trial-and-Error Theory, Operant Conditioning), Socio-cognitive Learning Theory (imitation learning, identification learning)] and practical applications - Motivations for learning and performance in education - Summary
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
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
• Use of ICT in Teaching • Use of ICT in Laboratory education • Use of ICT in Communication with students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures522✓
Reading Assigment401.5✓✓
Written assigments100.4✓✓
Total1023.9
Student Assessment
Description
Optional work in the field of Pedagogical Psychology in the middle of the semester (20%) and writing final exams (80% or 100% for those who did not carried out their assignment) with short answer questions. The criteria are mentioned in the Department’s Study Guide and are further communicated to the students in the first lesson.
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Εκπαιδευτική Ψυχολογία. Νέοι ορίζοντες στη μάθηση και τη διδασκαλία Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 68379830 Συγγραφείς: Paul Eggen, Don Kauchak, Εκδόσεις ΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ, Έτος έκδοσης 2017 2. Εκπαιδευτική Ψυχολογία. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 31369 Συγγραφείς: Elliott Stephen N., Kratochwill Thomas R., Littlefield-Cook Joan, Travers John F, Εκδόσεις Γ. ΔΑΡΔΑΝΟΣ - Κ. ΔΑΡΔΑΝΟΣ Ο.Ε., Έτος 1ης έκδοσης 2008 3. Εκπαιδευτική Ψυχολογία. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 77107670, Συγγραφείς: Santrock W. John, Αντωνίου Αλέξανδρος-Σταμάτιος, Πολυχρόνη Φωτεινή (επιμέλεια), Εκδόσεις Α ΤΖΙΟΛΑ & ΥΙΟΙ Α.Ε., Έτος 6ης έκδοσης 2017
Additional bibliography for study
Συναφή επιστημονικά περιοδικά/ Scientific journals: - Developmental Psychology - Developmental Review - Social Psychology of Education
Last Update
14-06-2025