GENERAL PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE: ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SCHOOL CLASS
| Title | ΓΕΝΙΚΕΣ ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΙΚΕΣ ΓΝΩΣΕΙΣ: ΟΡΓΑΝΩΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΧΕΙΡΙΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΧΟΛΙΚΗΣ ΤΑΞΗΣ / GENERAL PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE: ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SCHOOL CLASS |
| Code | ΕΠΜ112 |
| Faculty | Education |
| School | Primary Education |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Dimitrios Zachos |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600024100 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Dīmotikīs Ekpaídeusīs Merikīs Foítīsīs (2026-sīmera)
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Dīmotikīs Ekpaídeusīs (2024-sīmera)
Registered students: 4
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600278131
|
Course Type 2021
General 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
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600278131
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/auth/saml/login.php
- OpenCourses (eClass): http://opencourses.auth.gr/courses/OCRS324/
- Other: http://users.auth.gr/dimzachos/Ekkes%20prosegisseis%20&%20Praktikes.pdf
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
1. Know the basic concepts and theories related to teaching conditions
2. Knowing the effects of the different pedagogical approaches (traditional, progressive and radical) to everyday school practices
3. Understand and analyze teaching practices resulting from the traditional, progressive and radical pedagogy
4. Knowing teachers’ strategies, as well as various teachers’ profile
5. Valuing the management of teaching time
6. Knowing traditional and alternative ways of class management
7. Knowing theories concerning the reasons pupils behave inappropriately
8. Knowing theories concerning the management of pupils’ “inappropriate” behaviors and attitudes
9. Complete critical reading of a series of books and articles of the specific scientific discipline
Β. Skills, abilities
1. Be able to relate theoretical concepts with their practical implications and "consequences"
2. To recognize and connect pedagogical assumptions with various teaching styles
3. Be able to support their teaching approaches and practices to scientific theories and approaches
4. Be able to analyze data from scientific research and link them with appropriate pedagogical practices
5. Be able to integrate, synthesize and evaluate best teaching practices in their daily classroom life
6. To adopt such teaching practices, that will allow every pupil have the education he/she deserves
To become capable to create a democratic atmosphere, which will help in the integration and participation of all pupils, regardless of their social class, gender, cultural / ethnic / national group, sexual orientation and special abilities
7. Be able to turn the theoretical skills into everyday practice
8. 9. Be able to handle matters of daily educational reality
9. 10. Be able to make a successful teaching
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 international context
- 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)
Introductory: The course & its requirements
School Practices - Theory & practice. The role of teachers
Power in the classrooms. Traditional - progressive (liberal) - radical education and School Practices
Understanding the behaviors of students: The non - effective -for the purposes of education- behaviors of students
Behaviorism, militarism and classroom management. The hidden curriculum and classroom management
Ethical Education & Educational Programs for shaping the character of students
Teaching styles for dealing with behavioral problems in the classroom
Rules & procedures, rights and obligations of students in school and the classroom.
Rewards & Penalties - Prevention & response to school violence
Social & Emotional Learning - Teachers who support warmly but also have high demands
Building a culture of democracy, solidarity, teamwork, cooperation, assertiveness, responsibility & hard work in the classroom: Organizing and "managing" the classroom for social justice
Daily Practices: How to Create & Maintain a Warm, Supportive Climate and Deal with "Inefficient" Student / Three Behaviors, Moments of Tension, and Conflict in Our Classroom and School
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Video lectures
- Multimedia
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 80 | ||||
| Seminars | 25 | ||||
| Fieldwork | 0 | ||||
| Reading Assigment | 42 | ||||
| Exams | 3 | ||||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Description
1. Written final examination.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Ζάχος, Δ., (2020). Η «Πειθαρχία» στο σχολείο και η «διαχείριση» της σχολικής τάξης: Μια κριτική διερεύνηση των σχολικών πρακτικών. Θεσσαλονίκη: Σταμούλης.
Κυρίδης, Α. (1999). Η Πειθαρχία στο Σχολείο. Αθήνα: Γ. Δαρδανός.
Additional bibliography for study
Αραβανής, Γ. (1998). Πειθαρχία και εκπαίδευση. Ο ρόλος των ποινών και των αμοιβών στο σχολείο και στο νηπιαγωγείο. Αθήνα: Γρηγόρης.
Dottrens, R., Mialaret, G. Rast, E. & Ray, M. (1974). Παιδαγωγώ και διδάσκω. Αθήνα: Δίπτυχο.
Duncker L. (2011). Θεωρία του Δημοτικού Σχολείου. Θεσσαλονίκη: Επίκεντρο.
Βρατσάλης Κ. (2005). Διδακτική εμπειρία και παιδαγωγική θεωρία. Αθήνα: Νήσος.
Flitner, A. (1997). Αυταρχική ή φιλελεύθερη αγωγή; Αθήνα: Τυπωθήτω.
Κωνσταντίνου, Χ. (2015). Το Καλό Σχολείο, ο Ικανός Εκπαιδευτικός και η Κατάλληλη Αγωγή. Αθήνα: Gutenberg.
Μπίκος, Κ. (2004). Αλληλεπίδραση και κοινωνικές σχέσεις στη σχολική τάξη. Αθήνα : Ελληνικά Γράμματα.
Μπάμπαλης, Θ. (2005). Η κοινωνικοποίηση του παιδιού στη σχολική τάξη. Αθήνα: Ατραπός.
Νούτσος, Χ. (1988). Η γκραμσιανή αντίληψη για την παιδαγωγική σχέση. Στο: Antonio Gramsci. Πενήντα χρόνια από το θάνατό του. Ιωάννινα: Επιστημονική επετηρίδα του Τμήματος Φιλοσοφίας, Παιδαγωγικής και Ψυχολογίας της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων, Παράρτημα αρ. 35.
Σολομών, Ι. & Κουζέλης, Γ. (επιμ.) (1994). Πειθαρχία και Γνώση. Αθήνα: ΕΜΕΑ.
Τσιπλητάρης, Α. (2004). Ψυχοκοινωνιολογία της σχολικής τάξης. Αθήνα: Ατραπός.
Wragg, E. C. (2003). Διαχείριση της σχολικής τάξης στην πρωτοβάθμια εκπαίδευση. Αθήνα : Σαββάλας.
Ψάλτη, Α., Κασάπη, Σ. & Δεληγιάννη - Κουιμτζή, Β. (2012). Σύγχρονα ψυχοπαιδαγωγικά ζητήματα: Ο εκφοβισμός στα ελληνικά σχολεία. Αθήνα: Gutenberg.
Ζάχος, Θ. Δ., «Έλεγχος» και «Πειθαρχία» στο Σχολείο: Αναγκαιότητες και Κίνδυνοι για τα Παιδιά των Μεταναστών/στριών και των Χαμηλών Κοινωνικοοικονομικών Τάξεων, στο: ΠΤΔΕ Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, Πρακτικά του 1ου Πανελλήνιου Συνέδριου Επιστημών Εκπαίδευσης, τομ. Β΄, Σμυρνιωτάκης, Αθήνα 2010, σελ. 368-376, καθώς και στο: Ζάχος, Θ. Δ. (2014). Επίκαιρα Θέματα Διαπολιτισμικής Εκπαίδευσης. Θεσσαλονίκη: Χαρπαντίδης, 331-348.
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