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Scientific Museology Dimitrios Koliopoulos - Undergraduate - (A+) Department of Educational Science and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras The main objective of this course is to give students the ability to analyze, plan and evaluate educational programs associated with visits to science and technology museums and cultural institutions
Didactics of Physics: Research approaches in learning and teaching Dimitrios Koliopoulos - Postgraduate - (A+) Departement of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras The course will give the opportunity to students to be familiarized with the research current of ‘didactical transposition’ which concerns the changes that happen in the scientific knowledge when this knowledge is transformed to school knowledge.
Designing and conducting an educational research Dimitrios Koliopoulos - Undergraduate - (A-) Departement of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras The course familiarizes students with various types, levels and fields of educational research and teaches them how to conduct and compose such a research
Museology and Education Dimitrios Koliopoulos - Postgraduate - (A-) Department of Educational Science and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras In this course students will discuss concepts of Scientific Museology and Science Education, particularly the concepts of museographic trasposition and didactical transposition. They will also study the role of the modern science and technological museum to communicate science and technology to the general public and school populations. At last, students will be familiarized with informal and non-formal approaches of science education.
Science Education Activities for Kindergarden Konstantinos Ravanis - Undergraduate - (A-) Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras The development of science activities (theoretical elements and trends, in-vitro and in-vivo approaches, work plans)
Education and Ideology Charis Athanasiades - Undergraduate - (A+) Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina
Eleni Katsarou - Undergraduate - (A+) Department of Philosophy and Social Studies, University of Crete
Educational Policy II: Education and social exclusion Eleni Sianou - Undergraduate - (A-) Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina The course is about the following: • Social exclusion: meaning, contemporary theoretical conversation and research • From Inequality to the difference • Social exclusion, citizenship and social policy • Education, human rights and social justice • Education and social exclusion • Formats of social exclusion in education • Policies for social inclusion in education
Distance and Life Long Learning THANASIS DARADOYMIS - Undergraduate - (A-) CULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION, Aegean University This course presents known e-learning systems as well as existing standard or ad-hoc course production patterns. The course examines the content, aims and modern trends of distance education as well as the forms and processes which are necessary for its realization. It also includes the analysis, design and production of distance learning courses, including their multimedia constituents, taking into account existing instructional design specifications and standards. Moreover, it examines the use and evaluation of integrated systems for synchronous and asynchronous distance learning and training. Another focus is the study of learning methods and means for transferring knowledge in the most effective way. Finally, it explores the tools which can be used to automate and manage educational environments.
George Manolitsis - Undergraduate - (A-) Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete