The scope of the programme from is wide: from the instruction of young children in primary school to developing interactive materials for vocational education, and from assessing the quality of schooling and school performance to talent and leadership development, and in-company re-training.
You will learn all about theories of learning and assessment, learning technologies (e.g. serious games), effective training approaches and learning interventions. You will also discover how to design and evaluate different learning scenarios, progressing to producing recommendations and solutions for practical problems.
Careers
As an EST graduate from the University of Twente you will have plenty of exciting career opportunities. Graduates of the programme are employed in numerous types of settings: educational or training consultancy firms, educational publishers, corporate HR departments, schools or the government sector. Our students normally find a job within a few months of graduation.
With a Master?s in Educational Science and Technology, jobs open to you include:
- education and training quality coordinator
- educational or programme advisor
- course developer
- training consultant
- e-learning designer
- developer of educational tools and materials
- educational policy maker
- developer of educational software or serious games
- employee at an educational broadcasting station
Alternatively you could opt for a career in educational science research at a university or research institute.
