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Master of Education MEd
CSU’s Master of Education is a flexible degree providing a coursework program for professionals who are associated with the practice of education and wish to advance their skills, knowledge base and qualifications.
About the course
Educators in the following fields will benefit from the Master of Education program:
- primary education
- religious education
- police education
- nurse education
- speech therapy
- counselling/guidance
- secondary education
- consultancy/advisory services
- early childhood services
- youth work
- vocational education and training
- continuing professional education
- educational administration
- rural education
- distance education
- workplace training and staff development
The degree program is designed to:
- encourage and permit critical appraisal of policy, theory and practice in the education professions
- improve the educator’s professional competence and enlarge the capacity for self development
- provide the basis for leadership in the educator’s chosen educational venture
- increase awareness of the importance of educational research and research methods
and - permit highly qualified graduates of the programs to proceed to higher research degrees
Specialisations
The course offers specialisations in:
- Educational Leadership
- Information Technology
- Literacies and Literate Worlds
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Requirements for further study
If you wish to meet the requirements to proceed at a later stage to a Doctor of Education or Doctor of Philosophy program, you should normally complete and achieve at a very high level the three subjects in Educational Research Methodology and the project, namely:
EER500 Understanding and Critiquing Educational Research
EER501 Qualitative Research Methods
EER502 Quantitative Research Methods
it is also recommended that you undertake the project:
ERP502 Master of Education Project (16 points)
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This online course brochure is for prospective students. If you are a currently enrolled student, please consult the Charles Sturt University handbook