Study programme code

KAKTM.HR

Study programme administrator

Maria Erss

MER study programme code

80402

Study programme version code

KAKTM/21.HR

School / college

HR - School of Educational Sciences

Study programme title in Est.

Kasvatusteadused

study programme title in Engl.

Educational Sciences

Language of instruction

Estonian

Study level

Master's studies

ECTS credits

120

Study domain

Haridus

Study programme group

teacher training and educational science

Study programme subgroup

en: Kasvatusteadus

Nominal study period (in semesters)

4

Access conditions

An applicant must have a Bachelor´s degree or an equivalent level of preparation. show more...
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 and possibilities of supporting this development in a socio-cultural environment; show more...

- helping the learner develop a readiness for academic research;
- helping the learner develop a readiness for applying pedagogical knowledge in practice in spheres that are important for an educational system;
- wstablishing the preconditions for continuing studies at doctoral level.

Learning outcomes of the study programme

- knows basic terminology, trends and problems of modern educational sciences show more...

- is able to understand the functioning of educational reality at the level of culture and collective body
- has knowledge about the structure, development and operational principles of an educational system
- is able to understand and lead educational processes at an institutional as well as individual level
- knows how to conduct scientific research in all stages
- has self-analysis skills, critical systematic thinking skills and cognisance of the system
- has the skill to put theory into 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.

Since the admission of year 2017 students are required to pass during the studies at least one course which uses a foreign language as the language of instruction.