Master's Degree in "Education Sciences" (MA). Department of Education. School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE).

Description

"The students, following the completion of the Programme must have:
a) Sufficient theoretical and practical training.
b) Ability to design, implement, and evaluate pedagogical research.
c) Developed personal, social, and academic skills, in order to cope with the challenges of a changing social and educational environment.
d) Acquired specialised knowledge and suitable skills on issues regarding the handling of behaviour problems at school and learning difficulties and disorders.

Further Information

The subject of the Postgraduate Programme is the development of knowledge and skills and the promotion of research in the field of education sciences with regard to the current developments and the modern research in the field of training. Specifically, the Postgraduate Programme aims to the following:
a) Sufficient theoretical and practical training.
b) Improvement of the abilities to design, implement, and evaluate pedagogical research.
c) Improve personal, social, and academic skills, in order to cope with the challenges of a changing social and educational environment.
d) Provide specialised knowledge and develop suitable skills on issues regarding the handling of behaviour problems at school and learning difficulties and disorders.
CURRICULUM
A' Semester
1 Teaching and Learning (Practical Teaching Exercises are held within the context of the course) - 10 ECTS
2 Methodology of Educational Research - 10 ECTS
3 Educational Psychology - 10 ECTS
Total: 30 ECTS
B' Semester
1 Management of Behavioural Problems in the School Environment - 10 ECTS
2 Learning Difficulties and Disorders - 10 ECTS
3 Management of Human Resources in Education - 10 ECTS
Total: 30 ECTS
C' Semester
Postgraduate Dissertation - 30 ECTS CREDITS
GRAND TOTAL OF PROGRAMME CREDITS - 90 ECTS CREDITS

Relation To Employment

The title is useful for practicing the profession of the educator, since it meets the requirements of the law about the provision of pedagogical proficiency (Law 3848/2010, article 2, par. d).

Transitions

Access to this type of qualification have those who hold a Bachelor Degree (level 6). The selection of graduate students is mainly based on the following criteria: the overall grade of the Bachelor Degree, the grades in undergraduate courses that are relevant with the subjects of the Master’s program, the performance in thesis, where is foreseen at the undergraduate level and any research activity of the candidate. The detailed application of the above mentioned criteria, the definition of additional criteria or the conducting of examinations and interviews, the results of which are taken into account in the selection, are determined by decision of the relevant Department.
Holders of such qualifications gain access to study programmes at the same level or at level 8.

Ways To Aquire

Qualifications of this type are acquired via formal education.