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CONTENT OF MODULES, DEPARTMENT OF PEDAGOGY
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B. SEMINARS
For academic years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 the following modules will be available as seminars for
the Pedagogy major. Students must select one of the following seminars:
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Code: PDS156 ECTS: 4 Type: Seminar Semester: Fall
Title: EDUCATIONAL POLICY
Module Tutor: Assistant Professor Evanthia – Elli Milingkou
Description: The seminar consists of two parts: the first part --four weekly introductory lectures-- examines
major themes in the field of educational policy as they relate to the work of teachers and their
professional profile in the current sociohistorical circumstances. The second part involves oral
presentations of projects elaborated by the students, individually or in small groups.
The purpose of the seminar is to engage the students in a process of:
a) understanding educational policy as both an institutionalized social field with specific
activities and goals, and as a field of study,
b) developing the relevant conceptual framework and analytical capacities in order to approach
educational policy in its sociohistorical specificity as regards its structural, organizational
and applied forms at the national, European, and global levels,
c) identifying the elements of educational policy that constitute part of the current educational
discourse as they relate to the educational labor market, school work, and the emerging
directions of teacher professional development,
d) developing an understanding of the school unit as the field that directly involves teachers in
educational decision making,
e) developing an understanding of the policy oriented research forms which are conducive to
localized decision making and context specific educational strategies for educational
improvement,
f) developing their analytical capacities and their research tools.
Code: PDS176 ECTS: 4 Type: Seminar Semester: Fall
Title: HISTORY OF EDUCATION Ι
Module Tutor: Lecturer Dimitris Foteinos
Description: This module places emphasis on theoretical and methodological issues of History (and
especially history of education). In the context of undergraduate studies, the aim of this
module is for students to become familiar with the use of tools for research in history, as well
as to be able to decode, to organize and to reconstruct the elements of the past under the
conditions and restrictions of research and composition. Through the seminar form of this
module, the engagement of students into research in archives of sources and records related to
the history of education will be attempted (visiting and working/on site teaching in
collaborating Archives). The collaboration with the Museum of Education (Faculty of
Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology, 5 th floor) is included in the context of this module (in
its seminar form). For this reason, the Museum will act both as a research site, as well as a
means of training students in history of education.