Master’s Degree in Teaching Methodologies

Competences

Basic Competences

In accordance with Royal Decree 43/2015 and Royal Decree 861/2010, which modifies Royal Decree 1393/2007, of October 29, which establishes the organization of official university education, as well as the Royal Decree 1027/2011, which establishes the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (MECES), Master's degrees must guarantee the acquisition of the following basic competences:

• BC6 Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often in a research context.
• BC7 Students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of study.
• BC8 Students are able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of formulating judgments based on information that, even if incomplete or limited, includes reflections on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
• BC9 Students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that support them to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way.
• BC10 Students possess the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous.

General Competences

• GC1 Apply the knowledge acquired on methodologies of the 21st-century teaching paradigm to the different modalities and environments of education, contexts and modalities of the teacher's habitual practice.
• GC2 Identify and understand the theories, models, pedagogical roles and teaching methodologies through the prism of digital, liquid and mediated pedagogy.
• GC3 Understand and apply the Teacher's Digital Competences Framework to practice and promote, through them, their pedagogical leadership and the updating of their professional profile.
• GC4 Know the new digital environments and the mediated and virtual training modalities in which the practical teaching methodologies of the 21st century are developed, new current methodological paradigm.
• GC5 Select and use teaching methodological resources based on TAC (Learning and Knowledge Technologies), aimed at improving training and teaching-learning processes.
• GC6 Understand educommunicative practices and apply them to the design and implementation of mediated teaching methodologies and strategies.
• GC7 Select the most appropriate methodologies, through grounded approaches, and adapt them according to their purpose, recipients and training context.
• GC8. Know the evaluation process in the methodological design and use different types of competence evaluation, based on mediated resources and instruments. Understand and use different types of evaluation in teaching methodologies, based on resources and instruments mediated and adapted to the competencies model, which allows making professional and pertinent value judgments.
• GC9 Apply the theory the methodological keys to the design of hybrid models, based on the micro (subject or topic) and macro (institution) perspectives, supported by cooperative, mediated and interactive strategies.
• GC10 Design and apply teaching methodologies and strategies based on investment and gamification of education and training processes in mediated contexts.
• GC11 Create, organize and manage good teaching practices based on innovative methodologies and strategies, guided by TAC (Learning and Knowledge Technologies) and based on virtual environments and platforms.

Specific Competences

• SC1 Analyze and assess the main characteristics of the mediated teaching methodologies, strategies and resources and their influence on one's professional profile, on the conception of the didactic act and on the organization of the different educational modalities.
• SC2 Identify the main characteristics of the new role of the teacher and the student in the 21st century, of the digital and mediated teaching methodological paradigm, and of the TACs, and understand their implications in the educational process.
• SC3 Understand and apply educommunicative practices, as well as the precepts of digital and liquid pedagogy, to the methodological design, organization and habitual teaching practices, as a form of leadership and redefinition of one's own professional teaching profile.
• SC4 Know and interpret the main elements of the evaluation of the different teaching methodologies and strategies, in particular of rubrics, e-rubrics and other innovative forms of evaluation, to integrate them into the teacher's methodological design process.
• SC5 Analyze and understand experiences of good teaching methodological practices, based on the TACs (Learning and Knowledge Technologies) and on the mediated contexts, which may be applicable to other modalities and environments.
• SC6 Use teaching methodologies that facilitate the acquisition of students' digital skills and their empowerment through them. Apply pedagogical practices that facilitate the acquisition of digital and media skills, and dynamics that allow the exercise of pedagogical leadership in the classroom.
• SC7 Understand and discern, at an advanced level, between the different teaching methodologies and strategies, and use the appropriate mediated pedagogical resources for each methodological purpose.
• SC8 Adapt traditional teaching methodologies to the new characteristics of the student and of digital and mediated education, through gamification, investment of learning and the redefinition of active and participatory teaching.
• SC9 Analyze and evaluate the educational implications of teaching environments and digital and mediated resources in the design of teaching methodologies. Evaluate in a well-founded and critical way the educational, communicative and technological implications and consequences of the mediated pedagogical environments and resources, the apps and the social media, typical of the teaching methodological paradigm of the 21st century.
• SC10 Understand the keys that allow the design of hybrid models that combine different teaching methodologies and strategies that can be used in different contexts, stages and training modalities.
• SC11 Design proposals for innovative and mediated teaching methodologies, according to the characteristics and diversity of the students, and adaptable to the two modalities: face-to-face and online.
• SC12 Observe experiences of good teaching practices in real contexts, which allows for the identification and analysis of innovative and differential methodological elements, which provide them with higher quality.
• SC13 Incorporate the knowledge, resources, strategies and competences acquired in the Master's Degree in Teaching Methodologies, to the development of an educational innovation or research work (FRP), directly related to some of the subjects or topics, and defend it publicly before a public tribunal.

