Uniminuto
Master's Degree in Social Innovations in Education

Bogotá, Colombia

DEGREE TYPE

Master degree

DURATION

LANGUAGES

Spanish

PACE

Full time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

STUDY FORMAT

Key Summary

About: Master in Social Innovations in Education is a 2-year on-site Master (44 credits) focused on research into inclusive and innovative educational practice. It develops skills to organize, manage and lead research; identify theoretical or practical problems in diverse educational contexts; design methods, techniques and instruments; integrate theoretical knowledge; and conduct systematic inquiry with a critical stance. Programme data: 2019 tuition $5,200,900; SNIES 105198; Faculty of Education; qualified registry (Resolution No. 428, 14 January 2016).

Career Outcomes: Career opportunities include research coordinator, instructional leader, policy advisor, programme manager and social innovation consultant in schools, NGOs, government and education enterprises sector.

Title awarded: MASTER IN SOCIAL INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION
Level of education: Master's degree
Methodology: In-person
Program duration: 2 YEARS
Credits: 44
Tuition fee for 2019: $5,200,900

*The General Administrative and Financial Council of UNIMINUTO sets the values to be charged for tuition and subsidies for all academic programs, according to the socioeconomic contexts in which the institution is present, therefore the values of tuition and subsidies will present differences between campuses and academic programs (Agreement 112 and 113 of 2018 and 114 of 2019).

Snies: 105198
Area of knowledge: Educational Sciences
Academic Unit: Faculty of Education
Academic quality: Qualified registration
Qualified Registration Number Resolution No. 428 of January 14, 2016 - Valid for 7 years

Program presentation

The creation ofMaster's program in Social Innovations in EducationIt is justified from four complementary aspects, related firstly to a review of the state of training at this academic level in related topics, both nationally and internationally; secondly, to the presentation of aspects that aim to determine the training needs in this area of knowledge in the local, regional and national context; on the other hand, to the potential opportunities that this program offers to teachers who are trained in the master's program, both in their particular context and in the panorama of educational processes at the national level; and finally, to the aspects that are configured as distinctive of the program and that affirm its particularities, in relation to the training experience of UNIMINUTO.

Applicant profile

The entry profile to theMaster's Degree in Social Innovations in EducationIt is composed of professionals, preferably with teaching experience and an interest in research and social innovation processes in education.

Graduate profile

The graduate of theMaster's Degree in Social Innovations in EducationIt is characterized by its ability to propose, manage and determine the impact of innovative proposals in the educational context in general; to promote social processes of gender inclusion,actors in the post-conflict, interculturality and different abilities; actively participate in academic communities by sharing their progress and achievements; recognize and engage in dialogue with diverse types of knowledge generated both within and outside academic canons and paradigms; as well as recognize and promote the participation of diverse communities in dissimilar cultural and social contexts.

Specifically, the professional profile of the graduate in the Research modality is characterized by:

Organize, manage and lead research processes aimed at making visible diverse types of knowledge and answering relevant questions about inclusive and innovative professional practices.
Identify theoretical or practical problems in diverse educational contexts and, based on this, propose and/or lead research projects in the field of inclusion and the management of social innovations.
To recognize, organize and coherently integrate the theoretical knowledge that underpins their research proposals and their professional practice.
Determine the methodological elements, design, techniques and instruments and their application relevant to answering research questions and/or educational needs in diverse educational contexts.
Develop and undertake systematic inquiry processes on research objects in the field of inclusion, innovation and social management of education.
To adopt a critical stance towards the processes, results, scope and consequences of the research he/she conducts.

Admission documents

Fill out the registration form.
Attach a photocopy of your identity document (national identity card, identity card, passport, corresponding visa, foreign identity card or a valid document that proves that it is in process).
Attach a photocopy of the Graduation Certificate for the undergraduate program completed.
Attach proof of employment or related experience, when required by the program you wish to enroll in.
Please attach proof of payment of registration fees.
Other requirements demanded by the Program to which you are entering, that have been duly authorized.

Scholarships, grants and discounts

UNIMINUTO has established a series of inter-institutional agreementsTo ensure the continuity of students' academic progress, it has the support of the following entities: