Professional Master of Education Science

 YEAR 1

Semester 1
 

• Becoming a Teacher: Identity and Agency,
• Understanding Learning
• Planning for School Placement
• Pedagogy modules*2

Semester 2
 

• School Placement 1
• Research Methods 1
• Pedagogy modules *2

YEAR 2

Semester 3
 

• School Placement 2
• Research Methods 2
• Understanding Schools

Semester 4
 

• Curriculum Policy and Reform History
• Policy & Contemporary Issues in Education
• Research and Practice Portfolio
• Teacher as Professional Practitioner
• Reporting Educational Research
• Pedagogy modules*2

Applicants must possess a relevant primary degree at 2.2 honours level or higher (Level 8 - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland or equivalent) or be about to graduate with such a degree. In line with Teaching Council and HEA protocol, when applying for a place on the Professional Master of Education programme, the PME Applicant is required to make a formal declaration, using a Subject Declaration Form, that he/she:
 

1. Holds/will hold, by the date of commencement of the PME programme, a level 8 honours degree
2. Has studied the relevant number of ECTS credits in the relevant subject area(s) as part of their degree (see the link in point (5) below)
3. Has studied higher-level degree content related to the subject area(s) in year 3 or 4 of their degree
4. Has covered, as part of their degree, the mandatory topics/subjects as set out in the Teaching Council subject requirements
5. The Subject Declaration Form for each of the subjects you wish to teach must be fully completed and attached with your application to this course.
6. Within each subject area, interview priority will be given to candidates who meet the full Teaching Council requirements (content and credits).

It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that his/her primary degree meets the requirements of the Teaching Council of Ireland for the purposes of teaching your chosen subject(s).

Tuition Fees

These are based on Residency, Citizenship, Course requirements.

Review the three groups of criteria to determine your fee status as follows
 

1. Residency
    
   • You must have been living in an EU/EEA member state or Switzerland for at least 3 of the 5 years before starting your course
      
2. Citizenship
    
   • You must be a citizen of an EU/EEA member state or Switzerland or have official refugee status
      
3. Course Requirements (all must be met)
    
   • You must be a first time full-time undergraduate (Exceptions are provided for students who hold a Level 6 or Level 7 qualification and are progressing to a Level 8 course in the same general area of study).
   • You must be undertaking a full-time undergraduate course of at least 2 year’s duration
   • You cannot be undertaking a repeat year of study at the same level unless evidence of exceptional circumstances eg serious illness is provided (in which case this condition may be waived)

Graduates from this course are enabled to teach a wide range of subjects across a number of programmes.  Since its inception, there has been a consistently strong demand for teachers with this qualification.  The majority of Professional Master in Education graduates opt for teaching in second-level schools.  Others have secured employment in the further education sector, the international education sector, alternative education sector, community education and adult education settings.