Calendar and schedules

Access requirements and admission criteria

Admission profile:

All applicants who meet the requirements provided for in the current legislation, who have an associate's or bachelor's degree, or Master's degree in Teaching, Pedagogy, Psychology (with Concentration or Specialty in Education) or Psychopedagogy, will be able to access the Master's Degree in Teaching Methodologies of the Antonio de Nebrija University. Likewise, given the transversal nature of the program, students who have completed the Master's Degree in Teacher Training, or who have the Teaching Aptitude Certificate (CAP), as well as PhD professors from the university sector, will be able to access this Master's degree.

Those people who do not comply with the direct access requirement must complete the planned training complements, after studying the documentation provided, after which the number and subjects to be taken will be indicated.

Graduate profile:

The profile will be that of a teacher who, knowing the keys and pillars of the most current and innovative methodological paradigm, with a professional, digitized and mediated competence profile, who is capable of creating educational environments and teaching-learning opportunities conducive to their teaching practice, from the point of view of hybridization and expanded attendance, taking advantage of the different modalities and environments of education and training, as well as selecting the most appropriate resources, strategies and methods that allow him/her to achieve high levels of quality and academic success for his/her students and institutions.

Includes complementary training for students who do not have direct access through the profile.

This complementary training is made up of the following four subjects (20 ECTS credits):

• 1. ICT in Education (6 ECTS credits).
• 2. Education Theory and Systems (6 ECTS credits).
• 3. Educational proposals mediated by ICT: didactic design and learning methodologies (4 ECTS credits).
• 4. Educational processes and school reality (4 ECTS credits).

Access

As established in Article 16 of RD 1393/2007, modified by RD 861/2010, students who meet any of the following conditions may access these Master's studies:

• Have an official Spanish university degree or other degree issued by an institution of higher education of the European Higher Education Area that grants access to Master's studies in the country issuing said degree, and that fits the established admission profile to access this degree
• Graduates of educational systems outside the European Higher Education Area may access without the need for validation of their degrees, after verification by the University that they can accredit a level of studies equivalent to the corresponding official Spanish university degrees and that these grant access to postgraduate education in the country issuing said degree. Access through this route will not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree of the interested party, nor its recognition for other purposes than that of taking the Master's degree. In the cases in which the validation of any degree, diploma or study obtained abroad is necessary to access the University, the Antonio de Nebrija University may conditionally admit students who accredit having submitted the corresponding application for validation while the approval procedure is resolved.
• In the case of students with special educational needs derived from disabilities, the need for possible curricular adaptations, itineraries or alternative studies will be assessed.

All applicants who meet the requirements provided for in the current legislation, who have an associate's or bachelor's degree, or Master's degree in Teaching, Pedagogy, Psychology (with Concentration or Specialty in Education) or Psychopedagogy, will be able to access the Master's Degree in Teaching Methodologies of the Antonio de Nebrija University. Likewise, given the transversal nature of the program, students who have completed the Master's Degree in Teacher Training for Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, Vocational Training and Language Teaching, or who have the Teaching Aptitude Certificate (CAP), as well as PhD professors from the university sector, will be able to access this Master's degree.

In the case of university graduates who are not from the area of education or graduates of the Master's Degree in Teacher Training, the Antonio de Nebrija University will offer and require complementary training so that all students who access this master's degree have the appropriate prior knowledge.

Admission criteria:

In general, the admission documentation will be submitted to the Admissions Department.

