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 DO NOT QUALIFY GRADUATES FOR TEACHER REGISTRATION.

Master of Education (Educational Research, Evaluation and Assessment)

(MEd(EducResEvalAssess))

SPECIALISATION AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

This specialisation aims to:

• examine and debate the implications of different philosophical approaches of educational research, assessment and evaluation;
• understand the multidisciplinary, multivariate and multilevel perspectives of research, assessment and evaluation in education;
• recognise the relationship of research, assessment and evaluation in education;
• examine the research literature relating to learning, teaching and human development;
• develop an increased ability to apply knowledge gained from research, assessment and evaluation in their practice as educators or in other professions;
• provide assessment, curriculum, pedagogical and policy leadership in education;
• evaluate curricula and educational services in regard to their capacity to provide appropriate programs to foster learning and development across the lifespan; and
• examine and debate issues relating to the quest for knowledge and understanding relating to problems that arise in the fields of education.

The specialisation seeks to provide students with the ability to:

• critically discuss and evaluate current theory and research in selected areas of educational policy and practice;
• examine recent writing in the field of education with an informed critical perspective;
• translate knowledge gained from reading, discussion and writing into educational practices;
• contribute to the informed construction of educational policy, whether local, national or global.

PROGRAM OF STUDY [November, 2008]

To qualify for the Master of Education (Educational Research, Evaluation and Assessment) a student must complete 72 units, including approved credit, with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic with the following conditions:

• a student may be granted credit for 24 units of coursework;
• a student must complete 12 units of coursework from the topics listed below;
• a student may submit a 36-unit major research thesis for external examination;
• a student may submit a 24- or 18-unit minor research thesis for external examination;
• a student may submit a 12-unit Coursework Project;
• a student may complete up to 24 units of coursework from other Master of Education programs; and
• a student must complete the topic EDES9801 Approaches to Research.

The coursework topics with a research and evaluation orientation must be selected from the following: