Educational Politics


  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL SOCIAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL POLICY
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE 77

SEMESTER

5th &  7th
COURSE TITLE Educational Politics
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.
TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
  3 6
Please, add lines if necessary.Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.    
COURSETYPE

Background, GeneralKnowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

Scientific Area
PREREQUISITES:

 

No
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUSSTUDENTS: No
COURSEURL:  
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Pleasedescribethelearningoutcomesofthecourse: Knowledge, skills and abilitiesacquiredafterthesuccessfulcompletionofthecourse.
After successful completion of the course students will be able to:

• To know basic concepts related to educational policy.

• To interpret the educational policy in the Greek space.

• To compare the educational system in Europe and in Greece.

• Be aware of international lifelong learning policies.

• Know and understand National Lifelong Learning Policies.

• To know the National policies of vocational education and training.

• Compare international and national policies for lifelong learning.

• To assimilate concepts that were analyzed in the lectures and in the case studies that were examined through the study of the textbooks and the relevant bibliography.

• Write assignments related to educational policy.

General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning

–          Autonomous work

–          Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, ICT Use

–          Working in an interdisciplinary environment

–          Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning

–          Critical thinking

  1. COURSE CONTENT
The course material is divided into 13 weeks, the content of which is:

– Introduction to educational policy.

– Educational policy in Greece.

– The education system in Europe.

– The educational system in Greece.

– International lifelong learning policies.

– National lifelong learning policies.

– National vocational education and training policies.

– Reflection on educational policy.

  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODSEVALUATION
TEACHINGMETHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.
Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students
For this course, the online e-class platform is used, on which online texts, digital study sources and work environments are put.

Through this online environment, communication with the students is delivered, updates are posted and work assignments are given.

TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographicresearch& analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.

Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 39
Elaboration of activities 21
Study of bibliography 45
Short essay writing 45
Course total 150
   
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report,Clinical examination of a patient,Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

The evaluation is based on two axes: a) the active participation of students in the educational process, which is ensured with their involvement in a submitted assignment that is considered as a prerequisite for understanding the content of the course and their participation in the final examinations; and b) their participation in the final written examination.

 

  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Σταμέλος, Γ., Βασιλόπουλος, Α., Καβασακάλης, Α. (2015). Εισαγωγή στις εκπαιδευτικές πολιτικές, Αθήνα: Κάλλιπος.

Σταμέλος, Γ. (2009). Εκπαιδευτική πολιτική, Αθήνα: Διόνικος.

Πρόκου Ελ., (2020), Πολιτικές εκπαίδευσης ενηλίκων και διά βίου μάθησης στην Ευρώπη, Αθήνα: Διόνικος.

Τσακίρη, Δ. (2020) (επιμ.). (συλλογικό). Η εκπαιδευτική πολιτική στα σταυροδρόμια των κοινωνικών και πολιτικών επιστημών, Αθήνα: 24 γράμματα.