The professional degree of master of education is mainly based on courses and also requires writing papers. Generally, you need to study 12 compulsory courses and elective courses. The course is divided into two parts: public course and professional course. Public courses include: Marxist theory, educational principles, educational psychology, modern educational technology, educational research methods and foreign languages. Specialized courses vary according to the teaching direction of the subject. For example, the specialized courses of "Subject Teaching-Chinese" include: Chinese teaching theory, Chinese education reform and research, the development history of Chinese education in China, and Chinese language and literature research. But the two are at the same level in degree. In order to meet the needs of national construction and development and cultivate high-level applied professionals through multiple channels, the State Council Academic Degree Office has gradually set up various professional degrees for on-the-job personnel since 1997, and now there are more than 10 professional degrees such as MPA, Master of Law, Master of Education and MBA. The master's degree certificate is uniformly printed by the State Council Academic Degree Office. The master's degree is equivalent to the master's degree obtained by the unified recruitment of graduate students, but the types are different. The master's thesis of professional degree must be written in combination with the actual work of this major, which belongs to the applied degree thesis, and the master's thesis of unified recruitment emphasizes academic and theoretical nature and belongs to the academic degree thesis.
The purpose of master of education training is to cultivate educational management cadres and key teachers with modern educational concepts and high theoretical literacy and practical ability. The establishment of master's degree in education in China has opened up channels for primary and secondary school teachers to obtain graduate degrees. Although China has already established a teacher training system and institutions, this kind of training is often sporadic and unsystematic. By offering a master's degree in education, teachers can systematically learn new knowledge, master the frontier of disciplines and receive training in educational research.
The training goal of professional degree education of doctor of education is to train compound and specialized senior professionals in the fields of education, teaching and education management.
The curriculum system of professional degree of doctor of education should meet the overall requirements of educational development for the training of professional managers and decision makers, expert teachers and educators, and the curriculum content should reflect the frontier level of contemporary educational theory and practice; The curriculum structure should be comprehensive, professional and practical; Curriculum learning adopts modular curriculum and credit system; Curriculum teaching should attach importance to the use of team learning, special discussion, field investigation, case analysis and educational investigation.
Doctor of Education is a professional degree, aiming at cultivating compound "research-oriented professionals" engaged in educational teaching practice and educational management.