Course Details

1. Plan lessons schemes on all the subjects of the curriculum, to apply them in classrooms settings through the usage of suitable – teaching / learning and assessment strategies.
2. Solve problems related to the teaching practice by discussing them with their advisor, to communicate effectively with groups and individuals and to acquire counselling skills.
3. Create climate conductive to learning, to respond correctly to the diverse needs of learners and to manage educational programmes.
4. Assess the outcomes of learners’ achievement, to evaluate their own performance and be developed professionally.
5. Prepare and put into effect audiovisual aids, assessment tests, self-evaluation papers, and to manage time effectively.
6. Solve problems related to the teaching practice through seminars at the University and discuss lessons schemes by working in groups.

The teaching in real situations: Lessons plan, faces of teaching, instruction on how the teaching takes place, teaching and learning strategies, assessment techniques.

Problem solving: Analyse the situation, suggestions for solution, communication, counselling, interpersonal skills.

Climate conductive to learning: The needs and demands of out multicultural school society, knowledge of the subject to be taught, manage of educational programmes, manage project for school improvement.

Assessment and evaluation: Commitment to learners’ progress, assessment tests, feed back strategies, evaluation of their performance, self-evaluation techniques.

The teaching progress: Audio-visual aids and handling of means and measures,, assessment techniques, feed-back activities, time allocated to different phases of teaching.

Seminars: Information how to solve difficult classroom situations, disciplinary problems, children learning problems, how to teach in problematic situations.

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• Ntoliopoulou, E. (1999). Contemporary trends in Preschool Education. Athens: Gregoris.
• Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού. (2010). Αναλυτικό πρόγραμμα για την Προσχολική και πρώτη σχολική περίοδο: Γέννηση-6 χρονών. Λευκωσία, Κύπρος: Υπηρεσία Ανάπτυξης Προγραμμάτων, Παιδαγωγικό Ινστιτούτο.