12 - Greece - Teaching methods
In the context of tertiary education, teaching methods and teaching aids are established by educational
institutes. Please refer to the respective subdivisions for more information per sector.
Concurrently, in order for undergraduate study programmes (PPS) to be reformed and improved, the
Operational Programme for Education and Initial Vocational Training ΙΙ (EPEAEK-II) in the context of
Community Support Framework III reinforces:
University actions that will help strengthen knowledge and information technology skills;
The development of a new laboratory and seminar content in courses;
the development and adaptation of printed and electronic teaching material;
the use of many information sources;
the strengthening of the institution of multiple bibliographies throughout the learning process;
the creation of portals per groups of similar fields of knowledge;
the reinforcement of the capability of universities to publish textbooks by themselves;
the development of electronic material for teaching, practice and examination purposes on
specific websites;
the supervision of self-teaching or teaching per smaller groups as additional capability;
Allocated learning environments
Development of virtual workshops, etc.
Higher Technological Education
The teaching methods employed in TEI departments are:
Theoretical lectures.
The holding of seminars or other similar activities, which aim to consolidate and deepen
students’ knowledge, usually per small groups of students.
Supervision of laboratory and/or clinical exercises.
Supervision of the compulsory six-month apprenticeship in a workplace.
The teaching task is supported by the use of textbooks and other aids (e.g. notes, Greek and foreign
bibliography) that are distributed to students free of charge. In many cases, this task is assisted by
audio-visual aids (slides, magnetic tapes, etc), new technologies and electronic teaching aids made
available by each Department as material and technical infrastructure.
Teaching Methods in Higher University Education
The teaching task is divided into semester courses which include:
Theoretical lectures.
The supervision of assignments and graduating projects.
The holding of seminars or other similar activities, which aim to consolidate and deepen
students’ knowledge, usually per small groups of students.
Supervision of laboratory and/or clinical exercises and, in general, the apprenticeship of
students.
Invitation of other academic and/ or research personnel from universities both in Greece and abroad.
In case inter-departmental courses must be taught, whether they be compulsory or optional, the
teaching activities of a Department may be supported by the Teaching and Research Faculty
(ΔΕΠ/DEP) of other departments of the same University.
The teaching task is supported by the use of textbooks and other aids (e.g. notes, Greek and foreign
bibliography) that are distributed to students free of charge. In many cases, this task is assisted by
audio-visual aids (slides, magnetic tapes, etc), new technologies and electronic teaching aids made
available by each Department as material and technical infrastructure.
Teaching Methods in Postgraduate Studies
The teaching methods applied in Postgraduate Study Programmes (ΠΜΣ/PMS) are:
Theoretical lectures.
Implementation of seminars and laboratories.
Supervision of laboratory, tutorial or clinical exercises.
Supervision and guidance on how to write papers and conduct research in specific subject
matters.
Invitation of other academic and/ or research personnel from universities both in Greece and abroad.
In addition to ΔΕΠ/DEP or ΕΠ/EP members, the teaching task in the context of a ΠΜΣ/PMS may be
performed by researchers from research centres or independent research institutes in Greece or
respective foreign acknowledged centres or institutes as well as by scientists and other persons of
acknowledged pre-eminence who have specialised knowledge or experience in the subject matter of
the ΠΜΣ/PMS.
The teaching task is supported by the use of textbooks and other aids (e.g. notes, Greek and foreign
bibliography) that are distributed to students free of charge. In many cases, this task is assisted by
audio-visual aids (slides, magnetic tapes, etc), new technologies and electronic teaching aids made
available by each Department as material and technical infrastructure.
In the case of postgraduate students-doctoral candidates, the ΔΕΠ/DEP members of the respective
Department who have been appointed members of the Advisory Committee, in constant co-operation
with the doctoral candidates, specify their duties, monitor and check the thesis’s progress. They may
also submit to the Department’s Co-ordinating Committee of postgraduate studies “progress reports”
about the thesis at the end of each year. In general, they are responsible for certifying the completion
of the doctoral candidate’s research and scientific work on the basis of special conditions provided in
the Internal Regulation of the postgraduate study programme in question.
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Date: 2009
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