The courses offered for each specialization are twelve (12), with a total of ninety (90) ECTS. These include 10 compulsory courses with 7.5 ECTS each and 2 compulsory elective courses with 7.5 ECTS each. The thesis corresponds to 30 ECTS.
The 12 courses will be taught in the first three semesters, while the fourth semester is devoted to the writing of the thesis, the supervision of which is assigned to a three-member committee by decision of the Assembly of the Department.
The indicative programme of courses for the specialisation “Teaching and Learning” is as follows:
First Semester
Methodology of Educational Research (M) 7,5 ECTS
Psychopedagogy (Y) 7,5 ECTS
Teaching Methodology and Practical Training (M) 7,5 ECTS
Research of Curricula and School Handbooks (Y) 7,5 ECTS
Second Semester
The Teacher as Researcher and Reflective Professional (M) 7,5 ECTS
Social Pedagogy (Y) 7,5 ECTS
Issues in the History of Modern Greek Education (Y) 7,5 ECTS
Teacher Education and Training: micro-teaching and micro-courses (M) 7,5 ECTS
Third Semester
Evaluation of the School Unit (Y) 7,5 ECTS
Intercultural and Multicultural Education (M) 7,5 ECTS
*Course optional Compulsory optional Compulsory 7,5 ECTS
*Course optional Compulsory optional Compulsory 7,5 ECTS
Fourth semester
Preparation of a postgraduate thesis Compulsory 30 ECTS
Compulsory optional courses
- Art in Education – Museum Pedagogy
- Application of ICT in Education
- Issues of Educational Policy and Administration
- Εκπαιδευτικός Σχεδιασμός, Καινοτομία και Διδακτική Πράξη
- Creativity in Education
- Special Topics in School Pedagogy and Practical Training
- Philosophy of Education
- The teaching of Greek language in modern A.P.S. in mixed classes
B) The indicative programme of courses for the specialisation “Reading Education, Reading Promotion and Educational Material Development” is as follows:
First Semester
Methodology of Educational Research (M) 7,5 ECTS
Psychopedagogy (Y) 7,5 ECTS
Children’s and adolescent literature: theory, history, contemporary trends and developments (M) 7,5 ECTS
Pedagogical dimensions of reading and literature (M) 7,5 ECTS
Second Semester
Psychology of Reading (M) 7,5 ECTS
The Greek folk tale and its teaching (Y) 7,5 ECTS
Literary reading and teaching of literature (M) 7,5 ECTS
Pedagogical Laography (Y) 7,5 ECTS
Third Semester
Teaching Methodology and Practical Training (M) 7,5 ECTS
Design and production of educational material for reading and literacy (M) 7,5 ECTS
Optional course Compulsory Optional Compulsory 7,5 ECTS
Optional course Compulsory Optional Compulsory 7,5 ECTS
Fourth semester
Preparation of a postgraduate thesis Compulsory 30 ECTS
Optional Compulsory Courses
- Pedagogical practices for the development of literacy in children and adults
- European and international literature for children and young people: comparative approaches
- Greek mythology and its teaching
- Poetry for children and young people. The poetic anthology
- Teaching methodology of first writing and reading
- The formation of the reader: the literary experience from childhood to adulthood
- Evaluation of printed pedagogical material and illustrated children’s book
- Anagnostic literary theories