Description
Society is currently placing new demands on education that require professionals with multidisciplinary training capable of meeting them.
These new educational needs have in turn created new educational settings and contexts, different from conventional ones, in which specialized educational interventions led by professionals with specific skills are necessary.
The Master in Education offers an educational program that seeks to fill a gap in the field of continuing training and in the field of education.
Learning Objectives
Competencies
- Offer comprehensive, up-to-date training, and provide the foundations for the development of the academic and professional skills needed for teaching in any teaching-learning context.
- Base professional practice on current knowledge in new or unfamiliar educational environments; provide insights into the nature of teaching and learning in general; and develop the competencies, knowledge, skills, and practical resources needed to complete this theoretical basis.
- Stimulate critical thinking for sound theoretical training and its necessary practical application, a fundamental area of action; develop good judgment, good decision-making, and problem-solving skills; and provide scientific research tools for referenced contributions on innovative or current higher education topics.
Outcomes
At the end of the program, students will be able to:
- Analyze and evaluate learning factors.
- Analyze and synthesize different learning theories and methodological learning bases in training.
- Explain and highlight the importance of tutoring in the educational system.
- Explain the importance of strategic learning and its influence on professional development.
- Apply ICT in the classroom as teaching resources.
- Design scientific research methodology.
- Manage school conflicts.
- Analyze the effect of interculturality on education.
- Analyze and articulate the different processes of attention to diversity.
- Organize and manage educational centers.
- Integrate environmental education into formal education.
Who Should Apply
This master's program aims to offer comprehensive, up-to-date training and provide the foundations for developing the academic and professional skills necessary for teaching in any teaching-learning context.
Duration
The program must be completed within 24 months. The following is the credit structure of the Master in Education with a specialty in Higher Education:
Core subjects: 34 credits
Required: 13 credits
Electives: 13 credits
Students need a minimum of 60 credits
.
Structure
| MASTER IN EDUCATION WITH A SPECIALTY IN HIGHER EDUCATION | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CODE | TITLE | PREREQUISITES | CREDITS | |
| CORE SUBJECTS | ||||
| FP101 | Learning Theories and Teaching Methodological Bases | N/A | 3 | |
| FP102 | Strategic Learning and Professional Development | N/A | 3 | |
| FP087 | Learning Factors | N/A | 3 | |
| FP079 | Tutorial Action in the Educational System | N/A | 3 | |
| FP077 | ICTS in the Classroom. Teaching Apps and Use of ICT Resources | N/A | 3 | |
| FP078 | Interculturality and Education | N/A | 3 | |
| FP080 | Conflict Solution and Transformation in the Educational Environment | N/A | 3 | |
| FP084 | Environmental Education in Formal Education | N/A | 3 | |
| FP103 | Fundamentals of Special Education: The Process of Attention to Diversity | N/A | 3 | |
| FP104 | Organization and Management of Education Centers | N/A | 3 | |
| FP092 | Scientific Research Methodology | N/A | 3 | |
| FP105 | Portfolio I | N/A | 1 | |
| ELECTIVES | ||||
| FP173 | Educational Quality, Evaluation, and Innovation in Higher Education | N/A | 3 | |
| FP171 | Educational Modalities in the University Context: Face-to-Face, Blended, and Distance | N/A | 3 | |
| FP176 | Professional Development and the Reflective Practice of University Professors | N/A | 3 | |
| FP179 | Teaching Methodologies and Strategies in the University Classroom | N/A | 2 | |
| FP180 | Learning Assessment in the University Context | N/A | 2 | |
| REQUIRED | ||||
| - | Master’s Thesis | Having completed 50% of the program credits and having passed FP092 | 10 | |
| FP108 | Portfolio II | N/A | 1 | |
| FP116 | Portfolio III | N/A | 2 | |
| TOTAL | 60 | |||
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Degree
Once the subjects and master’s thesis are approved and all academic, administrative, and financial requirements have been met, the following degree will be issued:
MASTER’S DEGREE IN EDUCATION WITH A SPECIALTY IN HIGHER EDUCATION