MEd | Master of Education Management and Administration [MEd]
Programme Overview
MODE OF LEARNING
DISTANCE
INTRODUCTION
This program was designed for post-graduate students who wishes to pursue, or who are already pursuing a career in managing educational institutions. Educational institutions include schools, universities, and other post graduate institutions such as vocational centres and career development centres. This career also prepares individuals to provide leadership, managerial guidance, and strategic guidance to individuals in leadership positions or who are aspiring towards those positions.
It is mostly the case that people who find themselves in managerial jobs in educational institutions, have developed through the ranks of their professions, such as being teachers, departmental heads and so forth. Therefore, many will find themselves in positions where they are not equipped with managerial skills, instead being very capable professionals. The world of management is vastly different from the world of a professional, where subject knowledge, and the ability to deal with student development are at the forefront.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Being a manager, moves one away a few levels from this activity, and places new and different pressures on the individual.
In the master’s degree, ARU assumes that the student has some managerial background, but wishes to specialize and sharpen the thinking as it relates to the management of educational institutions on various levels. This degree is therefore primarily based on the objective to broaden managerial knowledge and sharpen your research ability. At the masters’ degree level, you are required to be able to complete research, change your manner of thinking, and approach issues differently from before.
A large portion of the degree focuses on the strategic orientation of senior managers.
The degree has three components:
1. Theory: Nine subjects
2. Research Methods and Techniques: Submission of Research Proposal
3. Dissertation