Programme Information
Programme Code
1-Year Full-time (A1M095) / 2-Year Part-time (C2M028)
The programme has
……distinctive aims to
- promote a holistic and comprehensive understanding of STEM education;
- develop competence in promoting STEM education through curriculum integration and integrated learning;
- equip participants with the knowledge and skills for applying technology and engineering design in solving problems;
- develop participants’ pedagogical content knowledge for designing instructions and assessment for integrated STEM education;
- develop leadership and cultivate a spirit of innovation in promoting school-based STEM education.
…… and a sharp focus on what STEM education professionals and leaders need to know about
- Leadership in developing school-based STEM education
- Creative use of technology to inquire and design
- Models and approaches to enhance self-directed learning
- Synergizing subject and cross-subject learning
- Integrated application of knowledge and 21st century skills
- Leveraging formal and informal curriculum and community support
The programme will benefit
- School STEM coordinators and STEM teachers
- STEM graduates
- Non-STEM graduates
- STEM education practitioners from different sectors
- Other STEM professionals
……with the full support of a strong teaching and technical team, specializing in
- STEM Education
- Sciences
- Information and Communication Technology
- Mathematics
- Engineering
- Environmental Studies
- Creativity Education
Programme Structure
The programme comprises 24 credit points (cps). Students need to attend classes per week which may be held in the daytime/evening on weekdays and/or Saturdays at the Tai Po Campus, Tseung Kwan O Study Centre, North Point Study Centre and/or Kowloon Tong Satellite Study Centre as decided by the University.
Classes in the same or different semester(s) may be scheduled from Monday to Saturday at the Tai Po Campus, Tseung Kwan O Study Centre, Pak Shek Kok Sports Centre, North Point Study Centre, Kowloon Tong Satellite Study Centre and/or other locations as decided by the University.
The programme offers 6+2 courses, covering major STEM education themes.
6 Core Courses:
- STEM education: theoretical and curricular perspectives (3 cps)
- Scientific inquiry and engineering design (3 cps)
- Technology in STEM education (3 cps)
- Developing creativity and innovation in STEM (3 cps)
- Coding and computational thinking (3 cps)
- Principles and methods in STEM education research (3 cps)
2 Elective Courses:
Participants could choose ONE out of the TWO courses in each Elective Group:
Detailed Course Description: https://mastem.eduhk.hk/index.php/detailed-course-description/
The medium of instruction is English.
Learning Mode:
- Lectures and group discussion
- Talks and seminars by experts in STEM fields
- Case studies and lesson analysis
- School-based support
- Laboratory experimentation
- Blended learning using e-platforms
- Workshops on the use of educational technology
- Research projects to inform school practice
- Visits to STEM schools and organizations
Tuition Fee
- Tuition fee for the whole programme (2025/26 Cohort) is HK$145,800* (HK$6,075 per cp)
*Tuition fee is subject to adjustment
Scholarship and Fellowship
- Targeted Taught Postgraduate Programmes Fellowships Scheme (5-year pilot period: 5th Cohort – 2024/25)
The University Grants Committee (UGC) launched a “Targeted Taught Postgraduate Programmes Fellowships Scheme” in 2020/21 to subsidize local students to study taught postgraduate programmes. The fellowship students are only required to pay a minimum tuition fee of HK$42,100 to study the entire programme (part-time or full-time), with the remainder covered by the Fellowships Scheme with a maximum of 10 quota. Please refer to the UGC’s website for details.
- Entrance Scholarship – Entrants may be granted a scholarship of HK$10,000 by The Education University of Hong Kong.
- EDB Scholarship for Teachers – The Education Bureau (EDB) offers a scholarship of HK80,000 to local school teachers on a competitive basis. Please refer to the EDB’s website for the Scholarship for Teachers (Pursuit of Master’s Degree Programmes*).
*Subject to approval
1 Year Full-time (A1M095) / 2-Year Part-time (C2M028)
……distinctive aims to
- promote a holistic and comprehensive understanding of STEM education;
- develop competence in promoting STEM education through curriculum integration and integrated learning;
- equip participants with the knowledge and skills for applying technology and engineering design in solving problems;
- develop participants’ pedagogical content knowledge for designing instructions and assessment for integrated STEM education;
- develop leadership and cultivate a spirit of innovation in promoting school-based STEM education.
…… and a sharp focus on what STEM education professionals and leaders need to know about
- Leadership in developing school-based STEM education
- Creative use of technology to inquire and design
- Models and approaches to enhance self-directed learning
- Synergizing subject and cross-subject learning
- Integrated application of knowledge and 21st century skills
- Leveraging formal and informal curriculum and community support
The programme will benefit
- School STEM coordinators and STEM teachers
- STEM graduates
- Non-STEM graduates
- STEM education practitioners from different sectors
- Other STEM professionals
……with the full support of a strong teaching and technical team, specializing in
- STEM Education
- Sciences
- Information and Communication Technology
- Mathematics
- Engineering
- Environmental Studies
- Creativity Education
The programme comprises 24 credit points (cps). Students need to attend classes per week which may be held in the daytime/evening on weekdays and/or Saturdays at the Tai Po Campus, Tseung Kwan O Study Centre and/or Kowloon Tong Satellite Study Centre as decided by the University.
* In Semester 1 of 2022/23, the default mode of teaching of all classes will be in-person on campus using face-to-face mode. Students who are currently not in Hong Kong are advised to make their travel plan as early as possible and allow sufficient time for off-campus quarantine in compliance with the Government’s requirements.
The programme offers 6+2 courses, covering major STEM education themes.
| Curriculum, teaching and assessment in STEM for primary schools | Curriculum, teaching and assessment in STEM for secondary schools | Research project | Internship |
- Lectures and group discussion
- Talks and seminars by experts in STEM fields
- Case studies and lesson analysis
- School-based support
- Laboratory experimentation
- Blended learning using e-platforms
- Workshops on the use of educational technology
- Research projects to inform school practice
- Visits to STEM schools and organizations
The medium of instruction is English.
- Tuition fee for the whole programme is HK$132,000 (HK$5,500 per cp)
- +Tuition fee is subject to adjustment
- Targeted Taught Postgraduate Programmes Fellowships Scheme – The University Grants Committee (UGC) launched a “Targeted Taught Postgraduate Programmes Fellowships Scheme” in 2022/23 to subsidize local students to study taught postgraduate programmes. The fellowship students are only required to pay a minimum tuition fee of HK$42,100 to study the entire programme (part-time or full-time), with the remainder covered by the Fellowships Scheme with maximum of 10 quota. Please refer to the UGC’s website for detail.
- Entrance Scholarship – Besides, successful applicants may be granted a scholarship of HK$10,000 by The Education University of Hong Kong.
- EDB Scholarship for Teachers – The Education Bureau (EDB) also offers a scholarship of HK80,000 to local school teachers on a competitive basis. Please refer to the EDB’s website for the Scholarship for Teachers (Pursuit of Master’s Degree Programmes*).
- *Subject to approval
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