Citizenship Education and Multiculturalism |
ΚEΠ16 – Citizenship Education and Multiculturalism Tutor: Despina Karakatsani Semester: 6th Short Description: This course presents some of the basic directions of educational policy in Greece, Europe, the USA and Canada concerning the integration of students (migrants and minorities old and new) with ethno-cultural particularities in the educational system and its different settings (especially on the primary and secondary level). Furthermore this course intends to analyse ethnocentrism as a characteristic of contemporary educational systems and the tendencies to mitigate them through the integration of other cultures in the school curriculum and environment. The course will be structure upon the following axes:
Aims: This course focuses on the critical presentation and analysis of different questions concerning the content, the objectives and the construction of educational knowledge in our time. Specifically, the following will be analysed: a) different conceptions and approaches which focus on the ideological role of school in the construction of national identity, b) approaches inspired by multicultural education which aim to integratepupils coming from other cultures. Another important objective is to analyse the following: bilingualism-multilingualism and education, teacher education and heterogeneity, alternative methods and good practices in teaching and educating these populations in Greece and in other European countries, school success or failure, drop out, Roma children, Muslim minorities in Thrace and education, refugees-migrants, Zones of Educational priority (ZEP). Learning Outcomes: Students completing the course should have a good understanding of multicultural education and pedagogy and acquired skills of recognition, distinction, use and critical analysis. More specifically,they will be expected to
Structure: The course includes 13 three-hour interactive lectures supported, where appropriate, by written texts and PowerPoint presentations; student discussions of pre-issued questions and key readings; student presentations on topics relating to their assignments. Assessment: Assessment is based on the following: Bibliography: Askouni Ν. (2006), The education of the Minority in Thrace, Alexandria. |