- Location: Maynooth University, North Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland - Ireland
- Duration: 2 Years
Course details
Master of Education degree is designed to support the professional development of those holding or aspiring towards leadership position in education. It gives educators the critical space to explore and reflect upon their practices in education, contextualising these experiences within educational theory, pedagogy and policy. It offers an opportunity for critical reflection on what you have experienced and the exploration of new ideas and opportunities in a collaborative environment.
Themes explored within the programme focus on issues of equality and diversity in education and the school as a learning environment. The course enables participants to explore the nature of educational leadership, studying the legislative, resource and policy context in which educational institutions operate, and undertaking a research project on educational leadership. A wide variety of methodologies – lectures, seminars, reflective practice, workshops and policy seminars – is used throughout in a supportive environment.
The course is designed to fit the schedule of educators and involves attendance at lectures at Maynooth University for one evening per week (currently Wednesdays), during the academic terms. Numbers admitted to this course are limited to facilitate collaborative and interactive engagement by participants.
Entry Requirements
The MEd (School Leadership) has been designed to meet the needs of principals, teachers and others aspiring towards leadership positions in education. It will enhance the professional development of educational leaders in a supportive environment, through a reflective exploration of the practice, policy and theory of education. An honours degree or honours postgraduate diploma. Professional qualifications in education and/or equivalent professional experience, along with some experience of leadership in education. Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.
Minimum English language requirements:
- IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
- TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
- TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
- PTE (Pearson): 62
Module
Year 1
- CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON EDUCATION
- EQUALITY, diversity & POLICY IN EDUCATION
- INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS IN EDUCATION
- THE SCHOOL & EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Year 2
- CONTEXTUALISING AND COMMUNICATING YOUR RESEARCH
- THESIS
- LEGISLATIVE AND RESOURCE ASPECTS OF EDUCATION
Course Location
About Maynooth University
This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.
Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.
- In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
- Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
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