Educational Psychology - EDSTFS8910
Stream Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of Education
Contact: Dr Iva Strnadova
Program: 8910 - Education
Award(s):
Master of Education (Specialisation)
Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions
Stream Outline
The MEd (Educational Psychology) is a specialist program with a focus on cognitive processes and their implications for teaching techniques and instructional design. The program is designed to provide deeper insights into human development, learning, thinking, motivation and individual differences within the framework of cognitive load theory.
Graduate Attributes
At the end of the stream, students should have acquired all of the following graduate attributes:
- Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the field of education as it relates to their specialist area of study, and the ability to synthesize and apply disciplinary principles and practices to new or complex environments.
- Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of research-based learning and the ability to plan, analyse, present implement and evaluate complex activities that contribute to advanced professional practice and/or intellectual scholarship in education.
- Demonstrate advanced critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Communicate effectively to a range of audiences, and be capable of independent and collaborative enquiry and team-based leadership
- Demonstrate an understanding of international perspectives relevant to the educational field
- Demonstrate an advanced capacity to recognise and negotiate the complex and often contested values and ethical practices that underlie education
Stream Structure
The program consists of the following eight courses (48 units of credit):
Four core courses from the following list of educational psychology courses
Two compulsory courses:
- EDST5303 Hum Cog Arch (6 UOC)
- EDST5306 Human Development & Education (6 UOC)
AND
any two of the following courses:
- EDST5103 Survey Research (6 UOC)
- EDST5106 Behaviour Management (6 UOC)
- EDST5307 Mental Processes (6 UOC)
- EDST5320 Individual Differences (6 UOC)
- EDST5321 Motivation in Education (6 UOC)
AND
One research methodology course
AND
- EDST5888 Research Project (6 UOC)
This involves the completion of an individual research project under the supervision of an academic member of staff in the School of Education. Typically, one-on-one meetings are held with the supervisor at a frequency that is determined between the student and the chosen supervisor.
AND
AND
- Two other elective courses offered by the School of Education
These may be any two courses offered in the School of Education, including the educational psychology courses noted above (i.e., students may take all of the core special education courses or more than one research methodology course).
One or both of the two elective courses may be education courses outside of the field of educational psychology (e.g., educational leadership, gifted education, TESOL etc.)
One or both of the two elective courses may be education courses outside of the field of educational psychology (e.g., educational leadership, gifted education, TESOL etc.)
