A master's degree in education is crucial for career advancement for an educator. Our Master of Education (M.Ed.) programme foregrounds its pedagogy in problems of practice centred, evidence driven solutions in its two-year programme.
The programme enables the development of advanced skills necessary for effective leadership for school improvement and instructional management.
This programme is a milestone offering for individuals with an academic background, including graduates of Bachelor of Education, school teachers, cluster leaders, principals, and professionals in educational or early childhood settings.
It engages in practical learning through dynamic classrooms, case studies, research projects, presentations, and supervised fieldwork guided by dedicated faculty advisors.
This degree builds upon your existing, knowledge, skills and competencies whether in research or teaching and reviews techniques applicable in the classroom in real time.
It builds your capacity in taking up leadership positions in any academic environment or as part of a research and learning ecosystem.
It is an investment in both personal development and your teaching career.
The programme offers the following two concentrations:
Leadership for School Improvement
- Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of leadership theories and related concepts and their applications to schools.
- Improve school operations using data analytics tools.
Instructional Management and Assessment
- Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of instructional management and assessment concepts, practices, and applications in the classroom.
- Integrate instructional techniques into the classroom and apply data analytics for assessing learning.
Programme Learning Outcomes
The programme learning outcomes describe the knowledge, skills, and aspects of competence aligned with the strands of learning spelled out in the QFEmirates or Framework. In addition, the PLOs are benchmarked with international standards articulated in international programmatic accrediting agencies for educational programmes.
Upon the successful completion of the programme, the graduate will be able to:
1. Knowledge
- Integrate advanced knowledge of education and related disciplines in providing strategic direction for the management of educational institutions.
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge of research methodology and applications to educational contexts.
2. Skill
- Integrate advanced problem-solving skills to analyze complex issues in educational contexts and develop evidence-driven solutions.
- Execute a major research project utilizing quantitative and qualitative research methods producing original results.
- Integrate advanced software in data management and analyses.
- Communicate in writing and orally a clearly articulated position presenting a complex educational issue using appropriate media.
- Demonstrate ability in strategy formulation accounting for local and global challenges.
3. Competence
- Autonomy and Responsibility
- Autonomously take responsibility for managing complex educational contexts.
- Autonomously initiate professional endeavors that result in sustainable solutions to educational challenges.
- Self-Development
- Self-evaluate and take responsibility for contributing to professional development and practice in unfamiliar educational contexts.
- Role in Context
- Take responsibility for leading and managing activities in educational settings adapted to context.
In addition to preceding Programme Learning Outcomes, graduates opting for the Leadership for School Improvement Concentration will be able to:
- Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of leadership theories and related concepts and their applications to schools.
- Improve school operations using data analytics tools.
In addition to preceding Programme Learning Outcomes, graduates opting for the Instructional Management and Assessment Concentration will be able to:
- Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of instructional management and assessment concepts, practices, and applications in the classroom.
- Integrate instructional techniques into the classroom and apply data analytics for assessing learning.
Programme Completion Requirements
For Programme Completion Requirements, refer to our Graduate Programme Completion Requirements Policy, which can be downloaded here.
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