Analytical Program of Studies (for students first enrolled from 2023-24 onwards)

Analytical Program of Studies (for students first enrolled from 2023-24 onwards)

It includes the titles of obligatory (Y) and elective (E) courses as well as the titles of practicum seminars. The courses have been organized into subject groups according to the following table. The course IDs of obligatory and elective courses end with the letter ‘Y’, or ‘E’’, respectively. The Program includes certain elective courses that are not currently taught by members of the faculty staff of the Democritus University of Thrace. Gray rows in tables correspond to such elective courses.

Subject group	Nr of obligatory courses	Nr of offered elective courses	Nr of offered optional courses
Philosophical, Sociological, Anthropological and Historical Approaches to Education (Κ)	6	17	–
Psychology (Ψ)	6	13	–
Pedagogics – Didactics (Δ)	9	13	–
Culture and Education (Π)	4	16	–
Sciences (Θ)	6	8	–
Methodology (Μ)	1	1	–
Foreign Languages (Ξ)	2	6	–

Furthermore, students attend obligatory practicum seminars throughout the eight semesters of their studies.

In the following tables, courses in each subject group are outlined.

Philosophical, Sociological, Anthropological and Historical Approaches to Education (Κ)		Semester
Κ 16 Υ	Introduction to Philosophy	1
Κ 17 Υ	Philosophy of Education (Paideia)	8
Κ 24 Υ	Intercultural Education	4
Κ 43 Υ	Anthropology of Education	3
Κ 01 E	History of Modern Greek Education	8
Κ 05 Ε	School-Community Relations	6
Κ 07 Ε	Modern and Contemporary History of European Society	3
Κ 13 Ε	Gendered Identities and Education	7
Κ 19 Ε	Contemporary Philosophical Anthropology	7
Κ 20 E	Modern Greek History	4
Κ 21 E	History of Childhood	6
Κ 25 Ε	Religion and Education in Multicultural Societies	7
Κ 29 Ε	Educational Policy	7
Κ 30 Ε	Educational Innovation and Entrepreneurship	8
Κ 32 Ε	Texts of Philosophical – Pedagogical Reflection	4
K 40 E	Anthropological Approaches to Reading	7
K 41 E	Visual Literacy	8
K 42 E	Anthropological Approaches of Kinship and Family	5
K 44 E	Sociological and Anthropological Approaches to Childhood	8
K 45 E	Professional Development and Mentoring of Teachers	8
Κ 46 Ε	The Muslim Minority of Thrace: History and Education	7

Psychology (Ψ)		Semester
Ψ 02 Υ	Cognitive Psychology	2
Ψ 03 Υ	Developmental Psychology	1
Ψ 04 Υ	Language Development	2
Ψ 06 Υ	Social Psychology	6
Ψ 14 Υ	Health Psychology	4
Ψ 35 Υ	Educational Psychology	5
Ψ 23 Ε	Intergroup Relations in Social Psychology	7
Ψ 24 Ε	Topics in Cross-Cultural Social Psychology	8
Ψ 28 Ε	Child and Life Events	6
Ψ 32 Ε	Sexuality and Health	5
Ψ 33 Ε	Communication and Language Development	6
Ψ 34 Ε	Evaluation and Support of Children with Special Educational Needs	8
Ψ 35 E	Child Psychopathology	8
Ψ 36 E	Motivation, Self-regulation and Learning	7
Ψ 37 Ε	Special Topics in Cognitive Psychology	7
Ψ 38 Ε	Practical Applications of Educational Psychology: Designing Effective Learning Environments	7
Ψ 39 Ε	Experimental Psychology: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches	5
Ψ 40 Ε	School Bullying and Victimization: Interpretation and Interventions	8
Ψ 41 Ε	Psychosocial Issues in Early Childhood and School Age: Prevention and Treatment	8

