Description

Incorporate new paradigms emerging from Research in Education into your knowledge through this professional master’s degree, created to propel you to another professional level" 

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This professional master’s degree provides the necessary knowledge to train professionals in educational research. It delves into the reflection and methodological practices, emphasizing the latest developments in Research in Education.

This high level program provides students with the knowledge and tools necessary for the analysis of education and its links between research and renewing knowledge in this field.

Throughout this program, the students will study all the current approaches to Research in Education in the different challenges that arise in their profession as teachers.

Computer resources for research and instruments for data collection will be the topics of work and study that the students will be able to integrate in their specialization. A high level program that will become a process of improvement, not only on a professional level, but also on a personal level.

This challenge is one of TECH’s social commitments: to help highly qualified professionals specialize and develop their personal, social and work skills during the course of their studies.

Not only does it teach students through the theoretical knowledge offered, but it also shows another way of studying and learning, which is more organic, simple and efficient. TECH works to keep you motivated and to create a passion for learning, driving you to think and develop critical thinking.

A program created for professionals who aspire for excellence, and that will enable you to acquire new skills and strategies easily and effectively"

This professional master’s degree in Research in Education contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. The most important features include: 

  • The latest technology in online teaching software
  • A highly visual teaching system, supported by graphic and schematic contents that are easy to assimilate and understand
  • Practical cases presented by practising experts
  • State-of-the-art interactive video systems
  • Teaching supported by telepractice
  • Continuous updating and recycling systems
  • Autonomous learning: full compatibility with other occupations
  • Practical exercises for self-evaluation and learning verification
  • Support groups and educational synergies: questions to the expert, debate and knowledge forums
  • Communication with the teacher and individual reflection work
  • Content that is available from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
  • Supplementary documentation databases that are permanently available, even after the program

A detailed and complete immersion in the strategies and approaches that are developed in an educational research environment"

Our teaching staff is made up of working professionals. In this way, TECH ensure that we provide you with the up-to-date information we are aiming for. A multidisciplinary team of trained and experienced specialists from different fields, who will develop the theoretical knowledge efficiently, but, above all, will contribute to the program the practical knowledge derived from their own experience: one of the differential qualities of this professional master’s degree.

This mastery of the subject is complemented by the effectiveness of the methodology used in the design of this professional master’s degree. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of e-learning experts, it integrates the latest advances in educational technology. In this way, you will be able to study with a range of comfortable and versatile multimedia tools that will give you the operability you need in your learning.

The design of this program is based on Problem-Based Learning: an approach that conceives learning as a highly practical process. To achieve this remotely, we will use online learning: with the help of an innovative interactive video system, and Learning from an Expert, you will be able to acquire the knowledge as if you were actually dealing with the scenario you are learning about. A concept that will allow you to integrate and consolidate your learning in a more realistic and permanent way.

Achieve professional success with this high-level specialization"

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Learn the latest approaches to the basic processes of cognitive development and how they relate to learning and school development, in an intensive and comprehensive program"

Objectives

The objective is to prepare highly qualified professionals for the working world. An objective that is complemented, moreover, in a global manner, by promoting human development that lays the foundations for a better society. This objective is focused on helping professionals reach a much higher level of expertise and control. A goal that, in just a few months, can be achieved with this high intensity and accurate program.

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If your goal is to improve in your profession, to acquire a qualification that will enable you to compete among the best, look no further: welcome to TECH"

General objectives

  • Qualify professionals for the carrying out Educational Research
  • Learn how to carry out specific programs to improve school performance
  • Gain access to the forms and processes of Educational Research in the school environment
  • Analyze and integrate the knowledge necessary to foster students’ school and social development

Specific objectives

Module 1. Fundamentals, Processes and Methods in Research

  • Determine the elements and sequence that should be followed in the methodological design of educational research, in order to frame it within the scientific procedure
  • Know and work on basic concepts of descriptive statistics
  • Become familiar with univariate and bivariate descriptive statistics
  • Acquire skills and interpret a frequency table, a bar chart and some descriptive indexes
  • Analyze and interpret qualitative data
  • Acquire skills and interpret contingency tables as a tool for descriptive analysis of the relationship between variables

