Education and Child Studies Leiden University

Overview

This programme focuses on the link between theory, research and practice. Students are taught to seek evidence-based solutions to problems occurring in child-rearing and education.
At the start of this one-year programme, you will choose a specialisation. All specialisations have one course in common, in which you will learn about the practice of empirical research.
The rest of the year you will spend deepening your scientific knowledge in the field of your choice. You will fulfil an internship and complete your master's project in which you will undertake your own research and prepare a written report of this research project.

What you will learn

* Learn to analyse and conceptualise questions & problems in the area of Education and Child Studies ;
* report to professionals and academics;
* be able to organise, carry out and report on research;
* understand and evaluate high-level research in Education and Child Studies and professional literature;
* possess the methodological and technical research skills customary in Education and Child Studies.

Career prospects

https://studiegids.universiteitleiden.nl/studies/8818/education-and-child-studies

Accreditation

Accredited by NVAO, the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders.