Winter semester 2021-2022 (7)
- EPA 205: Science Education in Early Childhood
Instructor: Dr. M. Kalogiannakis
Course content: We will be focusing on the following areas: (a) children’s conceptions about concepts and phenomena of the natural world; (b) learning theories and their effect to the development of frameworks for the organization of activities concerning natural sciences in early childhood; (c) teaching strategies in Science Education for preschool education; (d) incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in early childhood for science education; (e) activities for concepts and phenomena of the natural world for preschool age (gravity, electricity, shadows, light, sound, plants, solids, liquids, gases, environment, greenhouse effect, etc.).
Methods of instruction, learning and assessment: Lecturing in class, Discussions – Work presentation – Experiential classes. Hybrid course offered at distance in the Learning Management System of the University of Crete (e-class) in the following link: http://eclass.edc.uoc.gr/eclass/ (in Greek).
ECTS: 4
Language of Instruction: Greek, English
- EPA 602: Statistics in Education I
Instructor: Dr. M. Linardakis
Course content: Understanding Statistics as a tool for data analysis in education, and interpretation of the results.
Students are intended to be able, after the completion of the course, to understand basic statistical concepts and be able to attend literature on quantitative surveys. Moreover, they will be able to conduct assessments with descriptive statistics and a limited number of statistical analyses.
Methods of instruction, learning and assessment: lectures
ECTS: 4
Language of Instruction: Greek, English
- EPA 605: Statistics in Education II
Instructor: Dr. M. Linardakis
Course content: Descriptive statistics. Graphs. Correlation. Simple linear regression. Multiple regression. 2 independent samples t-test. Paired samples t-test. One- and two-way analysis of variance. Interactions. Contingency tables, X2 test of independence, Fisher’s exact test. Introduction to SPSS, applications, analysis of real data sets.
Methods of instruction, learning and assessment: lectures
ECTS: 4
Language of Instruction: Greek, English
- DAS IIIa: Students’ practice in preschool settings
Instructor: Dr. S. Nikolidaki
Course content: The course aims at familiarizing students with the teaching process in real educational pre-school settings. Students are planning, organizing, implementing, analyzing, modifying and evaluating their teaching plans in schools within a weekly program.
Methods of instruction, learning and assessment:
- In University Class: Laboratory exercises, presentations, discussions, video projections, simulation, problem-solving learning, work plans, thematic approaches, invitation of experts, research methods (observation, interview), reflection and teaching evaluation and self-assessment techniques
- In Schools: Students’ Teaching/ Students’ Developing observation skills/ Reflection on students’ practice (what worked well, what could have been done differently)
ECTS: 9
Language of Instruction: Greek, English
- EPA 114: Language development and Pedagogy of the Preschool Child
Instructor: Dr. M. Tzakosta
Course content: Τhe course aims to investigate language development under the scope of contemporary psycholinguistic theories and their pedagogical implications for language teaching and learning. Our discussions will be based on true child data who acquire Greek as a mother language.
Methods of instruction, learning and assessment: lectures in class
ECTS: 4
Language of Instruction: Greek, English
- EPA 509: Language genesis and development
Instructor: Dr. M. Tzakosta
Course content: The course explores how and why languages emerge, how they change, why certain linguistic rules are and remain powerful diachronically while others deteriorate, what needs render the emergence of writing systems essential.
Methods of instruction, learning and assessment: lectures in class
ECTS: 4
Language of Instruction: Greek, English
- SPA 213: Seminar for Teaching Educational Activities with Information and Communication Technologies.
Instructor: Dr. Ν. Zaranis
Course content: The course aims at familiarizing students with the teaching process in real educational pre-school settings. Students are planning, organizing, implementing, analyzing, modifying and evaluating their teaching plans in schools within a weekly program. Students are expected to show a profound and reflective understanding of their teaching practice along with a more elaborate design of their teaching plans.
