This programme enables teachers and professionals to gain a master’s level teaching qualification with credentials for school-based research and development activities. This will form an important part of their continuing professional development and will ensure graduates are well-equipped to meet the challenges of their teaching career.

Through this programme we seek to:

• Provide the opportunity to gain a postgraduate qualification and to address the need for their personal and professional growth;

• Develop students’ understanding of current thinking on best practices in education, and encourage the application and development of best practices for the benefit of the teaching and learning community;

• Enable participants to plan and conduct research in a systematic way and to share and disseminate research findings and their impact on the quality of teaching and learning within the educational community and beyond;

• Provide an opportunity for participants to reflect upon current practices and look for initiatives related to their professional work in order to enhance the quality of participants’ practice through critical enquiry and innovative thinking;

• Enable critical evaluation of learning in a variety of contexts and encourage participants to identify relevant theoretical, professional and/or research-based sources and use these appropriately in study and/or professional practice;

• Provide opportunities for developing positive professional relationships with students, other teachers/educators and stakeholders in various aspects of education in order to improve practice and raise achievement.