MLEA Master of Leadership in Education - 1.5 years

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Overview

The Master of Leadership in Education focuses on working with aspiring, middle and senior leaders to understand how they might grow their leadership as change agents with knowledge and the relational sensibilities to work with others for a better world. It reflects the need to think about how traditional notions … For more content click the Read More button below.

The Master of Leadership in Education focuses on working with aspiring, middle and senior leaders to understand how they might grow their leadership as change agents with knowledge and the relational sensibilities to work with others for a better world. It reflects the need to think about how traditional notions of leadership must change, to support leadership which recognises local and global contexts, judgement, and relationships as fundamental to the way forward.

Student guidance

Program of study overview

To qualify for the Master of Leadership in Education, a student must complete 54 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 each 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:

Graduate Certificate in Education
Graduate Certificate in Leadership in Education
Graduate Certificate in Wellbeing and Positive Mental Health in Education

Program of study notes

This Program of Study serves as a suggested study plan. When core topics are offered in both halves of the year, students may enrol in these topics in either half of the year as long as requisites are met.
The compulsory minor can be completed over multiple semesters.
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, Graduate Diploma or Masters program offered by the University or another institution.
Core topics cannot be presented towards the requirements of a minor. Where an overlap exists, students should select an alternate option topic from the minor program of study, or seek approval for an alternate from the Course Coordinator.
To have a minor noted on the transcript, a student must complete all 18 units of topics as prescribed in the minor program of study.
With permission from the Course Coordinator, students may replace the 9 Research option and 18 units of minor topics with an 18 unit Research component and 9 units of options selected from the option list or any listed minor.
EDUC9724A-D Dissertation in Education (4.5/18 units) is intended to be taken over a minimum of two consecutive semesters.

Program of study
54 Units

Year 136 Units

Core18 Units

Flexible Core4.5 Units

Minor13.5 Units

Year 218 Units

Core4.5 Units

Research Option9 Units

Select one of the options below:

Option 19 Units

Option 29 Units

Minor4.5 Units

Minor18 Units

Research Component 18 Units

With approval of the course and topic co-ordinator students may undertake the following topics instead of the 9 Research option and 18 units of minor topics with an 18 unit Research component and 9 units of options selected from the option list or any listed minor.

EDUC9724A

4.5 Units

Dissertation in Education (4.5/18 units)

EDUC9724B

4.5 Units

Dissertation in Education (4.5/18 units)

EDUC9724C

4.5 Units

Dissertation in Education (4.5/18 units)

EDUC9724D

4.5 Units

Dissertation in Education (4.5/18 units)

Admission requirements

Admission requirements

Applicants must normally hold a degree or equivalent qualification in Education, Teaching or a closely related discipline from an approved tertiary institution.

The course requires that applicants have not less than two years’ work experience in an organisation.

However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.

English Language requirements

Aims

This course aims to:

Work with middle and senior leaders in a variety of contexts including schooling to understand how they might grow their leadership as change agents with knowledge and the relational sensibilities to work with others for a better world
Critically discuss how leaders build human capacity and relationships within particular contexts to work with diverse groups of people in challenging times, to support their wellbeing and that of the organisation
Engage middle and senior leaders who are students in the course in learning that integrates theory with practice, action with reflection, and questions with investigation
Provide students with the opportunity to examine research principles and methods and to apply those principles and methods in the evaluation and design of research into current educational issues

Student progression rules

Students must have achieved a GPA of at least 6 in 13.5 units of study in the area of the dissertation to be able to undertake the dissertation topics.

Note that students who wish to use their masters qualification to satisfy entry into a Flinders University research higher degree are required to have completed at least an 18 unit postgraduate research component.

Associations

Course/Exit award association

Overview

Student guidance

Program of study54 Units

Admission requirements

Aims

Student progression rules

Associations

Program of study
54 Units