THE PHYSICAL SPACE AS AN EDUCATIONAL FIELD
| Title | Ο ΧΩΡΟΣ ΠΕΔΙΟ ΑΓΩΓΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ / THE PHYSICAL SPACE AS AN EDUCATIONAL FIELD |
| Code | Ε12 |
| Faculty | Education |
| School | Early Childhood Education |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Coordinator | Alexandra Gkloumpou |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600024296 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Epistīmṓn Proscholikīs Agōgīs kai Ekpaídeusīs (2024-sīmera)
Registered students: 47
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600278585
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Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600278585
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Until the successful fulfillment of the lesson students will be able to:
1. recognize the importance of the physical. built and organized space in the educational environment and in active learning the children
2. comprehend the dynamic of the of the space relations to learning and to to the child's developmental process
3. organize the classroom space due to teaching approaches creating material fields of learning
4. learn different ways of the flexible use of the physical space and and pedagogical reorganization
General Competences
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Respect natural environment
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The aim of the course is the study of the components that form the basis of the pedagogical quality of space. Additionally, the course investigates the characteristics of space organization and the dynamics that is developed in the relationship between child and space and examines the possibilities of connecting them to an educational perspective. Finally, the course makes proposals in regard to the transformation of space into an “educational field”, that is into a material unit which offers the framework and the stimuli for the educational process.
Keywords
classroom space, outdoor space, preschool education, educational process, educational field
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Interactive excersises
- Book
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
Description
Use of ICT in Teaching:
• Presentations of lessons using Power Point and video projections.
• Internet connection wherever required.
Use of ICT in communication with students:
• Organization of the course using electronic platform (elearning)
• Answers to students' questions concerning the procedures of the course, their academic obligations and their work.
• Guidance on work elaboration and the assessment process
• Informing students about organizational issues of the course
- Presentations' uploading/course material/ scientific articles
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | |||
| Seminars | 9 | ✓ | |||
| Fieldwork | 7 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 30 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 25 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Exams | 15 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 125 |
Student Assessment
Description
Students' assesment is compulsory in two ways. Written assignment, in the middle of the semester (formative assesment) and written exams (final assesment) at the end of the semester with multiple choices and short anwered questions. The written assignment is prerequisite for the final exams. The assignment gets the 40% and the exams the 60% of the final grade.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1.Clark A. (2024). Αναδιαμορφώνοντας τους χώρους των παιδιών. Η συμβολή παιδιών και ενηλίκων στον σχεδιασμό περιβαλλόντων μάθησης. (επιμ. Α. Γκλούμπου). Δίσιγμα
2.Γερμανός Δ. (2006). Οι τοίχοι της γνώσης. Gutenberg
Additional bibliography for study
1.Τσουκαλά Κ., Γερμανός Δ., Γκλούμπου Α., Κατσαβουνίδου, Γ., Παντελιάδου Π. & Τόμπρου. Π. (2020). Παιδική Χωρική Αφηγηματικότητα. Επίκεντρο
2.Ρέντζου Κ., Σακελλαρίου Μ. (2014). Ο χώρος ως παιδαγωγικό πεδίο σε προσχολικά περιβάλλοντα μάθησης. Πεδίο
3. Γουργιώτου Ε.& Ουγγρίνης Α.Κ. (2015). Αρχιτεκτονικές και εκπαιδευτικές παρεμβάσεις για τη δημιουργία τόπων μάθησης στο νηπιαγωγείο. Δίσιγμα.
Last Update
25-07-2025
