Study programme code

KAKTM.HR

Study programme administrator

Kai Pata

MER study programme code

80402

version code

KAKTM/10.HR

School / college

HR - School of Educational Sciences

Study programme title in Est.

Haridusteadus

study programme title in Engl.

Educational Sciences

Language of instruction

Estonian

Study level

Master's studies

ECTS credits

120

Study domain

Education

Study programme group

teacher training and educational science

Study programme subgroup

Education science

Nominal study period (in semesters)

4

Access conditions

An applicant must have a Bachelor´s degree or an equivalent level of preparation. show more...

Minimum level of proficiency of the Estonian language at B2 level according to the European Framework of Reference for Languages. The minimum level of proficiency of the English language at B1 level according to the European Framework of Reference for Languages.

For admission a student must pass an exam.

Degrees conferred

haridusteaduse magister (kasvatusteadused)

Study programme aims and objectives

Create opportunities for:
- achieving a comprehensive understanding of personal development show more...

and possibilities of supporting this in a socio-cultural environment
based on educational scientific knowledge;
- helping the learner develop a readiness for the application of
educational scientific knowledge in areas important for the educational
system;
- developing the learner's competencies, capacity and capability for the
development of sustainable education in a sustainable learning society;
- creating opportunities to learn about the nature and development of
the basic mental processes important in learning and to get familiar with
the instruments used to assess mental processes important in learning
and to apply the relevant assessment knowledge in the field of
education;
- helping the learner develop a readiness for scientific research and
create prerequisites for continuing studies at the doctoral level.

Learning outcomes of the study programme

- - knows the basic concepts, trends and issues of educational and show more...

educational science and is able to understand the functioning of
educational reality at the cultural and societal level;

- - has knowledge of the structure, development, operating principles of
the educational system, is able to understand and guide educational
processes both at the institutional and individual level;
- - knows the developments in the field of lifelong learning and knows
how to direct people to manage their learning path over the life span,
integrating formal and non-formal education;

- - knows the basics of educational psychology and has acquired the basic
knowledge and skills of working with data necessary for making
scientific and evidence-based decisions in the educational field;
- - can carry out scientific research and apply acquired theoretical knowledge in practice.

Graduation requirements

In order to graduate, the student shall complete the study programme in the given volume, show more...
which includes passing all compulsory courses and compiling and defending the Master’s thesis. During the studies, students are required to pass at least one course which uses a foreign language as the language of instruction. Students who have not graduated from upper secondary schools where Estonian is the language of instruction, or who have graduated from schools where Estonian is only partly the language of instruction, are required to have Estonian language proficiency at C1 level.
During the studies, students are required to pass at least one course which uses a foreign language as the language of instruction.