Description : Description/Aims:
The course aims to facilitate students acquiring the appropriate knowledge and skills in educational planning and control and reinforcing their research interests in the topic. By studying basic models of educational control (i.e.: centralization, decentralization, corporatism, pluralism) and by examining specific educational policy issues, students will understand and analytically approach the function of an educational system and of the school practices. An interdisciplinary approach to the field of social studies is also attempted in order to strengthen students’ academic background and skills and enhance their professional identity.
Outline : The course examines:
-Models of educational control. Centralization, decentralization, pluralism, corporatism, the education interest groups approach
-The education decision-making process in Greece and in some other European countries from a historical and a comparative perspective
-The structure and administration of the Greek educational system through a historical perspective
-Decentralization and the school empowerment initiatives in the contemporary educational systems
-The case of the Greek and other European educational systems.
Teaching and learning methods: Lectures with the use of power point. Students’ group work.
Language of instruction: The language of instruction is Greek (in English, when it is demanded).
Assessment: The course is assessed by final written exams (the written essays will be submitted by the end of the course).