Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleINTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF PEDAGOGY
Course Unit CodeISP100
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated6
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Analyse the important issues and theories related to pedagogy in education
  2. Develop their own personal philosophy regarding pedagogy
  3. Understand the role and the interaction between schools and families as agents of pedagogy
  4. Understand the basic strands of pedagogical science and analyse their consequences for issues of teaching and learning in an ever changing society
  5. Become familiar with the great educators of the past, analyse their work and theories and understand how their work contributed to the formulation of the modern pedagogical science
  6. Locate, analyse and offer solutions for the contemporary issues and problems that schools face today
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents 1. Educational Science: its description and content
2. The purpose and the necessity of pedagogy
3. Agents of pedagogy
4. The main strands of pedagogical science
5. The main schools of pedagogical thinking: traditional, progressive, liberal and critical pedagogy
6. Schools, schooling, teaching and learning
7. The relationships and interactions between schools, teachers, students, families and home environments
8. Socioeconomic changes and education
9. Great educators and their work: Rousseau, Pestalozzi, Froebel, Dewey, Decroly, Montessori, Herbart, Neil και Rogers.
10. The role of education in the 21st century
11. Development and critical evaluation of a personal pedagogical philosophy.

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Krohn, F. (2012).Βασικές γνώσεις Παιδαγωγικής Επιστήμης. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις ΙΩΝ
  • Yves, B. (2012). Δεκαπέντε Παιδαγωγοί: Σταθμοί στην ιστορία της παιδαγωγικής σκέψης
  • Instructor’s set of class notes
References
    Planned learning activities and teaching methods Lectures
    Computer Presentations
    Group discussion on case studies
    Materials posted online (e-learning).

    Assessment methods and criteria
    Midterm Exam 125%
    Midterm Exam 225%
    Final Exam50%
    Language of instructionGreek
    Work placement(s)NO

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