Overview 2021
This course may not be available to international students. Please see the International Online Course Guide (PDF 809KB) for courses that are offered to international students
The Master of Education (Leadership) is a one and a half year course intended to enable leaders and potential leaders in education, health, welfare and public service sectors to gain specialist knowledge and skills, including effective research and evidence-gathering skills, in Leadership. The course will be offered full time or part time by distance on-line, Launceston.
For domestic students, an alternative pathway to a Master of Education (Leadership) is available on a Commonwealth Supported (CSP) basis for the first eight units through the Bachelor of Education with Professional Honours (Leadership) course.
Students who enrol in and complete four TESOL coursework units in the Bachelor of Education with Professional Honours (Leadership), will be able to exit with the Graduate Certificate in Education (Leadership).
Learning outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Knowledge - Graduates will know and understand:
- The theoretical foundations and practice of education (including various specialisations) and how these have informed and can facilitate developments in educational practice from a global perspective;
- The inter-relationship of educational research, professional standards, and reflective practice in defining, validating and enhancing learning and teaching in local and global contexts;
- Research principles and methods applicable to extending and generating new knowledge in the area of education.
2. Skills - Graduates will:
- Critically reflect on and evaluate research findings and professional practice to creatively design, implement, assess and/or theorise responses to changing educational contexts and learner needs;
- Integrate education theory with specific content and/or pedagogical knowledge to advance learner outcomes and/or systemic developments in education contexts;
- Synthesise and analyse scholarly literature to deepen understanding and evaluation of local and international developments in practice.
3. Application of Knowledge and Skills - Graduates will:
- Integrate educational theory, professional knowledge and research skills to plan, implement and evaluate a research project, theoretical investigation, or professional enquiry initiative;
- Independently utilise professional standards and contemporary scholarly literature to reflect on practice and facilitate positive educational change.
4. Communication, Collaboration and Leadership - Graduates will:
- Communicate professionally and effectively across diverse settings to specialist and non-specialist audiences;
- Facilitate the development of advanced knowledge and skills in collaborative practice and leadership roles.
5. Professional Learning - Graduates will:
- Utilise contemporary literature and professional standards to lead and improve practice and promote constructive and collegial learning in educational contexts;
- Employ appropriate technologies to share practice and research findings with peers and stakeholders;
- Be responsible and accountable for their own learning.
6. Ethical Professional Practice - Graduates will:
- Conduct their practice and engage with stakeholders in an ethical, collaborative, professional and accountable manner;
- Understand that, globally, educational professionalism requires ethical standards as well as evidence-based and exploratory approaches of practice, research and evaluation.
Course structure
Core Units
Organisations everywhere now operate in an environment of rapid, on-going and disruptive change. Leaders play a key role managing such change, which can include system-wide and local reforms, restructuring and innovations. Often, many planned changes are not implemented in practice…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Expectations of leaders in educational and other settings can change significantly over the course of a career. In addition to understanding individual issues of changing professional identity, self-preparation, and role transition, leaders are required to engage with heightened responsibilities when…
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Discourses of improvement often drive the practice of leadership. Rapid changes to technology, increasing globalisation, and issues of organisational structure, culture and power impact on improvement agendas, as well as the quality and effectiveness of such improvement in practice. In…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for ESM710 Leading Organisational Improvement
This unit is an introduction to research as an inquiry. In this unit, you will consider the importance of impetus in your proposed research. You will also learn the importance of developing succinct and robust research questions. You will consider…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for ESH714 Understanding Educational Inquiry
Optional Units:
This unit provides health and human service professionals with the opportunity to critically analyse a range of contemporary leadership frameworks and theories. There is a focus on the exploration and practical application of theories and techniques to improve understanding of…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for CAM539 Leadership in Health and Human Services
This broad unit introduces students to the interrelationship between health law and ethics, strategic planning, financial resourcemanagement and health policy development. It aims to help students develop a clear understanding of the dynamics of the healthcare environment and the importance…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for CAM620 Management in Health and Human Services
This unit aims to provide a broad understanding of governance, clinical governance and risk management within the field of health and human services covering the relatively recent development and changes that have occurred in these areas. The Unit will also…
Credit Points: 12.5
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This Unit explores the nature of change within the broader environmental and organisational context. It will include exploration of current theories and research around issues relating to leading and managing as well as diffusion of innovation.Strategies for successful implementation of…
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View all details for CAM722 Leading and Managing Change in Health and Human Services
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This unit is designed to support you to undertake a research project based in a school context. It has the flexibility to be tailored to allow you to conduct an inquiry project into one aspect of the pedagogy, structure, leadership…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Leaders now hold key responsibilities for developing the human resource capacities in their organisations. During times of rapid and complex change this responsibility is increased. The professional development and on-going learning of staff, to meet changes in roles and capability…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Research suggests that leaders play a critical role in the ongoing development of their staff when it comes to improving complex organisations in times of rapid and disruptive change. Leaders in many organisations now hold identified and specific accountabilities for…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit considers the knowledge and skills required to facilitate engaging learning experiences within applied learning settings. In the unit, you will examine the theoretical underpinnings of learner and teacher engagement in a range of contexts, including face-to-face and online,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for EAL504 Facilitating Engaging Learning Experiences
The aim of this unit is for leaders to examine the complexity of leadership in a period of rapid and disruptive change, and to develop their self-understanding of personal leadership behaviours. The unit analyses the nexus between management and leadership…
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View all details for ESG789 Designing Learning for Professionals
This unit will give an introduction and overview to the importance of school culture. The participant will develop the skills and knowledge required to contribute to the process of building a school culture that will enable the achievement of the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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This unit will give an introduction and overview to the benchmarks, structures and processes required to build the performance of a school. Definitions of school performance are considered in the light of the school’s descriptions of its purpose and the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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This unit will give an introduction and overview to contemporary thinking about how to align the learning culture in schools with innovative approaches to curriculum, pedagogy and assessment that empowers children and young adults to be successful 21st century learners.…
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Improving Teaching and Practice through Action ResearchThe aim of this unit is to show you a way to improve your practice and that of the colleagues you work with. It is a unit which integrates practice, action, theory and research…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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View all details for ESM708 Improving Teaching and Practice through Action Research
ESG706 is a major piece of independent research work, suitable for candidates seeking further entry to Higher Degree Research (such as Ed.D. or PhD). Candidates are required to work with a supervisor to plan and implement a research study or…
Credit Points: 25
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View all details for ESM720 Professional Practice Project A: Planning and Development
This is the second Unit in a series of two Units. You are required to implement, reflect on, and evaluate the outcomes of a project that addresses a specific professional enquiry question identified in ESM720. The enquiry will be informed…
Credit Points: 25
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View all details for ESM721 Professional Practice Project B: Implementation
Entry requirements
Entry Requirements
The University requires applicants for admission to the Master of Education (Leadership) to hold a recognised relevant bachelor degree or equivalent qualification together with 2 or more years of relevant professional experience.
Articulation to
Research Higher degree study
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at the Domestic Student Fees website, including additional information in relation to a compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
Domestic students enrolled in certain postgraduate coursework programs may not be eligible for student payments through Youth Allowance and Austudy. Visit the Department of Social Services website to find out more about eligibility for Centrelink support and the list of eligible courses
International students
2021 Total Course Fee (international students): TBA *.
Course cost based on a rate of $26,500 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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