Master’s Degrees in Chile Graduate Degrees

Master in Psychology, emphasis in Educational Psychology

Area

Social Sciences

University

Pontificia Universidad Católica

Sources of Information

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Description

This Master in Psychology, with an emphasis in Educational Psychology, provides an updated training in the Social Sciences, research and dimensions of Psychology that have undergone essential renovations. It then expands this training for scientists in the field of Educational Psychology, developing skills for evaluating and generating proposals at both the macro-educational level and the individual and interactional dimensions of the teaching and learning phenomena.

Objectives

The general goal of this program is to train professionals and academics capable of working on interdisciplinary teams, contributing to educational development processes from a psychological perspective, with a systemic, comprehensive approach to the complex implications of educational phenomena. It seeks to help these professionals contribute in the educational field with originality, in the design, implementation and evaluation of intervention and applied research programs, providing ethical and critical reflections.

Candidate Profile

Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree granted by a Chilean or foreign university, or an equivalent professional degree. If the degree was granted by a foreign university, it must be legalized by the corresponding foreign and national institutions. They must have completed undergraduate or graduate courses that include the following subjects: General Psychology; Educational Psychology; Inferential Statistics; Analysis of the Educational Process.