Postgraduate: Course rule and topic information

Master of Education

The Master of Education is a 72-unit flexible coursework program that allows students to create individual programs to suit their interests and thus shape their own educational pathways.

Students can choose to apply for admission for either the generic MEd or the following optional specialisation.

THE MASTER OF EDUCATION AND RELATED SPECIALISATIONS DOES NOT QUALIFY GRADUATES FOR TEACHER REGISTRATION.

Master of Education (Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice)

(MEd(CogPsycEducPrac))

Course aims

It is expected that graduates from this specialisation will be able to:

• critically discuss and evaluate current theory and research in areas that involve the application of cognitive psychology to examination of educational issues, such as information processing, working memory, long term memory, intelligence, metacognition, self-efficacy, causal attributions and contexts of teaching and learning;
• examine recent writing on cognition and instruction concerned with areas of psychological research into learning that have influenced teaching actions and research on the effects of specific teaching actions on students' learning, such as direct instruction, class discussions and worked examples;
• examine in depth a problem that has emerged in the literature of cognition and instruction;
• examine research procedures appropriate for the examination of problems in this field of research; and
• plan, execute and report a small-scale research project that includes a teaching-learning instructional intervention in a chosen area of study.

Program of study [November, 2007]

To qualify for a Master of Education (Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice) a student must complete 72 units, including approved credit, with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic comprising:

• 36 units equivalent to a fourth year of study in the field of education (credit for an approved four-year degree or for approved relevant work experience will be granted within this component); and
• Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice core topics as follows: *

• and 18 units of study of elective topics approved for study in the Master of Education degree, following consultation with the Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice Specialisation Coordinator.

* All topics will be offered in face-to-face mode, either in regular semester patterns at Flinders University, or in intensive mode in off-shore locations. Actual delivery will be subject to demand.

§ Available in external mode.