Expected learning outcomes of the MSc
After the successful completion of their studies, postgraduate students of the specialization “Didactics of Mathematics in Primary Education” will be able, among others:
- offer primary education work based on the core values of justice, democracy and social inclusion
- teach mathematics in ways that meet the needs of our society.
- pay special attention to the ideas and ways that primary school students understand various mathematical concepts and start from students’ initial thoughts and progressively organize their development into deeper and more refined understandings of the subject
- design, document, evaluate teaching plans and teaching sequences adapted to the specific requirements of a particular school class
- identify and utilize important ideas from scientific research in everyday teaching
- know, distinguish and exploit the variety of academic, linguistic, cultural and other contributions that make up the classroom for more effective planning of mathematics learning support within the curriculum
- know, understand, evaluate and construct mathematical works and materials that support the development of the different dimensions of mathematical thinking
- To realize and functionally integrate into its teaching the complex connections between the mathematics class, the school unit, the family and the wider social and educational system.
Respectively, after the successful completion of their studies, postgraduate students of the specialization “Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Primary Education” will be able, among others:
- Get to know the categories of Digital Technologies and their pedagogical framework in order to use them accordingly, the content and objectives of teaching and learning.
- Develop specific technological skills in using tools and applications of Digital Technologies for teaching and learning.
- Be able to utilize and develop pedagogically based educational applications of free software, open source, Web 2.0, mobile learning and augmented reality for various disciplines but also for informal learning environments.
- Select appropriate models and methodologies for the development and evaluation of educational software, online and digital educational content.
- Use specific pedagogical and technological criteria for selecting digital educational material available online.
- Design learning environments for various disciplines using ICT.
Expected academic and professional qualifications – Opportunities for employment of graduates of the MSc
All graduates of the MSc are teachers in their majority of primary education and a small percentage of secondary education. Most of them are already working either as permanent teachers, substitutes or under work contracts in private schools and institutions. Therefore, by acquiring each specialization of the MSc they can either enhance their potential for advancement in the public or private sector of education.
Specifically, they may be employed in positions related to the specializations of the MSc:
- In the Directorate of School Units.
- Regional Administrative Services of the Ministry of Education related to the specializations of the MSc.
- As executives at the Institute of Educational Policy.
- As specialists in Mathematics Education and ICT integration in private schools and other private educational organizations.
- Vocational Training Institutes (IEK) related to the specializations of the MSc.
- As curriculum designers in Mathematics Education and Informatics and ICT in education.
- In education, training and teacher training programs related to the specializations of the MSc.
- Organizations, public and private sector bodies or non-governmental organizations and civil society bodies, which deal with Mathematics Education and ICT in education.
- Research projects related to the Didactics of Mathematics and the use of Digital Technologies in education.
- Organizations that design, develop and evaluate educational digital content for teaching and learning.
- In informal learning environments that wish to exploit Digital Technologies (e.g. museums, archaeological sites).