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PLEASE NOTE: for official information, specific details, and updated deadlines and instructions, please check the organization's website and current scholarship form; if you have problems or questions, please contact us.
Course description
English Language Education
The specialization aims to provide experienced teachers and language specialists with an appropriate theory-based framework within which to understand and investigate issues involved in English language education, in order that they can develop leadership roles in the profession. The specialization focuses on the development of participants’ language awareness, with a view to equipping them with the expertise necessary for a critical understanding of approaches to research and development in English language teaching and learning. The specialization also develops the practical skills needed for school-based classroom research, curriculum development and the implementation of innovations.
Inclusive and Special Education
This specialization is intended to increase professional competence in inclusion and special education by providing knowledge and skills based on theory and research. It will critically examine and evaluate a wide range of theoretical orientations, definitions, legislations and models of provision in different contexts and regions, curriculum adaptations, identifications and assessment procedures as well as teaching strategies. The link between theoretical frameworks and practical applications will be explored with a particular focus on the impact of current theories on change processes in special education and inclusion locally and internationally. It is an advanced level professional program designed for teachers and other professionals involved in the education, care and management of children and adolescents with diverse needs and disabilities.
Liberal Studies
The purpose of this specialism is to help participants critically examine the curriculum and design effective learning for the newly proposed area of Liberal Studies which will be a core subject in the new senior secondary curriculum. The specialism focuses in particular on the development of the participants’ conceptualization and understanding of the design and implementation of the curriculum and the implications for learning and assessment, as well as on developing and designing learning experiences and evaluating learning and the curriculum.
Educational Administration and Management
This specialism provides educators with the theoretical background and research capacity to understand and analyze the practice of administration and management in education. Topics include organization theories; management theories; theories and methods of decisions; sociological perspectives of educational institutions; educational policy-making and planning; organizational psychology; accountability and law in education; and research methodology in educational administration.
Generalist Educational Studies strand
This field of study aims to serve educators who may be interested in, for example, curriculum studies, educational management, theories of learning, values in education, and psychology of education. This programme allows you to tailor-make a course of study across the broad field of education, according to your own interests, without having to narrow your focus of study. Students registered for the Generalist Strand are required to complete the core module “Educational Studies”, a research methods module and an option of either three elective modules and a dissertation or five elective modules and a project by independent study, of which the elective modules to be chosen from a pool of about 30 elective modules.
The course provide a general master’s degree program for practicing educators that will address the major challenges confronting education in Hong Kong and worldwide through a thoughtful consideration of the major ideas that guide the theory and practice of education.
| Previous Qualifications (Degrees, Certificates, Skills, etc) |
A recognized Bachelor’s Degree or qualifications of equivalent standard. Applicants may be required to sit for a qualifying examination |
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| English Language Test Scores (TOEFL, IELTS) |
TOEFL: 550 or IELTS: 6 |
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| Transcript |
Yes |
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| Letter(s) of Recommendation |
2 (Any) |
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| Other requirements |
Interview |
**Note: Only short listed candidates will be asked to take the entrance exam.
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| Application for January Semester |
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| Application for September Semester |
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*Note: Please check the university website for exact dates.
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*The Graduate School of Psychology follows the trimester system.
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Contact details
G/F HuiOi Chow Science Building
Phone: +852 2859 1951 / +852 2859 2544
Email: medu@hkucc.hku.hk
Link
Detailed Course Info:
http://web.edu.hku.hk/programme/mite/
http://web.edu.hku.hk/programme/med/
http://web.edu.hku.hk/programme/med/docs/MEd_Generalist_Edu_Stud_strand.pdf (Course Details)
http://web.edu.hku.hk/programme/med/docs/MEd_Education_Administration_and_Management.pdf
General Info:
http://web.edu.hku.hk/
http://web.edu.hku.hk/programmes.php
http://web.edu.hku.hk/courses.php?graduate
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