First special cohort of college educators finish UPEI MEd program
The first group of students in a special cohort for college educators in the Master of Education in Leadership and Learning program offered by UPEI, in collaboration with Holland College, wrapped up their final assignments recently during a research forum held in Holland College's Centre for Applied Science and Technology on the Prince of Wales Campus.
The program is designed to provide experienced adult educators with the knowledge and skills required to become effective educational leaders. The overall aim of the program is to promote and support educational scholarship, research, and practice.
The 15 students in the group are staff members or former staff members of the College of the North Atlantic, Holland College, and Nova Scotia Community College. Their final projects encompassed many topics that are of concern to community colleges, including an investigation of the transition of international students into Holland College, creating seamless student mobility through articulation agreements, evaluating and changing instructional leadership to meet students' needs, and changing perceptions while fostering gender neutrality in nursing.
Dr. Miles Turnbull, UPEI's Coordinator of Graduate Studies and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Education, said the quality and scope of the students' projects were very high.
"It was rewarding to witness these students' action research project presentations - a capstone to their 27-month masters journey together. The quality, diversity and relevance of the projects completed were impressive indeed," he said.
Dr. Audrey Penner, Director of Adult Education Learner Support and Applied Research at Holland College, said participation with UPEI in the program is part of the college's ongoing commitment to providing staff with meaningful and relevant opportunities to further their education.
"It has been a pleasure to work on such a collaborative and ground-breaking project with Dr. Turnbull and the faculty of education at UPEI. This fills a capacity need at the college level for leadership in education, and this program is tailored to the leadership needs of college faculty and administration," she said.
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