Full-time day
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The Master in Teaching & Learning (MTL) represents a Level 7 (MQF) qualification, graduates of which will be eligible to apply for a warrant to join the teaching profession. The MTL is a two-year full-time course, which will enable graduates to teach at Primary and Secondary level, according to the area of specialisation chosen.
The areas covered by the course include Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Educational Context Knowledge and Educational Research and Inquiry. These areas, offered by the Faculty of Education, will be intrinsically related to Field Placement in schools during which students will be mentored and assessed. Furthermore, the wider educational context will be included in the programme through Educational Themes and Creative Positive Learning Environments.
The MTL aims to prepare teachers who can deal professionally with their learners’ needs within a changing local education system, as well as in light of developments within the international context.
For more information kindly contact:
Heads of Departments
Dr Michelle Attard Tonna (Leadership for Learning and Innovation)
Dr Martin Musumeci (Mathematics and Science Education)
Dr Emanuel Mizzi (Technology and Entrepreneurship Education)
Dr Francois Mifsud (Inclusion and Access to Learning)
Chev. Prof. Mario Pace (Languages and Humanities in Education)
Dr Josephine Milton (Early Childhood and Primary Education)
Prof. Carmel Borg (Art, Open Communities & Adult Education)
Dr Louise Chircop (Education Studies)
Dr Karen Mugliett (Health, Physical Education & Consumer Studies)
Supporting documents are to be sent on the email address: admissions@um.edu.mt
General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021
Part-time Evening
6 Semesters
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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Course Co-Ordinator
General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021
Part-time Online
6 Semesters
This international study programme provides an open and networked learning experience that will develop and strengthen your knowledge of contemporary higher education (HE). The programme prioritises the academic commitments of learning, teaching and research, and will prompt you to critically consider these priority areas within the bigger picture of HE and society at large. You will scrutinise the mediation of digital technologies and open education orientations in HE learning and teaching. You will be supported to trace inroads to the study and experience of e-quality, effective, affective and transformative teaching, learning and research; issues which are important in the struggle coping with increasing student numbers, shrinking resources, pervasive digital technologies and unlimited access to information and resources.
This part-time study programme is offered fully online permitting you to study flexibly.
You have three exit possibilities with award – Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, or Master of Arts in Open and Networked Higher Education.
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Course Co-ordinator
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Business Education
(Part-time evening) (By Research) - 6 semesters
For more information kindly contact:
Course co-ordinator
Dr Emanuel Mizzi
Early Childhood and Primary Education
(Part-time evening) (By Research) - 6 semesters
For more information kindly contact the course co-ordinator Dr Josephine Milton
Streams on offer:
Early Childhood Education and Care - Dr Josephine Deguara
English Teaching and Learning - Dr Josephine Milton
Giftedness in Primary Education - Dr Rosienne Camilleri
Mathematics Education - Prof. Marie Therese Farrugia
Science Education - Prof. Suzanne Gatt
Sustainability in Early and Primary Education - Dr Jane Spiteri
e-Learning
(Part-time evening) (By Research) - 6 semesters
For more information kindly contact:
Course co-ordinator
Dr Patrick Camilleri
Ethics Education (Top-up)
(Part-time evening) (By Research) - 4 semesters
For more information kindly contact:
Course co-ordinator
Dr Lucianne Zammit
Italian Education
(Part-time evening) (By Research) - 6 semesters
For more information kindly contact:
Course co-ordinator
Prof Mario Pace
Researching Work and Lifelong Learning
(Part-time evening) (By Research) - 6 semesters
For more information kindly contact:
Course co-ordinator
Prof. Milosh Raykov
As per bye-law 15(2) applicants are also required to submit:
Supporting documents are to be sent to the email address: educ@um.edu.mt
General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021
Culturally Responsive Education
(Part-time evening) - 6 semesters
Children in our schools now come from very varied backgrounds and home situations, including many coming from different EU countries as well as other countries across the world. Teachers face the challenge of different cultures, values, languages, religions, calendar of festivities, and student motivations. The MAE(CRE) is aimed at preparing teachers and other support professionals for taking a leading role in schools and other educational institutions for promoting ‘training and support in the use of pedagogies that are inclusive in nature and cater for diversity’ (NCF). Participants will deepen their understanding about the development of more responsive attitudes towards student diversity and socially just policies and practices. The course can also serve to enhance the capacity of classroom teachers to become aware of the risk of discrimination against minority or disadvantaged groups, and to understand, value and support each of their students more effectively. It will enhance participants’ knowledge and skills in culturally responsive teaching that meets the strengths and needs of children from diverse families and communities and promotes social cohesion.
