Master of Education (Leadership)

Western Sydney University

About

The Master of Education (Leadership) critically examines recent developments in theory, policy, practice and methodologies for research for educational leadership across early childhood, primary, secondary, tertiary, TAFE, community-based and other professional settings.

We recognise that leadership emerges and is enacted in diverse ways and in relationships and is crucial for fostering change and educational transformation, and that educational leaders are responsible for developing the leadership capacities of others.

Students will develop knowledge of research principles and practices in educational leadership and review and evaluate theory and scholarship.

They will apply concepts and theories to new bodies of knowledge and practice.

They will design original evidence-based investigations, and analyse and synthesise a range of data about complex problems in order to reframe problems and generate solutions.

They will develop and evaluate innovations to improve learning outcomes in workplace settings, communicate their findings to diverse audiences and contribute to scholarship in educational leadership.

This course is delivered through a combination of online and intensive on-campus teaching methods.Applicants for admission into the Master of Education (Leadership) must have successfully completed an undergraduate degree, or higher, in teaching/education, political science, policy studies, health, human welfare studies and services, or behavioural science.

An undergraduate degree in teaching includes the historical 2-3 year Diploma of Teaching/Education prior to 1987.

Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 120 credit points in the recommended sequence below.

Students may exit with a Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate on completion of the relevant units.Refer to links below for structure requirements for these two exit awards.

1728 - Graduate Diploma in Education (Leadership) - 80 credit points

1727 - Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership) - 40 credit points

Recommended Sequence

Part-time

Years 1 and 2 are offered in alternate calendar years, and are interchangeable. Students select from the units on offer in each semester/ year of enrolment. Not all listed units will be offered in every year.

Code	Name
101658	Transformative Learning

Code	Name
102158	Learning and Teaching in Challenging Contexts

Code	Name
102161	Leading Change

Any one unit from the course 1723 Master of Education (Social Ecology), 1720 Master of Inclusive Education or 1847 Master of Education (STEM) in consultation with your Academic Course Advisor.

1723 - Master of Education (Social Ecology)

1720 - Master of Inclusive Education

1847 - Master of Education (STEM)

Code	Name
102159	Designing Curriculum Futures

Code	Name
102168	Principles and Practices of Evaluation

Code	Name
100701	Leadership, Mentoring and Professional Growth

Code	Name
102165	At the cultural interface - learning two ways

Code	Name
101656	Researching Practice

Any one unit from the course 1723 Master of Education (Social Ecology), 1720 Master of Inclusive Education or 1847 Master of Education (STEM) in consultation with your Academic Course Advisor.

1723 - Master of Education (Social Ecology)

1720 - Master of Inclusive Education

1847 - Master of Education (STEM)

Code	Name
102163	Professional Project

Code	Name
102160	Education Policy, Practice and Global Knowledge Co-construction

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