M.A. Teaching and Learning Processes
| Degree awarded | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
|---|---|
| Duration and credits | 4 semesters; 120 ECTS credits |
| Starts in | April (summer semester) and October (winter semester) |
| Language of instruction | German |
About the programme
The M.A. Teaching and Learning Processes programme is aimed at students who wish to gain a qualification in the education field, its research methods and special pedagogical fields of action. Studying this programme, you will acquire in-depth competencies in psychological and pedagogical teaching and learning research. A particular focus of the degree programme is on media education issues, digitalisation and the use of new media.
If you have previously completed the University's B.Ed. Secondary Education, you can sit the First State Examination for Realschule Teachers during your master's programme, which enables you to begin a career as a teacher at Bavarian state-run schools.
Furthermore, if you choose a pedagogical field of action as your specialisation, you will acquire qualifications in non-school, pedagogical fields of activity. The University offers the following fields of action as a specialisation:
- Information and Media Literacy
- Art Mediation
- Education Management
- Integration, Interculturalism and Diversity
- Museum Pedagogy
This Master of Arts degree gives you the best prerequisites for a subsequent doctoral study in education and subject didactics.
For details, please consult the Academic Advice Service's infosheet [German content].
Features
- Greater professional expertise: The degree programme offers a significantly higher proportion of pedagogy, psychology and didactics courses than the conventional teacher education programme for 'Realschule' secondary schools.
- Wide range of pedagogical fields of action: When studied consecutively to the University's B.Ed. Secondary Education programme, the master's programme enables you sit the First State Examination as you study for the master's degree. Other possible specialisations are in the pedagogical fields of action: 'Information and Media Literacy', 'Art Mediation', 'Education Management', 'Museum Pedagogy' and 'Integration, Interculturalism and Diversity'.
- Research orientation: You will acquire in-depth knowledge and qualifications in educational research methods and have the opportunity to complete an internship as a research assistant.
- Excellent staff-student ratio: The programme is organised in a way that ensures a high level of individual support.
This Master of Arts degree opens up a wide range of employment prospects in the education sector. These include early education, child and youth work, work with migrants and other structurally disadvantaged groups, adult education, media and museum education, work in municipal cultural institutions, education management and learning support.
Other examples of potential areas of work are jobs in career and management consultancy, in personnel development and in scholarly research. Since the master's degree is an internationally recognised qualification, graduates should find it possible to find employment abroad.
Finally, you can follow up on your studies with a doctorate in education. The necessary foundations for independently writing a doctoral thesis are already laid in the preparation for the master's thesis; the excellent staff-student ratio means that students receive an optimal level of support for their academic development.
The master's programme is comprised of four module areas and the master's thesis:
A1) Teaching subjects and subject didactics (only for students with a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Passau or an equivalent degree) or
A2) Educational sciences core modules
B) Pedagogical fields of action
C) Profile modules in educational sciences
D) Research methods
A1) If you have graduated from the University's B.Ed. Secondary Education or an equivalent programme, you will complete the still missing, required assessments for admission to the First State Examination for Teachers at Bavarian secondary schools (specifically, Realschule) in this module area. Once you complete the A1 modules, counting in the assessments completed during the Bachelor of Education programme at the University of Passau, you will have fulfilled all the requirements for admission to the First State Examination.
A2) Students who do not wish to sit the State Examination will complete module area A2 with advanced modules in psychology, pedagogy, general didactics and subject didactics.
B) You will choose a specialisation module group in which you will acquire specific and in-depth knowledge and qualifications for the relevant pedagogical field of action:
- Information and Media Literacy
- Education Management
- Integration, Interculturalism and Diversity
- Museum Pedagogy
- Art Mediation
- Educational Science and Didactics
C) You will choose three out of five modules to acquire in-depth knowledge in the areas of subject didactics, general didactics, media education or psychology in the context of technology-assisted teaching and learning according to your interests. In addition, you can complete a research internship in which you will accompany and support current educational research projects as a research assistant.
D) You will complete three modules in which you will acquire in-depth knowledge and qualifications in educational research methods.
You will write your master's thesis either on an educational-science topic or on a topic from the subject didactics.
Infosheet on the degree programme [German content]
Hören Sie hier die Infoschrift zum Studiengang Master Bildungs- und Erziehungsprozesse
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