Sociology of Education


  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL SOCIAL POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL POLICY
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE 71

SEMESTER

1st & 3rt
COURSE TITLE Sociology of Education
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of th ecourse e.g. lectures, labsetc. 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

General Knowledge
PREREQUISITES:

 

No
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUSSTUDENTS: No
COURSEURL:
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
After successful completion of the course students will be able to:

–          To know the concept of sociology of education.

• To know the sociology of school and the classroom.

• Understand Social and Educational Inequalities.

• Understand the individual dimensions of Education and social, economic development.

• Explain the different theoretical approaches.

• Explain the relationship between education and social institutions.

• Critically approach the sociology of education.

• 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 the Sociology of Education.

– Education and Society.

– Social and Educational Institutions.

– The role of educational policy.

– Social and Educational Inequalities.

Education and social, economic development.

– Education and the education system.

– The school as a social organization. The role of the school. The school culture. School and family communication.

– Sociology of the classroom.

– Reflection on the sociology of education.

  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODSEVALUATION
TEACHINGMETHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.
Face to face
USEOF INFORMATION&COMMUNICATIONSTECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students
Yes

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
Shortessaywriting 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
Κελπανίδης, Μ. (2004). Κοινωνιολογία της εκπαίδευσης. Αθήνα: Ελληνικά Γράμματα.

Φραγκουδάκη, Α. (2000). Κοινωνιολογία της εκπαίδευσης. Αθήνα: Παπαζήσης

Κυρίδης, Α. (1999). Εκπαιδευτική ανισότητα. Θεσσαλονίκη: Αφοι Κυριακίδη.

Συλλογικό. (2017). Κοινωνιολογία της εκπαίδευσης. Εισαγωγή σε βασικές έννοιες και θεματικές. Αθήνα: GUTENBERG.

Δασκαλάκης, Δ. (2017). Κοινωνιολογία της εκπαίδευσης. Αθήνα: Παπαζήση.