Master of Education (Mathematics and Science Education)

Course code: 3208 + Course abbreviation: MEd(MathsSciEd) + 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)

Multimode (Clayton)

Course description

The course is designed to meet the needs of teachers, coordinators, text and curriculum developers and lecturers at all levels wishing to increase their understanding of recent developments in teaching, assessment, curriculum and research in science and mathematics education, as well as teachers and other educators who wish to gain higher qualifications and research expertise in science and mathematics education.

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 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

Research core unit

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

One program elective unit selected from the list below (12 points)

Specialist electives

EDF6401 Research on teaching and learning science and mathematics (12 points)
EDF6402 Research on science and mathematics curriculum (12 points)

General elective units

Two general elective units (totalling 24 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

One program elective unit selected from the list below (12 points)

Specialist electives

EDF6401 Research on teaching and learning science and mathematics (12 points)
EDF6402 Research on science and mathematics curriculum (12 points)

General elective unit

One unit selected from the list below (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

One program elective unit selected from the list below (12 points)

Specialist electives

EDF6401 Research on teaching and learning science and mathematics (12 points)
EDF6402 Research on science and mathematics curriculum (12 points)

Research thesis

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

Program elective units

Students are to choose at least one program elective unit selected from:

EDF6114 Curriculum: design, critique and change
EDF6123 Developing the reflective practitioner
EDF6236 Language, society and cultural difference
EDF6441 Issues in educational multimedia
EDF6601 Studies in special education/inclusion
EDF6702 Internationalising the curriculum
EDF6751 Gender and education
EDF6810 Education, work and learning careers
EDF6821 Policy and governance

General elective units

Any 12-point units selected from the units offered within the education postgraduate coursework studies programs.

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).

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.

Contact details

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

Course coordinator

Professor Peter Sullivan

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