Awarding Institution: 

Awarded by University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Full Time Duration: 
1.5 years
Intake Dates: 
February, July and November

Description

Educators at all levels play a significant role in developing the knowledge of the society. New approaches to education, emphasising knowledge building rather than transmission can contribute to preparing citizens to participate more fully in the ‘knowledge economy’ and ‘information society’.

The SEGi University College in collaboration with the University of Southern Queensland offers the Master of Education (MEd) programme that aims to develop the capabilities and dispositions required of its graduates to work as engaged professional educators in knowledge building communities.

The MEd is an intensive programme that allows educators/trainers to acquire a general theoretical background for understanding past and future experiences in the education field and implicating it in their professional work. Educators/trainers can enhance their professional competence through advanced coursework and research based projects. This programme allows students to choose one of 4 majors in which to specialize according to the need and interest of them:

  • Leadership & Management
  • Special Education
  • TESOL
  • Early Childhoos

Career Opportunities

The Master of Education program thus aims to develop in its graduates the capabilities and dispositions to work as engaged professional educators in contemporary knowledge building communities. In particular, the student-led design coursework option allows students the maximum flexibility in tailoring the nature of the courses studied in the program to their own particular professional learning goals.

Entry Requirements

Normal Entry

3-year Bachelor Degree (or equivalent) from a recognised university which includes at least one year of studies in education.

Alternative Entry
  1. 3-year Bachelor Degree (or equivalent) with no studies in education, but with two or more years of relevant experience.
  1. 3-year Bachelor Degree (or equivalent) with no studies in education, and without relevant experience (required to complete one or more specified courses in first semester of enrolment).

 

Programme Modules

Leadership & Management

This major uses authoritative and cutting edge research to examine ways that educational organisations can be led and managed to enhance their effectiveness and outcomes.

Pogramme Modules

  • Concepts and Theories in Education Management
  • Educators as Leaders: Emerging Perspectives
  • Managing Resources in the New Organisation
  • Organisational Transformation through Learning
  • Foundations of Contemporary Educational Research Methods
  • Families, Children and Change
  • Marketing Your Educational Organisation
  • Master Project II
Special Education


The Special Education major provides an opportunity for students to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to work effectively with children in regular education who have learning and/or behavioural problems. Students can elect to focus their studies on one of three areas: Inclusive Education, Learning Support, or Behaviour Management and School Adjustment

Programme Modules

  • Issues in Early Intervention
  • Teaching Students with Special Needs: Behaviour Management
  • Educating Students with Special Needs
  • Emotional & Behavioural Problems of Child & Adolescents
  • Learning Disabilities: Theory & Practice
  • Families, Children and Change
  • Foundations of Contemporary Educational Research Methods
TESOL

The demand for knowledge of the English language and the ability to use this language in many forms of communication continue to increase throughout the world. As a result, the requirement for English teachers all over the world continues to grow. Currently there is a huge demand for teachers who are skilled, trained and certified in teaching English, due to the fact that there is a great worldwide desire to communicate in English.

The standard international qualification for teaching English to speakers of other languages / teaching English as a foreign language is TESOL. The TESOL Major aims to:

  • Provide an opportunity for in-depth study in the area of second language learning and teaching.
  • Enhance each student’s capacity to critically analyse relevant professional issues affecting current educational practices in the area of second language teaching and policy development.
  • Enhance each student’s capacity for open, critical reflective thinking about second language teaching practice

Programme Modules

  • The Nature of Language
  • Methodology in Teaching a 2nd Language
  • Principles of 2nd Language Learning
  • Introduction to Sociolinguistics
  • Language Testing
  • Syllabus Design & Materials Writing
  • Foundations of Contemporary Educational
  • Research Methods
  • Concepts and Theories in Education Management
Early Childhood

The option in Early Childhood aims to explore specialist knowledge associated with quality care and education of children aged birth to eight years. The courses in the Early Childhood major examine various issues related to professional development and innovative practice across a variety of early childhood settings. Aspects of critical reflection, scholarship and independent enquiry are cultivated through professional awareness of authoritative literature and contemporary research grounded in international and local early childhood contexts.

Programme Modules

  • Aesthetics in Early Childhood Arts
  • Teaching Students with Special Needs: Behaviour Management
  • Developing Masters in Early Childhood
  • Issues in Early Childhood
  • Families, Children and Change
  • Foundations of Contemporary Educational Research Methods
  • Marketing Your Educational Organisation
  • Master Project II
Postgraduate Studies