Course details
The Professional Masters of Education (Primary) is a full-time, two year course
designed to equip student-teachers with the range of knowledge and skill related to the profession of primary school teaching and its curriculum. The course structure enables student-teachers to make real connections between the theory and practice of education. This is achieved through the blend of methodology and foundation discipline courses on offer.
Entry Requirements
Applicants must have the following academic qualifications:
(a) An honours Bachelor degree (major award at Level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications) or a major award at Level 9 or a major award at Level 10 on the National Framework of Qualifications, and
(b) one of the following sets of second level qualifications:
(i) in the Leaving Certificate Examination from 1969 onwards: a grade C3 or above in Higher Level Irish; a grade D3 or above in Mathematics (Ordinary or Higher level); and a grade C3 or above in English (Ordinary level) or grade D3 or above in English (Higher level); or
(ii) in the Leaving Certificate Examination prior to 1969, Honours in Irish and passes in English and Mathematics; or
(iii) in the Northern Ireland GCSE and GCE A Level Examinations: a Grade C at GCE A Level Irish; a Grade C at GCSE Level in both English and English Literature or Grade B at GCSE Level in either; and a Grade D at GCSE Level in Additional Mathematics or a Grade C at GCSE Level in Mathematics.
Applicants must provide evidence to the Higher Education Institution that their degree is placed as a major award at the appropriate level on the National Framework of Qualifications. Applicants must meet all entry requirements by Friday 3rd July 2015 and provide documentary evidence of meeting these requirements.
Please note that a minimum entry requirement of a H2.2 Bachelor Degree at Level 8 will apply from September 2016.
Alternatives to second-level qualifications in Irish, English or Maths
A Pass in a University First Arts Examination in Irish, English or Mathematics will be accepted in lieu of the Leaving Certificate Examination GCE/GCSE requirement for the relevant subject.
In the case of Irish, a Grade C in the Matriculation Examination (which existed up to 1992) will also be accepted in lieu of the Leaving Certificate Examination/GCE/GCSE requirement. In addition, the following are accepted as satisfying the Leaving Certificate Examination/GCE/GCSE requirement:
- Dioplóma sa Ghaeilge, Level C1, NUIG
- Dioplóma sa Ghaeilge, Level B2, NUIG
- Dioplóma sa Ghaeilge, NUI Maynooth
- Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge (TEG) at Level B2, NUI Maynooth
- Diploma in Arts (Applied Irish), University College Cork
- Dioplóma sa Ghaeilge Fheidhmeach, UCD
- Dioplóma sa Ghaeilge (An Ghaeilge sa Saol Comhaimseartha), University of Limerick
- Diploma in Irish at the University of Ulster
In the case of Mathematics, a Pass in that subject in the Matriculation Examination will also be accepted in lieu of the Leaving Certificate Examination/GCSE requirement.
4. Selection Procedure
Eligible applicants will be required to undergo an Interview and an Oral Irish Examination. Applicants who get a "fail" grade in either the Interview or oral Irish Examination will be eliminated from the competition. The purpose of the Interview is to ascertain the suitability of the applicant for participation in a primary teacher education programme.
The Oral Irish Examination will comprise:
- conversation on everyday topics and on books read by the applicant; and
- reading correctly and intelligently a suitable passage of prose or poetry and explaining the matter read.
Applicants should note that a high standard of fluency is required in the Oral Irish Examination and should prepare for the examination accordingly.
Applicants will be advised by the relevant Centre (Dublin and/or Limerick) of the date, time, venue, etc, of their Interview and Oral Irish Examination and must attend these examinations at their own expense. The location will be either Dublin and/or Limerick.
Career Options
The Professional Masters of Education (Primary) is designed to prepare students to be primary school teachers.
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About Froebel College of Education
The Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education at Maynooth University was formally established on 1 September 2013. Formerly known as the Froebel College of Education, it is the first teacher education college in the history of the state to become fully incorporated into a university campus.
Froebel’s move from its campus in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, out to Maynooth University, is a major departure. Not only is this the first time in the history of the state that primary teachers are being educated entirely on a university campus, but it is also the first time that any third-level institution in Ireland has offered the full spectrum of teacher education, encompassing pre-school, primary, post-primary, adult and further education. Additionally, for the first time, students from all religious backgrounds and none can learn alongside one another in an institution renowned for its commitment to inclusion and persity. Studying on a university campus has proven an extremely attractive option for prospective primary school teacher as applications for places soared in the last few years since the announcement of the move to this vibrant, dynamic and energetic campus.
Froebel College was founded in 1943 and governed, until 2013, under the trusteeship of the Congregation of Dominican Sisters. Fundamentally influenced by the ideas of the German philosopher and educator Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852), it is, and always has been, a forward-thinking and outward-looking centre of learning.
Friedrich Froebel, founder of the Kindergarten movement, was a progressive and pioneering educational philosopher whose ideas about early care and education have a legacy that has spread throughout the world. In keeping with his philosophies, the Froebel Department encourages its students to nurture the harmonious and holistic development of young children. Additionally, respect for the inpiduality and ability of each child are emphasised by encouraging the child to become an active agent in his/her own learning.
Creating a happy, harmonious environment in which the child can grow requires Froebel teachers to be sensitive, open, and approachable. Within this environment, self-activity and play are valued as the foundations on which the integrated development of the whole person is built. Froebel taught that family and home play a central role in the child’s education and his appreciation for the interconnectedness of all nature is taking shape in the emphasis on environmental pedagogy today.
A Froebel graduate is recognisable for his/her ability to get the best from their students by nurturing their imaginations, creativity and critical faculties in an environment that respects the dignity and inpiduality of each child.
With seventeen full-time and two part-time staff from a range of perse backgrounds and specialities, students learn the most appropriate methods for teaching all the subjects in the Primary School Curriculum such as Languages, Mathematics, Sciences, the Arts and Social, Personal, Physical and Religious Education. In addition, students must be conversant with educational theories found in Psychology, Philosophy, History and Sociology of Education.
The research profile of the Froebel staff reflects the multiple disciplinary nature of teacher education programmes. Much research reflects the commitment to building on evidence based in classroom practice. Hence, a strong focus has been on conducting classroom-based research within many primary schools in Ireland and abroad especially in developing countries such as Kenya and India. In recent years, the Department has hosted a number of highly successful national and international conferences on primary and early childhood education. Now at Maynooth University, there are greater opportunities than ever before.
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