Learning Outcomes of the Master of Teaching: Two Languages

1. Masters are able to independently gather and select professional scientific literature, and also to gather, select and process data in function of research (primary literature, documents, corpora, questionnaires, etc. depending on the domain of research).

2. Masters are able to situate texts and other documents in their context (historically, ideologically, stylistically), to recognise the type of text or document and to take this into account when interpreting it.

3. Masters know the current methodological approaches within their domain of research and are able to apply them autonomously.

4. Masters have the necessary knowledge about literature and publication habits in their subject area (magazines, websites and other digital sources,…)

5. Masters are familiar with the main theories in the subject area, current ones as well as less current ones and are able to easily use the basic notions in their domain of research and can develop a personal point of view about the domain studied.

6. Masters are familiar with the most important primary literature within their subject area (literary texts, texts by linguistic or other authors).

7. Masters are familiar with the most important current relevant questions in the subject area.

8. Masters can place their own subject area in relation to other relevant scientific domains and actively look for connections with these domains.

9. Masters have basic insights in the structure and functioning of the language in which they write the master thesis and are able to reflect on the structure and the use of language.

10. Masters have acquired linguistic and communication skills to report, both orally and in writing including electronic reporting.

11. Masters have acquired linguistic and communication skills to write argumentative texts and to effectively participate in discussions about their subject area and to defend their own position convincingly.

12. Masters have acquired linguistic and communication skills to formulate a scientific question as clearly and accurately as possible as a starting point for their own research.

13. Masters have developed considerable powers of analysis and interpretation.

14. Masters have a critical attitude towards the scientific quality and social relevance of their own research.

15. Masters have a critical attitude towards the developments in the domains of research and in the relevant scientific and cultural context.

16. Masters have a critical orientation in a broad cultural, political and social context.

17. The Master of Teaching masters specialized theoretical and practical knowledge, skills and attitudes that support the basic competences of teachers as formulated in the "Decision of the Flemish Government of 8 June 2018 concerning the basic competences of teachers", pedagogically as well as with regards to the teaching methodology.

18. The Master of Teaching has profound knowledge in the subject matter of the discipline as made explicit in the discipline-specific learning outcomes.

19. The Master of Teaching can independently extend, update, broaden and deepen the educational, didactical and domain-specific knowledge and connect it with current social topics and developments. The Master of Teaching can independently apply and integrate this knowledge and use it to create challenging learning environments for learners. Based on the acquired competences, the Master of Teaching can develop new ideas for the educational practice and check these against reality.

20. The Master of Teaching can map the initial situation and the specific educational needs of a learning group and of individual learners. The Master of Teaching can create a learning environment that connects in all its didactical components (learning objectives, content, learning material, work and grouping methods, evaluation and feedback) with the initial situation and that is inclusive and responsive with regards to the diversity in the learning group.

21. The Master of Teaching has class management skills to create a positive learning and living environment. The Master of Teaching can support the broad personal, intellectual and social development of students through targeted activities and formal and informal interactions.

22. The Master of Teaching can cope with diversity and with the context of a metropolitan environment.

23. The Master of Teaching can make a short or long term plan for the organisation of teaching and learning activities with a view to creating a structured, efficient, safe and stimulating learning environment, based on scientific evidence.

24. The Master of Teaching can communicate with parents or carers with different backgrounds in various language situations with a view to exchanging information, to stimulating the involvement and participation and to developing constructive solutions together to support and stimulate the learning of the learners.

25. The Master of Teaching can collaborate constructively with external partners with a view to enriching the education and training offer and to facilitating the flow between education levels and the job market.

26. The Master of Teaching can independently access available (inter)national scientific research in the domain of the teaching profession in general or in their discipline in particular, approach it in a critical-reflective way and apply the insights in their own class and school context.

27. The Master of Teaching knows the possibilities and the limits of different theoretical paradigms in educational, didactical and discipline-specific research.

28. The Master of Teaching treats information, education practices, methodologies and learning tools critically and reflectively, based on scientific evidence. The Master of Teaching is aware of gaps in the empirical evidence to fill the teaching role appropriately.

29. The Master of Teaching can complete a research cycle on a topic relevant to education whereby they can make a contribution to the developments in education based on theoretical and practice-oriented insights.

30. The Master of Teaching can contribute to school policy and school development based on an active and inquisitive attitude to professional innovation.

31. The Master of Teaching can adjust their functioning as a teacher through inquisitive learning and critical self-evaluation and thus give direction and innovation to their professional practice and development.

32. The Master of Teaching has insight in the organisational principles of schools and of good school policy.

33. The Master of Teaching can collaborate constructively with colleagues in a school team. The Master of Teaching can initiate, participate in and lead disciplinary and interdisciplinary team meetings and activities beyond the classroom.

34. The Master of Teaching can communicate with colleagues and other stakeholders in education about educational topics, the teaching profession and solutions they have developed for the educational practice and can participate as professional in the social debate.