Course Details

1. Describe the structure, the purposes, the strategies and the programmes of the Pre-Primary Education.
2. Explain the different roles and responsibilities of those involved in the teaching – learning process.
3. Recognize the diversity of learners, the complexity of the learning process and the different contexts in which learning situations must be organized.
4. Explain all the factors that influence the teaching – learning process and define and apply criteria necessary for the evaluation of lessons that follow, in real situations.
5. Plan, and apply in classroom situations and conditions Language lessons schemes.

·     Pre-primary education: Aims and objectives, teaching strategies and materials and means.  Curriculum, timetable of the kindergarten school, lessons taught etc.

·     The teaching staff of the school: Roles and responsibilities (teaching, managing role) qualifications and abilities, counselling skills.

·     Children as the main participants in the teaching—learning process: Knowledge and abilities of the children, our multicultural society, the diversity of learners and the complexity of the learning process.  Multicultural education, work in mixed groups.

·     The learning process: Factors that influence the learning process, criteria for successive teaching, teaching principles, evaluation of programmes.

·     Planning and applying lessons: The structure of a lesson to be taught, the teaching and evaluation of schemes of lessons that are planned.

• Konstantinou, A. (2004). Preschool Education what the parents, the teachers and the students have to know. Nicosia, Cyprus.
• Theodosiadou, M. (2001). All for the children. Nicosia, Cyprus.

• Ntoliopoulou, E. (1999). Contemporary trends in Preschool Education. Athens: Gregoris.
• Flouris, G. St. (1992). The architecture of the teaching process and teaching of the learning process. Athens: Gregoris.

Attend the seminars that are delivered at the Frederick University.  Have the opportunity to discuss the structure and the content of lessons – analyse, criticize and evaluate and at the same time plan and apply lessons, in Maths and Language

Involve individually or as members of a group in various assignments on educational matters.