Educational Science (MSc)
About the programme
The specialisation Educational Science focuses on the nature of educational contexts and learning processes of children and adolescents from a cognitive-psychological, social-emotional, and neuro-scientific perspective. Both general learning as well as learning in specific tasks (e.g., reading, science, mathematics) will be addressed.
The programme consists of four substantive courses, which are designed to allow for intensive and personal contact with the instructor and the other students: These courses focus on the following subjects:
- Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying learning and academic performance
- Psychological perspectives on education and their implications for instruction and assessment
- Digital aspects of education
- Data-based instruction and continuous progress monitoring
- Backgrounds, meanings, and consequences of current educational innovations and interventions.
In addition, students are trained in research methods and statistics.
The programme includes a Master’s project in which students complete all steps of the empirical research cycle and prepare a written report of their research project: their Master’s thesis. Furthermore, students do an internship in which they learn to apply their knowledge and skills in the practice of educational professionals. For instance, students design educational materials (textbooks, web applications), refine and evaluate interventions implemented at schools, help to implement novel assessment forms in the classroom, or help to improve educational quality monitoring systems.
Starting in February
Starting in February
If you start the MSc in February, you will enter the second part of our programme. You start the master project and the internship. Finding an internship is the responsibility of the student. If you prefer to do the preparatory courses first and then the master project and internship, please start the MSc in September.
Fulltime programme
The MSc is a full-time course. If you want to take longer to complete the program, you can. We recommend students to do the internship at the end of the programme. The study advisor will be happy to advice you.