SCHOOL OF PEDAGOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION
(ASPETE)

The School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE) was founded in Athens in June 2002, following the nullification of SELETE (Law 3027/2002, Atricle 4). It is a self-administered public legal entity operating in accordance with article 16, para. 5 of the Constitution, the provisions of Law 3027/2002, and the School’s Regulation.

The School’s mission is similar to that of the Technological Education Institutions (TEI), which provide technological training at tertiary education level; it also includes the concurrent provision of pedagogical training, the promotion of applied research in educational technology and pedagogy, and the provision of training, further training or specialization training for in-service or prospective secondary education teachers.

The School includes the following Departments:

• Department of Electrical Engineering Educators
• Department of Electronic Engineering Educators
• Department of Mechanical Engineering Educators
• Department of Civil and Structural Engineering Educators
• Department of Civil and Construction Engineering Educators
• General Department of Education
• General Department of General Courses

The General Departments operate in accordance with the provisions of article 5, para.3 of Law 1404/1983 and are not authorized to issue degrees.

The degree issued by the Departments of ASPETE qualifies its holders to teach in the corresponding discipline in secondary education; it is awarded following the completion of a course of study of eight academic semesters including the submission of a thesis and the practical work experience in the field, and is equal in status to that of TEIs (Technological Education Institutes). In order to obtain a degree equivalent to that of TEIs in the specific discipline, the graduates of ASPETE may attend a 1-Year Programme of Special Studies at ASPETE.

ASPETE also offers

• 1-Year programmes of pedagogical training, further training or specialization for in-service or prospective teachers. Those who have successfully completed the pedagogical training programmes are awarded a "Certificate of Pedagogical and Teaching Competence"; those who have completed further training or specialization programmes are awarded a "Certificate of Further Training" or "Specialization Training".
  Apart from Athens, 1-year programmes of pedagogical training (EPPAIK) are also delivered in Thessaloniki, Patras, Volos, Ioannina, Heraklion-Crete, and Sapes.

• Joint Postgraduate Programmes (M.A.) in cooperation with Higher Education Institutions in Greece or abroad. ASPETE is currently involved in the planning and implementation of the following joint postgraduate programmes:
  a. A joint postgraduate programme in cooperation with the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens in "Subject Didactics and New Technologies".
  b. A joint postgraduate programme, "MA in Education", in cooperation with Roehampton University, London.