The student must provide the originals or certified copies of the submitted documentation, within a period established by the University, in order to formalize his/her enrollment. Any inaccuracy, falsity or omission of information, statement or document provided by the student in the admission period will entail the impossibility of continuing to exercise the right from the moment the University has proof of these events, and proceed to cancel the application for admission submitted and the place awarded, notwithstanding any criminal, civil or administrative responsibilities that may arise.

In order to access the official master's degrees, it is necessary to submit the following documentation:

• Completed admission application.
• Identification document (D.N.I) or valid passport.
• 1 passport-size photograph.
• Academic transcript with the grades that grant access to the Master's degree.
• Certified photocopy of official Spanish university diploma or receipt of having requested it.
• Registration in social security or employment contract for the profile of university PhD professors.

Foreign students:

• Certified photocopy of official diploma issued by a foreign higher education institution belonging to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) that grants access, in the issuing country, to official master's degree studies.
• Certified photocopy of official diploma issued in a foreign educational system not belonging to the EHEA. In this case, access will be conditioned by the verification that the studies completed correspond to a level of studies equivalent to that of the official Spanish university degrees and that they grant access to the official master's degrees in the country in which the diploma was issued. This procedure does not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree, nor its recognition for any purpose other than to access the master's studies.
• If necessary, a letter issued by the University in which the student has completed the degree that grants access to Master's studies in the country issuing the diploma.
• Registration in social security or employment contract for the profile of university PhD professors.

In the event that the studies with which the pre-registration for the Master's degree is accessed are completed in a Foreign Higher Education institution, both the diploma and the academic record (grades) must be official and issued by the competent authorities, in accordance with the legal system of the country of origin.

How to submit documentation necessary for admission.

In general, the admission documentation will be submitted to the Admissions Department.

The student must provide the originals or certified copies of the submitted documentation, within a period established by the University, in order to formalize his/her enrollment. Any inaccuracy, falsity or omission of information, statement or document provided by the student in the admission period will entail the impossibility of continuing to exercise the right from the moment the University has proof of these events, and proceed to cancel the application for admission submitted and the place awarded, notwithstanding any criminal, civil or administrative responsibilities that may arise.

In order to access the official master's degrees, it is necessary to submit the following documentation:

• Completed admission application.
• Identification document (D.N.I) or valid passport.
• 1 passport-size photograph.
• Academic transcript with the grades that grant access to the Master's degree.
• Certified photocopy of official Spanish university diploma or receipt of having requested it.
• Registration in social security or employment contract for the profile of university PhD professors.

Foreign students:

• Certified photocopy of official diploma issued by a foreign higher education institution belonging to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) that grants access, in the issuing country, to official master's degree studies.
• Certified photocopy of official diploma issued in a foreign educational system not belonging to the EHEA. In this case, access will be conditioned by the verification that the studies completed correspond to a level of studies equivalent to that of the official Spanish university degrees and that they grant access to the official master's degrees in the country in which the diploma was issued. This procedure does not imply, in any case, the homologation of the previous degree, nor its recognition for any purpose other than to access the master's studies.
• If necessary, a letter issued by the University in which the student has completed the degree that grants access to Master's studies in the country issuing the diploma.
• Registration in social security or employment contract for the profile of university PhD professors.

In the event that the studies with which the pre-registration for the Master's degree is accessed are completed in a Foreign Higher Education institution, both the diploma and the academic record (grades) must be official and issued by the competent authorities, in accordance with the legal system of the country of origin.

In addition to evaluating the academic merits provided by the candidate (which will be 50% of the admission process), students must hold a personal interview (the other 50%), carried out by the person responsible for the Master's degree (director or coordinator), or by University advisers, and is aimed at checking the suitability of the candidate and his/her profile related to the degree. This is done to determine if the candidate has sufficient motivation, training and knowledge, abilities, aptitudes, communication skills, extracurricular activities and future interests necessary to be admitted as a student in the Nebrija University postgraduate programs.

In addition, non-Spanish-speaking foreign students must take a Spanish language placement test, in order to know their actual level of language knowledge. It will not be necessary for the candidate to take the language placement test if he/she submits a certification that accredits knowledge of a Spanish language at B2 level of the CEFR. The accreditation of the level will be validated through the official diplomas admitted by the table of valid certificates of the ACLES and/or Instituto Cervantes.