Description

Acquire the ability to become a competent and updated university professor that can face the task of teaching a demanding student body with total confidence and assurance”

The main objective of this professional master’s degree in University Teaching is to encourage and strengthen the skills and abilities of professors in higher education, taking into account the most current teaching tools in this area. Professors will complete the program being able to provide their students with the necessary motivation to continue their studies and develop an appeal for scientific research.  

This professional master’s degree will allow the teacher to review the fundamental knowledge in the field of teaching and to know the best way to guide and orient students in their day-to-day work.  

The program stands out because it benefits from a structured distribution based on theoretical AI, guided practical examples in every module and motivational, explanatory videos. This will allow our students to easily and clearly study teaching in higher education, with special emphasis on motivating further research.  

They will be instructed in active teaching methodologies and techniques, quality educational models and assessment plans, programming and implementation phases in educational projects, and current tools and resources used in University Teaching.  

This includes knowledge of the competencies professors must acquire to offer proper training to their students, and to adequately direct theses and scientific research papers while putting into practice the most accurate innovation tools in each case.

A high-level program that you can apply to directing theses and scientific research projects, with the support of the most interesting innovations in the field” 

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

  • Practical cases presented by experts in university teaching  
  • The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
  • The latest development in university teaching
  • Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
  • A special emphasis on innovative methodologies in university teaching
  • Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
  • Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an internet connection

Structured on the basis of efficiency, this program will allow you to quickly acquire your training while balancing it with other responsibilities”

The teaching staff includes higher education professionals who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities. 

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to learn in real situations. 

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. To that end, our students will be supported by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned and extensively experienced experts in University Teaching.

Comprehensive, high-quality virtual support is offered as part of this professional master’s degree"

A quality program designed to create the best professors, available for you in a unique growth opportunity"

Objectives

The professional master’s degree in University Teaching aims to help students acquire all the knowledge needed to be a successful professor in different specialties in higher education. A journey that will provide education professionals with greater and improved performance capacity via the latest advances and newest treatments in the field. magister docencia universitaria

Acquire the theoretical and practical knowledge required to boost your teaching skills towards a higher level of excellence”

General objectives

  • Encourage skills and competences in university professors
  • Understand the most up-to-date tools to work as a professor in higher education
  • Learn how to motivate students to take interest in continuing their studies and pursuing academic/scientific research
  • Update on the changes taking place in higher education

Specific objectives

Module 1. Active Methodologies and Didactic Techniques 

  • Learn to achieve self-motivation in students
  • Understand the methodology adapted to professors and their needs
  • Know how to choose the methodology best suited to the context in which the teaching process takes place
  • Learn about the most innovative strategies and tools that use a variety of resources

Module 2. Higher Education

  • Understand the principles and objectives that led to the emergence of higher education institutions worldwide
  • Learn to reflect on new pedagogical, technological and social needs that universities must meet

Module 3. Quality Models and Quality Assessment in Education

  • Learn to improve your knowledge of the internal operations of the institution, and teaching and learning processes
  • Learn to collect information on whether they are achieving their learning objectives or not
  • Know how to introduce measures for improvement in enough time to prevent student underachievement and school failure

Module 4. Programming and Implementing Educational Projects

  • Acquire the skills needed in a specific field of knowledge   
  • Conduct a detailed study of the educational project followed by the school
  • Know the different types of the most important educational projects that are being developed both nationally and internationally
  • Learn the most important aspects to take into account in the programming and implementing of educational projects

Module 5. Teaching and Learning Tools and Resources

  • Learn to select those strategies, resources and tools that have been applied in education
  • Know how to present and incorporate new methodologies, resources and techniques which allow the teacher to anticipate new challenges
  • Work on the teaching of tomorrow so that it can integrate educational change will inevitably go hand in hand with new social and technological developments
  • Prepare students for a changing and more uncertain environment
  • Learn to incorporate activities such as the use and enjoyment of new technologies and social networks, gamification in teaching, as well as online educational platforms

Module 6. Introduction to Teaching Skills

  • Learn how to make a broad, objective and experience-based description of the skills that every teacher must develop and strengthen before and during their work in the classroom 
  • Know how to analyze all the educational professors are involved in, including the skills all practicing professors should possess
  • Identify different tools and strategies to analyze and assess the teaching profession as a means to improve and perfect it  

Module 7. Competency-Based Learning in Higher Education

  • Know how to direct students' efforts towards new approaches to education
  • Pursue competency-based learning, where knowledge is combined with its application in practical, diverse, changing and realistic situations
  • Incorporate skill-based professional performance

Module 8. Thesis Direction, Scientific Research, and Guidance in Higher Education

  • Know how to direct and guide students interested in scientific research
  • Acquire the resources to conduct effective, 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. Educational Research Methodology

  • Know how to develop attitudes and skills for scientific research as an essential requirement to contribute to the progress and welfare of society 

Module 10. Innovation, Diversity and Equity in Education

  • Focus your knowledge on innovation, diversity and equity in education
  • Provide all the necessary material to study through a series of activities for reflection, research and inquiry
  • Learn to implement innovative educational plans in your respective centers and classrooms

You will learn from highly qualified experts, who will provide you with their real professional experience, granting the program a realistic and immediate perspective of the profession”

Professional Master’s Degree in University Teaching

At TECH Technological University we have a recognized international background in the higher education sector, which is why, as experts in the field, we know how essential it is to transmit to a future graduate, not only the specific knowledge of a certain career in a thorough, dynamic and easy to digest at a cognitive level, but also to do it with a differential passion that motivates him/her to constant self-improvement. Do you want to be part of that same vocational mission? Then our Professional ’s Degree Master in University Teaching is what you are looking for. A plus to your studies as a teacher that guarantees, on the one hand, the possibility of entering a sector with a plurality of job offers and on the other hand, the skills to interact with students that can greatly enrich your personal experiences. Do you want to improve your professional career but do not have enough time? At TECH, that's not a problem: our classes are 100% online and established in a methodology that allows flexible study schedules, you choose when and how much you want to advance. An unmissable advantage to bet on curricular improvement.

Titúlate as a university teacher with this program

In the field of teaching there is one word that is key if you want to provide quality teaching: updating. In order to train students to be interested in a subject and not be shipwrecked in the attempt, it is essential to keep one step ahead, especially in the digital media whose continuous advances are sources of cultural mutability. This master's degree is precisely the ideal tool to deepen and update the pedagogical skills already acquired in areas such as ICT, gamification or inclusion-diversity in the classroom. Other aspects included in the syllabus are active methodologies and didactic techniques, quality and evaluation models in education, programming and implementation of educational projects, teaching tools and resources for teaching and learning, among others. Do you want to leave a remarkable mark of professionalism and motivation in university groups? Access our virtual classes now and enjoy all the benefits we have for you.