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Course co-ordinator
Dr Francois Mifsud
Inclusive Schools and Communities
(Part-time evening) - 6 semesters
This masters is a transdisciplinary professional masters focusing on the inclusion of disabled persons and persons with mental health problems in schools and in the community. The masters is open to various professionals (educators, psychologists, psychology graduates, occupational therapists, speech and language pathologists, physiotherapists, nurses and social workers who would like to develop their competencies in inclusive community-based and person-centred transdisciplinary collaborative teamwork. The course shares some core study units with the other streams developing a common discourse with professionals working in other fields and, at the same time, with other practitioners working with disabled persons and persons with mental health problems. The overriding theme is the development of person-centred programmes facilitating self-determination and quality of life for active participation in education and community life.
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Course co-ordinator
Dr Louis J. Camilleri
Supporting documents are to be sent on the email address: admissions@um.edu.mt
General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021
(Part-time evening)
4 semesters
M.A. in Social Practice Arts and Critical Education invites professional and freelance arts-oriented persons to connect their creative work with critical educational theories and community settings. This interdisciplinary postgraduate degree offers students the possibility of linking theatre, visual arts and education in a unique, socially engaged programme that brings together theoretical and project-based studies. This degree enables graduates in theatre studies, fine arts, drama education, art education and other stakeholders involved in culture and community projects to further develop entrepreneurial, pedagogical and social skills as well as artistic skills.
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Course co-ordinator
Prof. Raphael Vella
General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021
(Part-time evening)
2 semesters
The Postgraduate Certificate course in the Teaching of Ethics in Schools provides an overview of different ethical theories and the developmental stages of moral development, as well as the main theories of curriculum development. The course explores some issues such as the political and ethical complexities of pedagogical relations in the ethics class, and the relationship between morality and spirituality. It also delves into the methodologies for the teaching of Ethics in schools and the best methods for assessing the knowledge, skills and dispositions related to the subject.
The course includes a short teaching practicum, during which students are expected to demonstrate the skills acquired during the course.
The course extends over a period of one year of part-time studies. Lectures are held in the evening, normally spread over two days a week, except for the practicum, which may be held at the students’ place of work during school hours.
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Course co-ordinator
Prof. Joseph Giordmaina
General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021
(Part-time evening)
2 semester
This programme is intended for qualified teachers who would like to enhance their professional training by pursuing specialisation in the area of Teaching Maltese as a Foreign Language. The course shall extend over a period of three years of part-time study. A relevant number of study-units will be offered every semester and the eligible applicants may register as visiting students for individual study-units and obtain credit for them. The programme of study is assigned 30 ECTS credits, and a small number of options are offered for applicants depending on their teaching context and experience. Applicants may or may not already have experience in the Teaching of Maltese as a Foreign Language (TMFL).
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Course co-ordinator
Prof. Antoinette Camilleri Grima
Supporting documents are to be sent on the email address: admissions@um.edu.mt
General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021
(Part-time evening)
2 semester
The Postgraduate Certificate in Developing the Educator (PGCDE) programme of studies offers participants CPD opportunities to assume the much-needed agency in planning their own personal professional development by taking short courses that eventually lead them to a postgraduate certification. In developing the educator, this programme offers a set of four core study units – The Action Researcher, The Reflective Educator, Lesson Study & Co-Teaching – based on developing the research, reflective and collaborative skills and competencies of educators. In addition, the PGCDE offers a wide range of elective courses from which one can self-regulate and design their own programme of studies.
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Course co-ordinator
Dr James Calleja
Supporting documents are to be sent on the email address: admissions@um.edu.mt
General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021
(Part-time evening)
2 semester
The Faculty of Education is proposing the implementation of school-based mentoring during next scholastic year (2020 - 2021). The aim is for a number of Teacher Mentors to support and follow student-teachers during their field placement in schools during their Master in Teaching and Learning course.
These Teacher Mentors will provide an ongoing, well-informed and reassuring presence in the student-teachers’ professional life during their field placement and Block Practicum so as to create the space for professional interactions, as and when required, that would help safeguard the interests of the students in class and contribute to the professional development of prospective teachers. An ongoing dialogue between the Teacher Mentor and the student-teacher / s will help ensure the development of a community of practice and initiate student-teachers in their journey of becoming reflective practitioners.
For more information kindly contact:
Course co-ordinator
Dr Michelle Attard Tonna (Head of Department, Leadership for Learning )
Supporting documents are to be sent on the email address: admissions@um.edu.mt
General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021
Further details
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