The Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice is a 72-unit program offered by the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work on campus and in distance mode.
The Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice prepares teachers, educators and leaders in schools, the community, workplaces, universities and training institution to develop an understanding of the cognitive psychology of learning and investigate how this can be applied to problems that arise in learning and teaching. There is an increased recognition from education sectors, of a need for a deeper teacher expertise about learning. The Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice is professionally oriented and is intended for people currently employed in the field of education, those who would like to be so employed, and those who have an interest in developing their knowledge and practice, with a focus on understanding and innovating teaching and learning in a range of teaching and learning contexts (including distance/online education). It is designed to meet the increasing demand for professional education about teaching-learning issues such as motivation, cognition and metacognition. In addition to core cognitive psychology and educational practice topics, students may opt to study one or two minors in the listed areas of interest, or they may select their own combination of topics from across the range of the topics available in these minors.
The Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice articulates with the Graduate Certificate in Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice and the Graduate Certificate in Education.
Applicants must normally hold a degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution.
However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
The course aims to:
On completion of this course you will be able to:
To qualify for the Master of Cognitive Psychology and Educational Practice a student must complete 72 units with a grade of P or NGP, or better, in each topic, according to the program of study below.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
Upon completion of 18 units a student may choose to exit with one of the following awards, subject to meeting the program of study for that award:
Students are expected to discuss their option topics with the course coordinator. The final program of study must be approved by the course coordinator.
The Dean (Education) may approve an alternative pattern or the inclusion of other topics from an appropriate Graduate Certificate or Masters program offered by the University or another institution
Core - Year 1 topics
18 units comprising:
EDUC8731 Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition in Learning (4.5 units)1
EDUC9732 Teaching to Develop Motivation, Cognition and Metacognition (4.5 units)
EDUC9733 The Psychology of Learning and Instruction (4.5 units)
EDUC9734 Applications of Psychology to Learning and Instruction (4.5 units)
Options and Minors - Year 1 topics
18 units selected from any combination of Option – Year 1 and 2 list, and/or topics available in the minors listed below2:
Core - Year 2 Topics
9 units comprising:
EDUC9735 Research Design in Cognition and Instruction (4.5 units)
EDUC9736 Research Application in Cognition and Instruction (4.5 units)
Option and Minors - Year 2 topics
27 units selected from any combination of Option – Year 1 and 2 list, and/or topics available in the minors listed below2:
EDUC8129 Contemporary Issues in Special Education (4.5 units)
EDUC9136 Educational Policy, Politics and Practice (4.5 units)
EDUC9703 Postgraduate Education: Purposes and Practices (4.5 units)
EDUC9719 Independent Research Study (4.5 units)3
EDUC9761 Approaches to Research (4.5 units)
EDUC9852 Ethics in Education (4.5 units)
Course Rule Notes
Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.
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