Educational Leadership - 8960
Program Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Contact: Dr Richard Niesche
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Typical Duration: 1 Years 
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC For Award: 48
Award(s):
Master of Educational Leadership
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Program Description
The Master of Educational Leadership degree by coursework (program 8960, stream code EDSTOS8960) is designed to provide aspiring and current educational leaders with an understanding of recent developments in theory, research and practice in educational leadership in order to equip them to lead educational organisations.
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
At the end of the program, students should have acquired all of the following graduate attributes:
- Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the field of educational leadership, 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.
Program Structure
In the Master of Educational Leadership (program 8960, plan code EDSTOS8960) students undertake eight courses (48 UOC). Students complete a minimum of four courses to be chosen from Educational Leadership, including two core and two elective courses, plus one research methodology course or literature review, plus a project. The remaining two courses are selected from any electives at the Master’s level, including those in educational leadership:
Core Courses
Core Courses
- EDST5433 Organisation Theory in Educ. (6 UOC)
- EDST5438 Leadership Theory (6 UOC)
Elective courses
- EDST5109 Performance Appraisal (6 UOC)
- EDST5110 Leadership for Gifted Students (6 UOC)
- EDST5114 Curriculum and Assessment (6 UOC)
- EDST5127 Coaching and Mentoring (6 UOC)
- EDST5130 Leadership in Action (6 UOC)
- EDST5141 Crit Engage Indigenous Edu (6 UOC)
- EDST5142 Leading Educational Change (6 UOC)
- EDST5143 Critical Persp in Ed Lead (6 UOC)
- EDST5145 Mentoring Practicum (6 UOC)
- EDST5146 Supervision and Assessment (6 UOC)
- EDST5308 Teacher Learning (6 UOC)
- EDST5314 Building Resilience (6 UOC)
- EDST5431 Financial Issues in Ed Lead (6 UOC)
- EDST5436 Evaluation of Educ Prog (6 UOC)
- EDST5439 Legal Issues in Ed Leadership (6 UOC)
- EDST5445 Workplace Lead Dev Project (6 UOC)
- EDST5450 Leading Individuals & Teams (6 UOC)
- EDST5451 Ed Policy: Theory & Practice (6 UOC)
- EDST5455 HRM in Education (6 UOC)
- EDST5459 School Based Management (6 UOC)
- EDST5461 Issues in Ed Leadership (6 UOC)
- EDST5462 Teacher Leadership (6 UOC)
- EDST5608 Effective Schools (6 UOC)
AND
One research methodology course from the following list:
One research methodology course from the following list:
- EDST5032 Ethnographic Methodology (6 UOC)
- EDST5101 Experimental Research Design (6 UOC)
- EDST5103 Survey Research (6 UOC)
- EDST5120 Qualitative Research (6 UOC)
- EDST5448 Classroom-based Research (6 UOC)
- EDST5458 Researching Education (6 UOC)
OR
AND
- EDST5888 Project (6 UOC)
AND
Two other elective courses offered by the School of Education at Master’s level.
These may be any two courses offered in the School of Education, including the educational leadership and research methodology courses noted above (i.e., students may take up to six educational leadership courses or more than one research methodology course).
Two other elective courses offered by the School of Education at Master’s level.
These may be any two courses offered in the School of Education, including the educational leadership and research methodology courses noted above (i.e., students may take up to six educational leadership courses or more than one research methodology course).
ARTS5503 Academic Writing (6 UOC)
This course can be taken as an additional course for students wishing to develop their academic writing skills. It will not count towards the program requirements. Click here for further details about the course.
Entry Requirements
A recognised Bachelor degree and a postgraduate teaching qualification (e.g. Graduate Diploma of Education or Master of Teaching)
OR
A four year pre-service teacher education qualification, including professional experience, equivalent to the qualifications required for Graduate teacher status in NSW.
OR
A four year pre-service teacher education qualification, including professional experience, equivalent to the qualifications required for Graduate teacher status in NSW.
Credit Transfer
If you are seeking credit transfer you must submit documentary evidence of courses completed at the time of initial enrolment. Faculty will then determine the number of units of credit to be granted. Credit transfer will not be granted for courses completed more than ten years previously. The maximum credit transfer for a Masters is 24 UOC (equivalent to four courses), and a Graduate Certificate is 12 UOC (equivalent to two courses).Academic Rules
To qualify for the award of the degree, a student must:
- Enrol in the Master of Educational Leadership and complete 48 UOC;
- Complete 12 UOC of core courses
- Complete 36 UOC of prescribed electives
Fees
For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website: UNSW Fee Website.
Articulation
The Master of Educational Leadership forms part of an approved sequence of articulated programs comprising the Graduate Certificate and Masters degree in the same area of specialisation. A postgraduate student enrolled in an articulated program may progress from Graduate Certificate to Masters level with full credit for courses completed in the earlier program in the sequence.
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