Methods of instruction, learning and assessment: lectures in class and in the computer lab.
ECTS: 7
Language of Instruction: Greek, English
Spring semester 2021-2022 (6)
- SEM 137: Seminar of School and Preschool Pedagogy: the role of language in teaching and in learning.
Instructor: Dr. M. Kreza
Course content: The aim of this seminar is for the students to become familiar with the different ways in which language (especially oral speech, but written speech as well) and non-verbal communication can constitute, for teachers, a teaching tool, but also for students, a means to acquire knowledge and develop skills in various learning areas of the preschool education.
Methods of instruction, learning and assessment: lectures & workshops
ECTS: 7
Language of Instruction: Greek, English
- SEM 603: Quantitative Research in Education using Scales of Measurements
Instructor: Dr. M. Linardakis
Course content: The course aims at familiarizing the students on the use of normalized scales of measurement that assess the performance of preschool children (e.g. Raven test for measuring non-verbal intelligence, Pea-body scale for measuring fine and gross motor skills, VMI scale for Εye-motor coordination, etc.). Quantitative data analysis using statistical packages. Factor analysis. Essay writing with the results.
Methods of instruction, learning and assessment: lectures
ECTS: 7
Language of Instruction: Greek, English
- DAS IIIb: Students’ practice in preschool settings
Instructor: Dr. S. Nikolidaki
Course content: The course aims at familiarizing students with the teaching process in real educational pre-school settings. Students are planning, organizing, implementing, analyzing, modifying and evaluating their teaching plans in schools within a weekly program. Students are expected to show a profound and reflective understanding of their teaching practice along with a more elaborate design of their teaching plans.
Methods of instruction, learning and assessment:
- In University Class: Laboratory exercises, presentations, discussions, video projections, simulation, problem-solving learning, work plans, thematic approaches, invitation of experts, research methods (observation, interview), reflection and teaching evaluation and self-assessment techniques
- In Schools: Students’ Teaching/ Students’ Developing observation skills/ Reflection on students’ practice (what worked well, what could have been done differently)
ECTS: 9
Language of Instruction: Greek, English
- EPA 505: Greek History: The Classical Period
Instructor: Dr. A. Strataridaki
Course content: i. Introduction to classical Greece
ii. The Persian Wars
- Pericles and Democracy
- The Athenian Empire
- The Peloponnesian War
- The Greek world following the Peloponnesian War
- The hegemony of Thebes
- Philip II and the end of Greek independence
- Society in classical Athens
- Culture in classical Greece I
- Culture in classical Greece II
- Pedagogic implications of classical antiquity upon posterity I
- Pedagogic implications of classical antiquity upon posterity II
Methods of instruction, learning and assessment: lectures
ECTS: 4
Language of Instruction: Greek, English
- EPA 137: dialects in education: the case of the dialect of Crete
Instructor: Dr. M. Tzakosta
Course content: The course discusses a) the special properties of language varieties as opposed to the standard language, b) myths and truths regarding the value of dialectal variants, c) the special grammatical characteristics of the dialect of Crete, d) the relationship between language and music, e) vocabulary development in education, f) the relationship between language and literature, g) the relationship between language and theater.
Methods of instruction, learning and assessment: lectures in class
ECTS: 4
Language of Instruction: Greek, English
- EPA 401: Information Technology in Education I
Instructor: Dr. N. Zaranis
Course content:
i. Educational computer functions
ii. Attitudes and opinions about the introduction of new technologies (NT) in early childhood education
iii. The introduction of new technologies (NT) in early childhood education, advantages / disadvantages
iv. The educational computer use: as a discipline, as a source of information and as a cognitive tool
v. Basic elements of Computers
vi. The operating system of windows
vii. Computer Editor
viii. Spreadsheet
ix. Power Point Presentations
Methods of instruction, learning and assessment: lectures in class and in the computer lab
ECTS: 4
Language of Instruction: Greek, English