Master of Arts in Education

Description

The MA in Education programme aims to build a cohort of professional practitioners and researchers in the education domain who exemplify constitutional values and commitment to broader issues of social justice and equity in education. The programme aims to build their critical understanding of disciplinary perspectives in education with a strong emphasis on practice. 

Students will be equipped to engage with persistent challenges within the field of education while gaining new insights into new and emerging challenges and innovations that could serve as critical counterpoints. Curriculum and pedagogic transformation are intrinsic considerations in the study of education, and the programme provides the necessary orientation for the same. 

The programme offers courses in education studies, pedagogic studies, research, advanced specialisation optionals, a compulsory evaluated field attachment, and research leading to a dissertation. Courses are designed to combine field and theoretical knowledge and experience.

Spread over two years, the full-time MAED programme will enable students to specialise in two of these eight areas: (i) Language Education; (ii) Math Education; (iii) Science Education; (iv) Social Science Education; (v) Economics of Education; (vi) Education Development and Policy; (vii) Education Leadershipand management (viii) Education Technology; (ix) Inclusive Education; (x) Teacher Education. Students will graduate with knowledge, understanding and skills for research and practice across levels of school and teacher education, along with two advanced specialisations.

The field of education needs professionals with a capacity to develop curriculum, train teachers, conduct evidenced-based research to influence education policies and practices, strengthen the pedagogy of discipline- based teaching at various levels of education, contribute towards knowledge generation and use of ICT and New Media in Education, administer educational institutions, and provide leadership and advocacy to achieve educational goals. After completing the MA ED programme, students have diverse career opportunities, including positions in government organisations at national and state levels, research institutions, and civil society organisations / CSR initiatives / funding agencies with a focus on education.

The key features of the programme include:

1. Commitment to Greater Praxis: The programme reaffirms its commitment to bring alive the praxis in different aspects of educational experience: teaching and learning; policies and practice; research and pedagogy; academics and myriad professional engagements both within and beyond educational spaces.
2. Enhanced Scope of Educational Exploration: The proposed programme encompasses a wider spectrum of study of education ranging from foundational courses to professional competency courses and field-based experiential learning courses.
3. Focus on Innovation and Inclusion: A strong curricular focus of practice comprises orienting students to innovative field practices and programmes to provide them with an understanding of practices beyond the conventional and mainstream ones. Equally important is the dimension of inclusion that is integral to the curricular orientation both in terms of programmatic offering and practice.
4. Opportunities for Specialization in Diverse Domains within Education: The curriculum of the revised programme is thoughtfully restructured to offer wider choices to learners. They would have opportunities to specialise in distinct domains within educational studies along with in-depth field engagements in the related domain.
5. Accommodative and Adaptive Learning Modalities: The program is envisioned to be available both on campus and in blended learning mode with an inclusive vision to accommodate diverse preferences for learning and adapt to future dynamics of ever evolving learning space.

The MA Education programme is also offered at the School of Educational Studies, Hyderabad (off-campus). Explore more..

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Semesterwise Courses:

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*Students will choose any one of these advanced level courses: Sociology of Education, Educational Psychology (Development and Cognition), Philosophy of Education, History of Education.

 **Students will choose any one from a basket of courses designed to build their professional competencies such as Project Management, Monitoring & Evaluation; Design Thinking; Education Communication.

Table 2: Typology of Courses

Fee Structure: