Purpose and Activities of the Laboratory
The purpose of the laboratory is to develop areas of research, teaching, and broader scientific activities by its members.
The laboratory’s work focuses on the fields of sociology, political ideas and human rights, the history of education, intercultural education, and educational policy. At the same time, it highlights interest in the comparative study of these subjects as well as issues of professional development for educators, which are closely connected with the empowerment of schools and the quality of the work provided in them. The laboratory seeks to contribute creatively to educational research within its Department, in Greece, and internationally, in scientific fields that combine sociological discourse, educational policies and practices, as well as complex educational planning and its applications in the modern era of the learning society.
Specifically, the main scientific fields of the laboratory are summarized as follows:
- Sociological analysis of educational institutions
- Sociology of school knowledge
- Education and human rights
- Children’s rights and moral-political education
- Education and democracy: contemporary citizenship
- History of education, history of sports and political science
- Intercultural stimulation, communication, action, discourse and education
- Learning design with the use of social media and the lifelong learning policies
- Educational policy
- Comparative approaches to education
- Educational planning and control
- Leadership in education
- School improvement policy and practice
- Teachers’ professionalism, professional identity and professional development
- Education and health promotion policies
Mission of the Laboratory:
- To promote research in the field of its members’ scientific activities
- To organize tutorial activities for undergraduate and postgraduate students
- To collaborate with laboratories and research centers of other universities in Greece and abroad and to create research networks
- To publish the scientific work of the laboratory’s members
- To organize scientific events and invite distinguished speakers
- To create conditions for visits by Teaching-Research Staff from universities in Greece and abroad for research and/or teaching in the Department, as well as for visits of the laboratory’s members to corresponding research centers
- To develop collaboration with educators in the wider area of Achaia
- To carry out educational interventions in the local community
- To organize seminars and/or laboratory activities for the training of teachers in schools on topics relevant to the laboratory