Master of Education (Leadership, Policy and Change)

Course code: 2498 + Course abbreviation: MEd(LPandC) + Total credit points required: 72 + 18 months full-time, 3 years part-time. Intake only for International students in 2007.

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Off-campus (Clayton)

Multimode (Clayton)

Off-shore (Singapore, Hong Kong)

Course description

This course is designed to meet the needs and interests of leaders and managers of educational institutions, teachers, academics and personnel working in a variety of human service organisations who exercise formal or informal leadership responsibilities for the delivery of educational and related services.

Entry requirements

To be eligible for admission, 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 structure

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

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

Option 1

(Note that option one is not offered for students studying off-shore.)

Research core unit

An appropriate 12-point research unit will be selected from the faculty suite of research methodology units.

Program elective

EDF6821 Policy and governance (12 points)

Specialist electives

EDF6822 Leadership and organisation (12 points)
EDF6823 Management and change (12 points)
EDF6828 Resource management (12 points)

General elective unit

One unit selected from the list below (12 points)

Option 2

Research core unit

An appropriate 12-point research unit will be selected from the faculty suite of research methodology units.

Program elective

EDF6821 Policy and governance (12 points)

Specialist electives

EDF6822 Leadership and organisation (12 points)
EDF6823 Management and change (12 points)
EDF6828 Resource management (12 points)

Professional project

EDF6010/6020 Professional project (A) or (B) (8000 words) (12 points)

Option 3

Research core unit

An appropriate 12-point research unit will be selected from the faculty suite of research methodology units.

Program elective

EDF6821 Policy and governance (12 points)

Specialist electives

EDF6822 Leadership and organisation (12 points)
EDF6823 Management and change (12 points)

Research thesis

EDF6031 Masters thesis part 1, and
EDF6032 Masters thesis part 2 (16,000 words) (totalling 24 points)

Research methodology units

EDF6005 Reading, interpreting and communicating research (12 points)
EDF6006 Survey approaches to research (12 points)
EDF6007 Qualitative approaches to research (12 points)
EDF6008 Working with theory in research (12 points)
EDF6009 Special topic in research (12 points)
EDF6012 Specific focus in research A (6 points)
EDF6013 Specific focus in research B (6 points)

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.

General elective units

Students may choose up to two units from:

EDF6442 The impact of computer technology on education and society
EDF6701 Globalisation and education
EDF6702 Internationalising the curriculum
EDF6703 International education markets
EDF6802 Adult education and training: theories and practices
EDF6810 Education, work and learning careers
Any other postgraduate unit

Note that general electives usually do not need the course coordinator’s approval, unless there are exceptional circumstances (ie if the student wishes to enrol in a unit from another faculty).

Contact details

Telephone +61 3 9905 2819 or visit www.education.monash.edu.au.

Course coordinator

Professor Peter Gronn

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