Area
social Sciences
Sub-Discipline
Education Sciences
Austral University of Chile
- City: Valdivia,
- Commune: Valdivia,
- Region: Los Ríos Region
goals
The MEPGE establishes the following objectives:
Develop high-level participatory training processes oriented towards the generation of scientific and professional knowledge in Educational Sciences, with emphasis on research and resolution of diverse educational problems at a political and organizational level.
And in this context it intends to:
To generate with their students a theoretical and methodological training based on interdisciplinary training processes, oriented towards the understanding and critical positioning around the various epistemological currents converging to the Sciences of Education.
Applicant Profile
The admission process for the MEPGE program follows the guidelines established by its Committee and the provisions of Article 2 of the Regulations for the Operation of Master's Programs at the Austral University of Chile. The required documents are as follows:
• Certificate proving possession of a Bachelor's degree or a professional title whose level and content of studies are equivalent to those necessary to obtain a Bachelor's degree.
• Two letters of recommendation, issued by academics or professionals of recognized prestige, relating to the applicant's ability and aptitude.
• Letter from the applicant justifying their application, accompanied by their curriculum vitae. Degree or diploma certificates and academic transcripts must be originals or certified copies.
• Two passport-sized photographs (3×4 cm).
• Certificate attesting to adequate command of the Spanish language for those who do not have it as their native language.
• Preliminary educational research project to be worked on during the Master's program.
• Certification or approval of a foreign language (English, French or German) through a comprehension exam during the first year of study.
• Complete form No. 301 from the Postgraduate Directorate
As part of the selection process, after receiving the background information and verifying its relevance, all applicants are required to conduct a personal interview with the program committee, which is conducted in person or via Skype, the latter especially for foreign applicants.
The admissions process is annual and requires that applications be submitted to the Graduate School Secretariat of the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities between March 1 and November 30 of each year. The Program Committee may review applications submitted outside of these dates; however, it should be noted that such applications may fall outside the application periods for national (CONICYT) and international (Chilean International Cooperation Agency) postgraduate scholarship competitions.
Especially relevant in this process is the submission of a preliminary research proposal, both for the general evaluation and for the personal interview with the Program Committee. Those submitting documentation in advance as a result of their application to Scholarship Competitions may submit the "preliminary research proposal" document until November 30th of each year. Documents are preferably received within this timeframe, taking into account the dates and requirements of the various CONICYT Scholarship Competitions or other international agencies.
Graduate profile
A graduate of the Program will be able to:
a. To generate situated and interdisciplinary knowledge in the field of Educational Sciences, contributing to professional development and multidimensional improvement of the quality and equity of education.
b. Develop autonomous research, based on significant and relevant theoretical and methodological training, that allows them to contribute to decision-making in the organizational contexts in which they work.
c. Integrate the domains of scientific and professional development in the field of educational management and policy, with a focus on research processes aimed at understanding and solving educational problems at various scales.
d. To assume a critical stance regarding educational contingency, based on a professional, ethical, and political agency.
Lines of investigation
The Program focuses on researching the diversity of contemporary management and policy guidelines, from global and local approaches that allow addressing the processes of administrative and curricular decentralization, the increasing complexity of management models, the dynamics of teacher training and identity, technological mediations in innovation processes, and interdisciplinary dynamics in school culture.
In summary, their lines of research are structured around the following axes:
1. Micro-macro educational policy and teacher development
2. School management, identity and educational transformation
3. Epistemology, complexity and relationality
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