Module 2. Experimental Research: Design as a Model

  • Know and be able to apply experimental scientific methodology in research
  • Know how to carry out an experimental investigation, following the appropriate phases and using the correct approach
  • Differentiate between the various experimental designs and be able to apply them correctly
  • Know the experimental rigor
  • Correctly analyze and contrast the data obtained in the empirical setting

Module 3. Techniques and Instruments for Data Collection in Qualitative Research

  • Know the techniques for categorizing, analyzing and summarizing qualitative information
  • Know the quality of the instruments
  • Adequately record the information obtained through the observation technique
  • Know the ethics of qualitative information

Module 4. Educational Research Computer Resources

  • Apply criteria to assess information
  • Ensure the ethical and legal use of information
  • Know the process of scientific publication
  • Communicate and disseminate information
  • Manage computer resources for quantitative data
  • Manage computer resources for qualitative data

Module 5. Data Collection and Measurement Techniques and Instruments

  • Learn basic psychometric concepts
  • Know the research process
  • Acquire skills for the collection of information using quantitative techniques
  • Acquire knowledge for the process of elaboration of instruments
  • Learn how to analyze the reliability and validity of an instrument

Module 6. Item Response Theory

  • Be familiar with IRT for the development and study of the data collection instrument
  • Introduce the student to the basic concepts of IRT
  • Know the different models for item analysis
  • Analyze the quality of measurement instruments through the IRT premises
  • Apply this theory to other measurement processes in education

Module 7. Multivariate Analysis

  • Become familiar with Multivariance Analysis
  • Know the models of techniques and procedures that study the interrelationships between variables
  • Be able to describe the pattern of behavior of the observed variables
  • Study the differences between groups
  • Interpret Contingency Tables
  • Know how to apply the techniques that comprise multivariate interdependence models

Module 8. Direction of Thesis and Scientific Research, Guidance to University Students

  • Acquire the resources to carry out not only effective, but also enjoyable and motivating work
  • Discover the importance of motivation and orientation of students interested in investigation
  • Acquire the knowledge and practical tools to carry out research guidance with complete confidence

Module 9. Innovation, Diversity and Equity in Education

  • Focus your knowledge on innovation, diversity and equity in education
  • Learn to implement innovative educational plans in your respective centers and classrooms

Module 10. Talent, Vocation, and Creativity

  • Identify what talent is
  • List the characteristics of talent
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Make the most of this opportunity and take the step to get up to date on the latest developments in Research in Education"

Professional Master's Degree in Educational Research

The study of the processes of knowledge acquisition are of vital importance in and for teaching work, since from this it is possible to deepen the teaching models in order to adjust them according to the needs of the current context. TECH Technological University created this program in order to accompany educators in strengthening their inquiry skills and their respective application in the educational environment. The curriculum includes a series of thematic axes focused on the methodological design of this area, in their respective approaches or paradigms and their typology (basic, applied, descriptive, prospective and exploratory), with special emphasis on experimental research. Likewise, it has contents referring to the techniques and instruments for the collection of qualitative and quantitative data, which will serve as a basis for the analysis and construction of innovation processes oriented to efficiency and educational improvement, in terms of equality.

Postgraduate in Educational Research

The symbiosis between inquiry and pedagogy constitutes an endless field of study, given that social processes alter and transform the different ways in which we approach knowledge. With this Professional Master's Degree offered by TECH, the professional interested in this subject will have the opportunity, at first, to delve into the methodologies and paradigms of this activity, in order to enhance not only the initiative of teachers, but also of their university students. For this reason, the syllabus also includes contents focused on the basic training of students and the orientation of their motivation in the research exercise. In addition, key tools are provided for the direction and support of TFM and Doctoral Theses, as well as for the instrumentalization of research work and its commitment to the dissemination of results. At the end of this theoretical-practical course, the professional will have the necessary skills to immerse himself/herself in educational innovation and in the projection of emerging pedagogies, taking into account aspects such as vocation, talent and creativity.