Pedagogy – Didactics (∆)		Semester
Δ 01 Υ	Introduction to the Sciences of Education	1
Δ 02 Υ	Current Educational Directions	5
Δ 04 Υ	Innovative Approaches to Evaluation in Early Childhood Education and Social Processes	3
Δ 06 Υ	Contemporary Didactics: Basic Notions and Application Proposals	3
Δ 12 Y	Greek Language Teaching	4
Δ 23 Υ	Collaborative Types of Learning in Early Childhood Education	4
Δ 50 Υ	Organization, Management and Administration in the Educational Unit I	4
Α05ΠΚ	Organization, Management and Administration in the Educational Unit IΙ	5
Δ 51 Υ	Inclusive Education	6
Δ 13 Ε	Health Education in Early Childhood	7
Δ 24 Ε	Bilingualism and Education	3
Δ 28 Ε	Planning – Implementation – Evaluation of Intercultural Educational Projects	8
Δ 37 Ε	Pedagogy and Play in Early Childhood Education	5
Δ 40 E	Child Guidance in Early Childhood Education	7
Δ 41 Ε	Contemporary Early Childhood Education Programs	8
Δ 42 Ε	Child Study	6
Δ 43 Ε	Emergent Reading and Writing: Teaching Approaches for Preschool and Early School Age	5
Δ 44 Ε	The Socio-Pedagogical Dynamics of Relationships and Contexts in the Learning Process	6
Δ 46 Ε	Psychomotricity, Movement Education and Experiential Learning	6
Δ 47 Ε	Social Pedagogy	4
Δ 48 Ε	Basic Issues in Social Pedagogy and Innovative Educational Interventions	8
Δ 49 Ε	The Pedagogy of STEM	8

Culture and Education (Π)		Semester
Π 03 Υ	Introduction to Linguistics: Analysis of the Greek Language	1
Π 05 Υ	Introduction to Modern Greek Literature	1
Π 09 Υ	Arts in Education I	1
Π 17 Υ	Introduction to Museum Education	4
Π 43 Υ	Introduction to Children’s Literature	2
Π 56 Υ	Arts in Education IΙ	2
Π 06 Ε	Modern Greek Children Literature	5
Π 21 E	Dramatic Play – Dramatization	3
Π 23 E	Illustrated Children’s Books and Their Reading	6
Π 33 E	Creative Writing	8
Π 37 Ε	Applied Museum Education	7
Π 38 Ε	Topics on Museology	6
Π 39 Ε	The Bildungsroman	8
Π 40 Ε	Subversive Narratives of Childhood	3
Π 44 Ε	20th Century Poetry	6
Π 45 Ε	Educational Approaches to Children’s Museums and Science Museums	5
Π 46 Ε	Creative Music Activities for Kindergarten	6
Π 48 E	Musical Ensembles for Children	7
Π 52 Ε	Narrative Techniques – Approaches to the Oral Speech	5
Π 53 Ε	Drama in Education	6
Π 54 Ε	The Child and the Literary Book	8
Π 55 Ε	Monolingual/Bilingual Pragmatic Ability	8
Π 57 Ε	Didactics in Visual Arts	3

Sciences (Θ)		Semester
Θ 02 Υ	Environmental Education, Sustainability and Sustainable Development	7
Θ 03 Υ	Principles of Informatics with Applications in Education I	2
Θ 04 Υ	Principles of Informatics with Applications in Education II	3
Θ 08 Υ	Descriptive Statistics	5
Θ 10 Υ	Mathematics in Early Childhood	5
Θ 12 Υ	Science Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood	5
Θ 05 Ε	Science Concepts in Early Childhood	6
Θ 06 Ε	Informatics in Education	4
Θ 07 Ε	Multimedia, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Early Childhood Education	5
Θ 13 Ε	Environmental Issues in Education	8
Θ 17 Ε	Computational Environments of Data Analysis	7
Θ 19 Ε	Topics in Mathematics Teaching: Field Applications	7
Θ 20 Ε	Problem Solving in Mathematics Education	8
Θ 21 Ε	Science Teaching with Experiments in Early Childhood	7

Methodology (Μ)		Semester
Μ 01 Υ	Educational Research Methodology I	3
Μ 02 Ε	Educational Research Methodology II	6

Foreign Languages (Ξ)		Semester
Ξ 03 Y	English as a Foreign Language	1
Ξ 01 Υ	English for Specific Purposes	2
Ξ 07 Ε	French as a Foreign Language	3
Ξ 08 Ε	French for Specific Purposes	4
Ξ 03 Ε	English for Specific and Academic Purposes I	5
Ξ 04 Ε	French for Specific and Academic Purposes I	5
Ξ 05 Ε	English for Specific and Academic Purposes II	6
Ξ 06 Ε	French for Specific and Academic Purposes II	6

Diploma Dissertation (Χ)		Semester
Χ 01 Ε	Diploma dissertation	7
Χ 02 Ε	Diploma dissertation	8
Χ 03 Ε	Diploma dissertation	8

Practicum (Α)		Semester
Α03ΠΚ	Field Practice I	2
Α04ΠΚ	Field Practice IΙ	3
Α06ΠΚ	Field Practice III	6
Α07ΠΚ	Practicum Training	7 – 8