Higher Education - EDSTDS8910
Stream Summary
Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of Education
Contact: education@unsw.edu.au
Program: 8910 - Education
Award(s):
Master of Education (Specialisation)
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Stream Outline
A specialist higher education stream in the Master of Education program designed to address increasing demands to explore, critique and contribute to the study of higher education. This stream will provide an opportunity to explore the context, purpose, and role of higher education as well as contemporary issues in relevant theory and practice through a range of courses covering learning and teaching, curriculum and assessment, leadership and change, policy and research methodologies.
Stream Learning Outcomes
At the end of the stream, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the field of education as it relates to their specialist area of study, and the ability to synthesize and apply disciplinary principles and practices to new or complex environments.
- Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of research-based learning and the ability to plan, analyse, present implement and evaluate complex activities that contribute to advanced professional practice and/or intellectual scholarship in education.
- Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Communicate effectively to a range of audiences, and be capable of independent and collaborative enquiry and team-based leadership.
- Demonstrate an understanding of international perspectives relevant to the educational field.
- Demonstrate an advanced capacity to recognise and negotiate the complex and often contested values and ethical practices that underlie education.
Stream Structure
The program consists of the following eight courses (48 UOC):
One core course
One core course
AND
Three courses from the following list:
Three courses from the following list:
- EDST5104 Educational Assessment (6 UOC)
- EDST5105 Digital Literacies (6 UOC)
- EDST5122 Student Learning in HE (6 UOC)
- EDST5123 Educational Design in HE (6 UOC)
- EDST5124 Enhancing L&T in HE (6 UOC)
- EDST5141 Crit Engage Indigenous Edu (6 UOC)
- EDST5142 Leading Educational Change (6 UOC)
- EDST5303 Learning and Problem Solving (6 UOC)
- EDST5307 Mental Processes (6 UOC)
- EDST5313 Learning: Research and Prac (6 UOC)
- EDST5320 Individual Differences (6 UOC)
- EDST5321 Motivation in Education (6 UOC)
- EDST5436 Evaluation of Educ Prog (6 UOC)
- EDST5443 Assessment for Learning (6 UOC)
- EDST5453 Culture and Curriculum (6 UOC)
AND
One research methodology course from the following list:
One research methodology course from the following list:
AND
- EDST5888 Project (6 UOC)
AND
- Two other elective courses offered by the School of Education
These may be any two courses offered in the School of Education, including the higher education and research methodology courses noted above (i.e., students may take more than four higher education courses or more than one research methodology course). One or both of the two elective courses may be education courses outside of the field of higher education (e.g., educational leadership, gifted education, TESOL etc.)
