BEd in Pre-Primary Education / Бакалавр педагогики в Области Дошкольного Образования

Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleEDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AT PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION
Course Unit CodeTEC402
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated4
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Use the terminology related to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education and describe potential methods of integrating ICT into the teaching and learning process.
  2. Argue about the advantages and disadvantages of ICT applications in education with emphasis on interdisciplinary approach.
  3. Evaluate educational software based on technical and educational criteria.
  4. Select appropriate ICT tools to enhance the educational process.
  5. Develop appropriate educational ICT materials and plan educational activities using various ICT tools.
  6. Choose class and school administration systems for the most effective use of ICT.
  7. Design and develop an interdisciplinary teaching unit imbued with the use of ICT.
  8. Evaluate the educational value of a planned educational activity where ICT is integrated.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education: (a) necessity of introducing ICT in education, (b) philosophy of integrating ICT in education, (c) conditions of integrating  ICT in the school, (d) the added value of using ICT in education.

ICT and inter-disciplinary approach: Definitions, advantages and disadvantages of integrating ICT in teaching when using the interdisciplinary approach, design and develop an interdisciplinary teaching unit imbued with the use of ICT.

Educational software: (a) open and closed content software and their categorization, (b) criteria for evaluating educational programs, (c) evaluation of educational programs.

Internet in education: necessity of applying the Internet in education, conditions for using it in education, Internet and pre-primary education, ability to manage and exploit information, application examples of the Internet in pre-primary education curriculum, methodology of integrating Internet applications into teaching and learning.

Programs to enhance language development: the communicative approach to teaching language and the word processor, Kidspiration and concept mapping, examples of applications programs to enhance language development and methodology of integrating them in the educational process.

Programs to support the learning of concepts of mathematics and science: open and closed software, developing activities with spreadsheets and methodology of integrating them in the educational process.

Presentation programs: developing integrated activities in different curriculum subjects.

Models of school and class administration when ICT is integrated: models and conditions to employ them, evaluation of the educational value of a planned educational activity where ICT is used.
Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Κόμης, Β. Ι. (2004) Εισαγωγή στις Εκπαιδευτικές Εφαρμογές των Τεχνολογιών της Πληροφορίας και των Επικοινωνιών. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Νέων Τεχνολογιών.
  • Οικονομίδης, Ζ. (2008) Οι Τεχνολογίες της Πληροφορίας και των Επικοινωνιών στην Προσχολική Εκπαίδευση, Εκδόσεις Γρηγόρη.
  • Χαραλάμπους, Κ. και Γαβριηλίδου, Α. (2008) Ενσωμάτωση του Διαδικτύου στην Προδημοτική Εκπαίδευση: Φιλοσοφία και Πρακτικά Παραδείγματα, Λευκωσία: Παιδαγωγικό Ινστιτούτο.
References
  • Αγγελή, Χ. και Βαλανίδης, Ν (2008) 6ο Πανελλήνιο Συνέδριο με διεθνή συμμετοχή για τις Τεχνολογίες της Πληροφορίας και των Επικοινωνιών στην εκπαίδευση, Ελληνική Επιστημονική Ένωση ΤΠΕ στην Εκπαίδευση (Τόμοι Α και Β), Λεμεσός, 25-28 Σεπτεμβρίου 2008.
  • Βοσνιάδου, Σ. (2006) Σχεδιάζοντας περιβάλλοντα μάθησης υποστηριζόμενα από τις Σύγχρονες Τεχνολογίες, Αθήνα: GUTENBERG.
  • Θεοφιλίδη, Χ. (1997) Διαθεματική Προσέγγιση στη Διδασκαλία, Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Γρηγόρη.
  • Κυρίδης, Α, Δρόσος, Β και Ντίνας, Κ. (2003) Η Πληροφορική-Επικοινωνιακή Τεχνολογία στην Προσχολική και Πρωτοσχολική Εκπαίδευση: Το παράδειγμα της γλώσσα. Αθήνα: Τυπωθήτω.
  • Ράπτης, Α. και Ράπτης, Α. (2004) Μάθηση και Διδασκαλία στην Εποχή της Πληροφορίας: Ολική Προσέγγιση (Τόμος Α’). Αθήνα.
  • Ράπτης, Α. και Ράπτης, Α. (2004) Μάθηση και Διδασκαλία στην Εποχή της Πληροφορίας: Παιδαγωγικές Δραστηριότητες (Τόμος Β’). Αθήνα.
  • Blanchard, J. & Marshall, J. (2004) Web-based learning in K-12 classrooms: opportunities and challenges, New York; London: Haworth Press.
  • Elston, C. (2007) Using ICT in the primary school, London: Paul Chapman.
  • Helm, J.H and Katz, L. (2003) Μέθοδος Project και Προσχολική Εκπαίδευση: Μικροί Ερευνητές (επιστημονική επιμέλεια-εισαγωγή Χρυσαφίδης, Κ και Κουτσουβάνου, Ε.). Αθήνα: Μεταίχμιο.
  • Roblyer, M (2006) Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching, New Jersey: Pearson
Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The taught part of course is delivered to the students by means of: (a) lectures, conducted with the help of computer presentations and (b) demonstrations of educational software and hardware applications. Lecture notes and presentations are available for students to use on the e-learning platform of the university  in combination with the recommended reading.

Lectures are supplemented with laboratory work. During laboratory sessions, students learn how to find and develop digital materials, how to use the various educational software applications and how to integrate them in the learning process. 
Assessment methods and criteria
5 individual exercises40%
1 pair exercise5%
Project (3000 words)40%
Presentation of project15%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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