Internship Part II – Monitoring of Exemplary Teaching in Institutions and/or School Units and Supervised Teaching in a School Class

Course Code:

MYK.4.1.1

Semester:

4th Semester

Specialization Category:

Compulsory Course

Course Hours:

5

ECTS:

15


Course Tutors

Deli Hermione

The main objective of this course is for postgraduate students to engage in the exploration of teaching processes, functioning successively and reflectively as learners and as teachers within the pedagogical reality.

Specifically, the course aims to bring trainees into direct contact with teaching positions and practices within representative institutions of education, art, and culture, and through various issues and challenges, to enhance their teaching skills and improve their instructional flexibility and technique.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • Recognize and identify teaching skills (e.g., questioning techniques, student reinforcement, etc.).
  • Be familiar with various participatory teaching techniques (e.g., brainstorming, case study, concept mapping, simulation, etc.) that foster active engagement and be able to apply them in their own teaching.
  • Understand that different alternative actions and processes can lead to effective teaching.
  • Improve their teaching fluency by observing the teaching activities of their peers and discussing various instructional issues with them.
  • Work autonomously and collaboratively within an international and interdisciplinary environment to produce new research ideas, plan, and manage projects.
  • Engage in reflective practice, contributing to the self-assessment of their personal learning.

General Competences

  • Search, analysis, and synthesis of data and information using the necessary technologies.
  • In-depth understanding of the application of differentiated pedagogy principles and Universal Design for Learning.
  • Familiarization with Experiential and Inquiry-Based Learning through the use of primary sources (research, field study, etc.).
  • Development of initiatives.
  • Decision-making.
  • Exercise of critical and self-critical thinking.
  • Independent work.

COURSE CONTENT

  1. Design of the practicum.
    • Teaching models.
    • Planning: implementing institutions, timeline.
    • Evaluation criteria.
  1. Experiential activity / observation of teaching sessions, innovative programs, and best practices at the practicum placement institution.
  2. Theoretical support / Lecture – Seminar.
    • Intercultural education in Greek schools for students from socially vulnerable backgrounds.
    • Feedback stage.
    • Reflection – Redesign.
  1. Experiential activity / observation of teaching sessions, innovative programs, and best practices at the practicum placement institution.
  2. Theoretical support / Lecture – Seminar.
    • The contemporary Greek educational system: support structures within public schools and their role in improving the quality of life of students with reduced functionality.
    • Feedback stage.
    • Reflection – Redesign.
  1. Experiential activity / observation of teaching sessions, innovative programs, and best practices at the practicum placement institution.
  2. Theoretical support / Lecture – Seminar.
    • Integration Class in schools: differentiated instruction for gifted students with learning difficulties.
    • Reflection & Evaluation.