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Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Education

Master of Education (School Leadership)

Course code: 2818 + Total credit points required: 72 + 18 months full-time, 3 years part-time + On-campus (Clayton), multimode (Clayton)
Contact: Professor Peter Gronn (telephone +61 3 9905 2819 for initial inquiries)

Course description

This course is designed to meet the needs and interests of teachers in a number of education sectors and systems, particularly level 1 teachers, leading level 2 and 3 teachers and assistant principals currently employed in primary and secondary schools who aspire to school principal appointments.

Entry requirements

To be eligible for admission to the course, applicants must hold either:

an approved three-year bachelors degree in a relevant field with a credit average in the final year, or
an approved three-year bachelors degree (or equivalent) and a fourth year of study, or
an approved four-year bachelors degree, or
qualifications or experience considered by the faculty board to be equivalent to, or a satisfactory substitute for, the above awards.

Course outline

Students are required to successfully complete 72 credit points comprising one of the three options:

six units (option one), or
five units plus EDF6010/20 Professional project (8000 words - option two), or
four units plus a research thesis (16,000 words - option three).

*Option 1*	*Option 2*	*Option 3*
Research core unit EDF6003 Interpreting research (12 points)	Research core unit EDF6003 Interpreting research (12 points)	Research core unit EDF6001 Embarking on research (12 points), or EDF6904 Leading change - professional action research project*
Specialist elective EDF6821 Policy and governance (12 points)	Specialist elective EDF6821 Policy and governance (12 points)	Specialist elective EDF6821 Policy and governance (12 points)
Specialist elective EDF6822 Leadership and organisation (12 points)	Specialist elective EDF6822 Leadership and organisation (12 points)	Specialist elective EDF6822 Leadership and organisation (12 points)
Specialist elective EDF6823 Management and change (12 points)	Specialist elective EDF6823 Management and change (12 points)	Specialist elective EDF6823 Management and change (12 points)
Specialist or general elective unit (12 points)	Specialist or general elective unit (12 points)	Research thesis EDF6031 Masters thesis part 1 (12 points), and EDF6032 Masters thesis part 2 (12 points) Totalling 16,000 words)
General elective unit (12 points)	EDF6010/EDF6020 Professional project (A) or (B) (8000 words) (12 points)

* Note that EDF6904 may be taken provided the student has already completed EDF6901, EDF6902 and EDF6903.

Research core unit

(a) Students enrolled in (option 1) or who will be undertaking a professional project (option 2) must enrol in:
EDF6003 Interpreting research
(b) Students who will be undertaking a research thesis (option 3) as part of their degree must enrol in:
EDF6001 Embarking on research

Program elective unit

EDF6821 Policy and governance (requirement for school leadership pathway)

Specialist elective units

EDF6822 Leadership and organisation, and/or
EDF6823 Management and change, and/or
EDF6828 Resource management

General elective units

Note the general electives do not need the course coordinator's approval unless under exceptional circumstances (ie if the student wishes to enrol in a unit from another faculty)
Option 1
Any two postgraduate units
Option 2
Any one postgraduate unit
Plus EDF6010/EDF6020 Professional project (A) or (B)
Option 3
No general electives
Plus
EDF6031 Masters thesis part 1, and
EDF6032 Masters thesis part 2

Research thesis

The research core unit is a corequisite for the research thesis. It may be taken concurrently with the research thesis or completed prior to the commencement of the research thesis.

Note that students entering the course having completed Faculty of Education designed and delivered certificate programs may be granted up to 24 points of recognised prior learning (RPL). Such students will normally complete the three core units and the professional project.
This is a conceptual outline only. It gives a general indication of how the course will progress and is subject to change without notice. Students should also consult their course coordinator to assist in planning their program. Check current timetable for unit availability via the website at http://www.education.monash.edu.au/students/current/timetables after 30 September.

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