Description
The Master in Education with a specialty in Teacher Training is designed to train teachers to meet current educational challenges posed by teaching in complex and changing contexts across different educational levels. Teachers play a fundamental role in the development of quality educational processes, and this master aims to offer specialized, up-to-date, and multidimensional didactic training to achieve this purpose.
Learning Objectives
Competencies
- Offer comprehensive, up-to-date training, and provide the foundations for the development of academic and professional skills needed for teaching in any of the various teaching and learning contexts that may arise.
- Base professional practice on current knowledge in new or unfamiliar educational settings, provide insights on the nature of teaching and learning in general, and develop the necessary competencies, knowledge, skills, and practical resources to complement this theoretical foundation.
- 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:
- Identify basic curriculum-related concepts and critically analyze their different approaches (thematic content, learning, or competencies) and the different stages of the creation of a curriculum proposal.
- Plan and evaluate learning processes in virtual environments, considering the teaching and learning context, the methodological approach, and students’ interests, needs, and learning styles.
- Identify the different types of evaluation and select the most suitable tools to evaluate students' learning process.
- Distinguish between different teaching and learning methodologies and their didactic techniques.
- Select and apply appropriate teaching and learning techniques to achieve the learning objectives established in a given educational context.
- Identify and apply the design, adaptation and evaluation criteria of didactic resources according to the needs of learning of a concrete educational context.
- Design or adapt didactic material and build tools for its evaluation.
- Identify the characteristics of the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) methodological approach and assess its application in a given educational context.
- Design CLIL-based didactic proposals.
Who Should Apply
Graduates in any area of knowledge dedicated to or wishing to work in teaching and wanting to receive specific, specialized training in educational teaching and learning processes, with a particular focus on personalized educational models that promote methodological innovation.
Duration
The program must be completed within 24 months. The following is the credit structure of the Master in Education with a specialty in Teacher Training:
Core subjects: 34 credits
Electives: 13 credits
Required: 13 credits
Students need a minimum of 60 credits.
Structure
| MASTER IN EDUCATION WITH A SPECIALTY IN TEACHER TRAINING | |||||
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| CODE | SUBJECT | PREREQUISITES | CREDITS | ||
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CORE SUBJECTS |
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| FP101 | Learning Theories and Methodological Approaches in Education | N/A | 3 | ||
| FP102 | Strategic Learning and Professional Development | N/A | 3 | ||
| FP087 | Learning Factors | N/A | 3 | ||
| FP079 | Tutoring Action in the Education System | N/A | 3 | ||
| FP077 | ICT in Classroom. Educational Applications and Use of Resources | N/A | 3 | ||
| FP078 | Interculturality and Education | N/A | 3 | ||
| FP080 | Conflict Solution and Transformation in the Educational Environment | N/A | 3 | ||
| FP084 | Environment Education in Formal Education | N/A | 3 | ||
| FP103 | Fundamentals of Special Education: Processes of Attention to Diversity | N/A | 3 | ||
| FP104 | Organization and Management of Educational Centers | N/A | 3 | ||
| FP092 | Methodology of Scientific Research | N/A | 3 | ||
| FP105 | Portfolio I | N/A | 1 | ||
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ELECTIVES |
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| FP106 | Curricular Design, Programming, and Outcome Development | N/A | 3 | ||
| FP090 | Learning Evaluation | N/A | 3 | ||
| FP107 | Classroom Learning Methodologies | N/A | 3 | ||
| FP088 | Creation, Adaptation, and Evaluation of Materials | N/A | 2 | ||
| FP091 | Content and language integrated learning | N/A | 2 | ||
| REQUIRED | THESIS | ||||
| FP108 | Portfolio II | N/A | 1 | ||
| FP116 | Portfolio III | N/A | 2 | ||
| FPEEE01 | Master's Final Project (MFP) | Having completed 50% of the program credits and having passed FP092 | 10 | ||
| 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 Teacher Training