This masters’ course is designed to confront the problems of leadership in the educational setting. It will focus on the development of managerially-oriented competences and leadership development. The aim of the course is to encourage you to reflect analytically and constructively on the nature of your own current experiences at whatever level you are currently working in. The programme presents an intellectually challenging, developmental opportunity if you aspire to bring leadership to senior level educational administration positions in schools, post-secondary institutions and Directorate level. The programme is designed to provide the knowledge base that will equip you to harness human and other resources necessary to assure highly effective educational institutions. It is organized round what educational leaders need to know and be able to do in order both to understand societal needs and demands regarding education, and to be able to create transformative change that is responsive to societal requirements.
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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EDU5970 | Fundamentals of Educational Research | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
LLI5200 | Leadership Coaching | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
LLI5202 | Professional Development Models | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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EDU5971 | Applied Educational Research Methods | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
LLI5203 | Leadership and Management Issues for School Improvement | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) Students are required to register for one of the following study-units: | |||||
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LLI5024 | Leadership in a Multicultural Context | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
RSE5001 | A Whole School Approach to Social and Emotional Learning | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
EDU5900 | Internal and External Review | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
EDU5955 | Nurturing Professional Learning Communities in Maltese Schools | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LLI5205 | Teaching, Learning and Assessment | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
LLI5206 | Leading Lesson Study | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
LLI5208 | Studies in Educational Management and Leadership | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LLI5201 | Building Effective Working Relationships | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
LLI5210 | Study Visit | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Elective Units (Elective units are offered subject to availability, a minimum number of student registrations and time-table constraints) Students are required to register for one of the following study-units: | |||||
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LLI5022 | Digital Mediated Leadership: Implications of School Management in Age of Digital Pervasiveness | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
LLI5023 | Educating School Leaders for the Internet | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Year   (This/these unit/s start/s in Semester 1 and continue/s in Semester 2) | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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LLI5211 | Research Project for Educational Leadership and Management | 30 ECTS   |   | ||
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This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of Master of Arts in Educational Leadership - M.A. - under the auspices of the Faculty of Education.