One-year postgraduate course will provide student with a deepened knowledge of the issues affecting modern education. They will explore areas including contemporary theory, critical research and the effects of globalization on the reconfiguring of the education sector.
Engaging and flexible, the course can be taken either full-time or part-time, and tailored to meet their individual professional needs, with their study culminating in the presentation of a substantial piece of scholarship. They will be required to offer an evidence-based analysis on a topic relevant to their field of practice which they will then present as part of a group-based capstone unit. Upon graduation, they will be well-positioned for additional postgraduate education study, career progression within their own workplace, or ready to succeed in a new role as a senior education professional.
Study a Master of Education at UC and they will:
understand the contemporary developments that have an impact across a variety of professional practice fields in education.
examine the globalized character of educational theory, curriculum development, policy and practice.
develop the capacity to analyze and critique professional knowledge.
analyze how globalization's interdependent economic, political, cultural and technological dimensions affect education.
review research perspectives and practices in the social sciences and humanities, with particular reference to education and communication.