Course details
The aim of the Master of Arts in Education is to offer graduates a flexible pathway to a Level 9 qualification by allowing them to choose modules in accordance with their professional interests and practices, whilst developing a set of core educational competences. The mandatory core modules stress the acquisition of a range of theoretical and practical approaches appropriate to level 9 study.
Mandatory Modules
- Academic Enquiry
- Educational Theory
- Reflective Practice in Education
Electives
- Adult Learning
- Blended Learning
- Creativity in Education
- Curriculum and Assessment
- Education Law
- Enterprise and Innovation
- Independent Learning Module
- Language, Power and Societies
- Mentoring
- Multiple Intelligences
- Perspectives on Further and Higher Education
- Practical Leadership
- Practical Pedagogy 1
- Psychology for Educators
- Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs
- Teaching English as a Second Language
Research Component (30 credits) MA in Education
- Research Methods in Education (Mandatory)
Entry Requirements
An Honours Degree or equivalent and three years postgraduate experience.
Applicants whose first language is not English must submit evidence of competency in English.
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About Waterford Institute of Technology
We_They is a university-level institution in the South-East of Ireland with over 10,000 students and 1,000 staff.
We_They offers tuition and research programmes in various areas from Higher Certificate to Degree to PhD.
Range and scope
We_They is the major provider of higher education in the South East region of Ireland and one of the largest IOT's in Ireland. The Institute's range and scope reflect the changing needs of the southeast as well as the country as a whole. The range of academic programmes is exceptionally extensive, ranging from Higher Certificate right through to post-doctoral research and covering the Humanities, Health and Nursing, Science and Informatics, Engineering and Architecture, Business and Education.
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