Rrgula tions for tM ik'gl"ff of ~ I ast er of Education (~f . t:d .)

1 .. 1'1. SS of 1990

EDUCATION ACT. 19S8

(ACT XX IV OF 19811)

Rrgula tions for tM ik'gl"ff of ~ I ast er of Education (~f . t:d .)

IN exercise o flhc powersconferred upon him by sections 28(5) and

29(6) of th e Educatio n Act. 1988. the Chancellor of the Unive rsity of

Malta has prom ulgated the followi ng Regul ationsmade bylhe &naleof

Ihe University of Mal la in virtue of the j"IQ'A'ers conferred upon it by

section 33 of Ihe said Aet:-

Citation

These Regulations may be cit ed as the Regu lations for the De gree

of Maste r ofEd ueat ion (M.Ed .) and shall ap ply only 10 thc COUr>I' whi ch

started in OCIOber 1987.

I( ':GI,; LATIO\,S FOH. 1'11 £ IJEGRU: o r M ,\~TER OF EDUCAT IO N (~ U:d .)

(Applk ahle unl)' 10 the cou"'"' "'hich slurlt"d in 19ln)

1 Before beIn g ad mitted to read fo r Ihe degree of Maste rof Edu ca lion (M.Ed.)

a candidat e must have been appro"ell hy the Faculty Board. on Ihe reoommenda liOfl of

an M .Ed . Commi ttee .

1.2 A ca nllillate for Ihc degree of M.ElI. ~ h::lI be reqt.:ired to h"ve alrcally

obtained a first o r second class honours de gree or q ualifications considered 10 be

equ i"alent from this or anolher university appf()'.ed by the Senale for the ptll"Jl'Ol;C .

1.3 The degree mUSt be eit her

a H.Ed. ( Hons. ) dcgrce from this o r anOlilcr uni"ersity a ppron:d by Senatc .

,n~cthcr .. ·il h at least th:ce yea", recognized teaching experience_

an honour; degr...: with cilhl.'T

i. a professional teaching qualification (e.g. P.G .C.E .. l)i p.Ed. or Teac hcr's

Certificale) togelh er with at least th ree yea f!; recogn ized teach in g experie nce: tlr

11 . al Jeast fi"e years rcrognilcd leaching cxperien(,'C.

1..1 A eandida tc not thu s qua lified may also h.: admiuetl in special circumstances.

SIKh a cand ida te shall . in addilio n to any o lh", ~peciill sli pulations u f Ihe F acu ity Bo~ rd.

be re(lui retl 10 spend Or>(: yea r before regist ration follo .. ing an appropriate prcpar.llOfy

e(lUI"'<C. and 10 pass a qua rifi ying exami nalion at the standard uf at lea,1 ...::mnd class

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Cou~"'ork and t~ uminatJon

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::. 1 Ca'ldidates for the degree of Master of Education "'ill be expected to

"PI:ci(lli1.c in an area of Edu~alional 'rncol)' and/or Pedagogy,

~.2 The COUfS(' "'ill co nsist of coursework . wriuen c)laminations and the

pre...:ntalio n of a dissc nm ion.

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C1mdida tes will be required to complete the course in nm k ss Ihan

a. one calendar year fulHime study. o r

b. t"O calendar years part-time study.

A o ne yeare)ltcnsion of the course will be 3110,,·.::d.

4 Coursework will consist o f four modules o f appro~imnlely 60 hours c3~h .

Each modu le will be :t$scssed by a n assignmen t subm illed a the end of the module . A

wri tte n examination con~ist ing of four papers will be held at Ihe cnd of the course.

15 Three modules will be prescribed: the other module will be chosen by the

canditlm,' from a numbe r of options appro,'ed by the M.Ed. Committee.

2.6 EOIch module mu st be successfull y completed: but failed moduleS may be

repeated once.

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Students 3re req uired to complete a dis.scrtation under tutorial super.·ision.

J .2 The proposed ti tle and outl ine of the dis.'>C rtation must be approved by the

<up.:rvis.or al1llthen submilled to the Fa~ult y UOlIf<J through the M.Ed. Comminee for

final approval.

3.3 The title and nutline of the dissertation must be submitted by the c nd of the

sixth month from the commencement of the course .

The di<..'>(' rtation "ill ht" ~ubmi lled in its final form three months afler t he final

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c~"m i n"t i, ms.

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The disscrl3tion must be tYPC"'ritt en and muSt not exceed 20.000 words in

kngth .

.1.1> Thre,· C"pil'" prcparcd in :In ;,ppnwed style. must be submiHed .

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E;,~h di,~rt:lli"n w;1I I>e e~:lInined b~' a Board of E~ aminers appointed by

the' Fllnlh~' U"a rd . The examiner. Amy. m their discretion. examine IOn)' condidatc

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I f the ... o rk submined is ronsidert:d unsatisfaclol)'. the ~and idale may. on the

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rl"WmmCnd~ l i"n of ,he e ~amincrs. be alk''''ed to r~ubm illhe diss-ertation once wit hin

a ~'car .

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H:q;islral ion

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I Registra tion for the M.Ed. Degree Cou rse will be accepted after a call for

app li cl.tions.

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4. Ir-Reġestrazzjoni

4.1 Ir-reġistrazzjoni għall-kors tal-Grad ta’ M.Ed. tkun aċċettata wara sejħa

għall-applikazzjonijiet.