Master of Education in
Early Childhood Education
The Master of Education in Early Childhood Education is a professional graduate degree program that prepares students to be dynamic, empathic and innovative teacher leaders. Students gain a deeper understanding of children (birth to 8) through research, reflection, theory and pedagogy.
The graduates are prepared to be early childhood teacher leaders, specialists/ consultants, and curriculum/instructional designers both in formal and informal settings, who will make impactful transformations in the field of early childhood education.
Program Goals
- Enhance the competencies and skills of teachers working with young children
- Develop dispositions that will make students highly effective teacher leaders in the field of early childhood education
What Will I Study?
Below are some of the topics and core courses that you will take:
This course enhances your skills in analyzing curriculum designs and curriculum development models.
This course provides opportunities for you to analyze instructional theories, instructional design models, and instructional approaches.
This course is an advanced study of instructional theories, approaches, and methods. It serves as a good foundation for you to be able to design instructional materials appropriate for young learners.
This course trains you to survey and analyze assessment and evaluation tools appropriate for early childhood education.
This course provides you with opportunities to do benchmarking in early childhood education schools abroad or locally. You are given an option to do a field study in schools within the Asian region, partner schools in the US or UK, or schools in the Philippines. You will do a comparative analysis of early childhood education systems and programs in the different countries.
Relevant and updated topics, problems, and research trends in ECE are the main highlights of this course.
This course engages you in a critical survey of methods in educational research and data analysis techniques appropriate for teacher research, setting of research directions and identification of research ideas in education.
This program is implemented using a modular delivery mode.
Total Program Units: 40 units
Course Work: 34
Capstone Project: 6
Comprehensive Exam
Standard Completion Time: 14 months
The special project is practice-based where the student applies learned understandings, concepts, values, competencies, and skills on Special Education. Each student may choose to work on a project, or an action research related to the students’ field of specialization. All these with the guidance of a professor.
CHED Center for Excellence
The Department of Early Childhood Education is a designated Center for Excellence by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). More Information >
