Further Information
The Department was established by Presidential Decree 263/93 while P.D. 391/95 established the directions.
The purposes of the Department of Educational and Social Policy are the following:
- Advance the sciences of Lifelong Learning and Adult Education through academic and applied teaching and research, by making use (sufficiently and as required) new technologies, while respecting the principles of intercultural education.
- Contribute to the design, development, and evaluation of the institutions and structures of educational policy.
- Provide its graduates with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are necessary for their successful scientific and vocational career and development.
The direction of "Continuing Education" includes courses referring to the necessity and evolution of the institution in Greece and in the world, to the thematic axes and objectives of continuing education, to the role of international organisations, as well as to the structure and organization of the bodies of continuing education. Students are specialized on issues of adult education, design and evaluation of programmes of vocational education and learning, etc.
The students of the Direction "Education of Individuals with Special Needs" are trained in issues concerning the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, education, and healing intervention to children / individuals with special educational needs and disabilities. Students are taught courses referring to the categories of children with special educational needs and disabilities: special learning difficulties, intellectual disability, speech and communication problems, vision and hearing impairments, autism / pervasive developmental disorder, behavioural problems and emotional disorders, physical disabilities, perceptual / psychomotor disorders, etc.
In the last two semesters of studies, the students of both Directions are obliged to participate in the programme of Practical Training, which takes place either in organisations educating adults or in special education organisations. Finally, the students may choose to conduct a dissertation, which is either experiential research or composite study on one of the cognitive domains of the Directions.
Relation To Employment
The graduates of the Direction of Continuous Education can find employment in the following:
- administration of organisations and structures for adult education;
- study, design, application, and evaluation of adult education and training programmes;
- education of adult educators about the subjects of adult education and learning and of lifelong learning;
- management and development of human resources in organisations and businesses;
- professional orientation and professional - social integration of vulnerable social groups.
Moreover, the graduates with the Direction of Continuing Education fall into branch P.E. 72 (Educators for Adults) and can work in Laboratories of Special Vocational Education & Training (EEEEK).
The above professional engagements have been stipulated by the following laws: Law 3699/2008, Government Gazette 199/02-10-2008, (University Graduates (P.E.) 72 - Educators for Adults), L. 3794/2009, Government Gazette 156/04-09-2009 (P.E.10- Sociologists), Ministerial Decision 20082/23-10-2012.
The Degree on Educational and Social Policy - Education of Individuals with Special Needs is necessary for the professional employment of graduates as:
- special educators of branch P.E. 71 (Teachers of Special Education and Training - EAE), in the public and private sector;
- specialists for diagnosing, evaluating, and providing educational support to individuals with disabilities or special educational needs;
- specialists on the education of disabled adults;
- specialists on the design and application of educational programmes for the reinforcement - support of academic, social, communication, and motor skills of persons with disability or special educational needs;
- specialists on the design and application of programmes for the rehabilitation of persons with disability or special educational needs, and specifically in the fields of transitioning to adult life, of professional rehabilitation, autonomous / independent living, social integration, alternative and incremental communication.
The above professional engagements have been stipulated by Law 3699/2008, Government Gazette 199/02-10-2008.
The Degree on Educational and Social Policy and the two directions is linked to the profession of Sociologist. It is expressed by P.E. 10, as specified in Law 3794/2009 (Government Gazette 156, Bulletin Α, 04/09/2009, article 39, paragraph 2, verse C).
Transitions
Access to this type of qualification have those who have completed at least the secondary education (level 4).
Holders of such qualifications gain access to study programmes at the same level or at level 7 or 8.
Ways To Aquire
Qualifications of this type are acquired via formal education.