Master of Arts in Education (Language Studies)
This graduate program is designed to upgrade and update the knowledge and competencies of language and reading teachers. It is laddered on to the DLST program.Objectives
The program aims to:- Develop more qualified and highly-trained teachers of language and reading at all levels;
- Enable elementary and high school teachers as well as teacher educators to upgrade their knowledge and competencies in language and reading instruction;
- Provide continuing education for teachers who do not have the proper background and training but are assigned to teach language and reading;
- Equip school administrators, school supervisors, and literacy trainors with the knowledge and competencies in organizing, implementing, and evaluating school and community-based language and literacy programs; and
- Enable curriculum developers and textbook writers to acquire updated knowledge and strategies in the development of language and reading instructional and assessment materials.
Mode of Instruction
All courses are delivered by DE mode.Admission Requirements
Applicants must have a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Education (BSE or BSEED) degree with a major in English studies (including literature) or reading or language education.Applicants are admitted provisionally until completion of 9 units during the first year with a general weighted average of 2.0 or better.
The Curriculum
The Master's program consists of a total of 37 units for those who take the non-thesis option (with a comprehensive examination) and 39 units for those who take the thesis option.
Graduates of the Diploma program who are accepted into the Master's program may have 12 units (9 units core courses and 3 units major elective) of their Diploma courses credited to the Master's. The additional course work includes 6 units of additional core courses, 9 units of additional major electives, and 6 units of research courses.
Students who are allowed direct entry into the Master's program shall take a total of 15 units core courses, 12 units major elective, and 6 units research courses. They have the option of doing a 4-unit Special Problems course and taking the comprehensive examination, or of doing a 6-unit Master's thesis.
Core courses (15 units)
EDL 205 |
Language Acquisition Theories, Principles and Research (3 units)Psychological and social forces in second language acquisition, techniques of contrastive analysis, developmental studies including error analysis (Prerequisite: EDL 201 or consent of instructor) |
EDR 210 |
Trends in Reading Instruction (3 units)Approaches, methods and techniques in reading instruction (Prerequisite: EDR 201 or consent of instructor) |
Also included are the core courses listed under the DLST program.
Major electives (15 units)
EDL 221 |
Second Language Teaching (3 units)Approaches, methods, techniques and their application (Prerequisite: EDL 205/211/equivalent or consent of instructor) |
DLL 210 |
Literary Theory and Critical Practice (3 units)Literary theory for elementary and secondary school teachers with emphasis on the use of various critical approaches in the analysis of specific texts drawn from Philippine and world literature |
EDR 235 |
Development of Instructional and Assessment Materials in Reading (3 units)(Prerequisite: EDR 210 or consent of instructor) |
EDR 252 |
Early Reading Intervention Programs (3 units)Theory and practice in individualized diagnosis and remediation of reading difficulties among children (Prerequisite: EDR 210) |
EDR 278 |
Practicum in Corrective Reading (3 units)Supervised experience in diagnostic-corrective reading programs (Prerequisite: EDR 235, 220 or 221 or consent of instructor) |
Also included are the major electives listed under the DLST program
Research courses (6 units):
EDRE 201 |
Methods of Educational Research (3 units)Research methods, concepts, processes and tools as these relate to educational problems |
EDRE 231 |
Statistical Methods Applied to Education (3 units)Fundamentals in statistical theory; application of statistical theories and techniques to the solution of educational problems; designs and analysis of statistical investigations. |
Thesis option
EDUC 300 |
Thesis (6 units) |
EDUC 298 |
Special Problem in Education (4 units)Comprehensive Examination |
