Studies in English in Poland

Second degree (graduate) studies in Education enrich students’ reflective and critical thinking concerning both theory and educational practice. Students broaden their knowledge and skills in the area of research on contemporary educational problems, get familiar with its possibilities and limits, became acquainted with the rules of educational theories creating and learn how to take advantages from the knowledge of theories and how to make use of them in their own professional practice.
This advanced – second degree program of higher education lasts two years (4 semesters). The program is taught in the English language and welcomes both Polish and international students. Its prestigious faculty comes from the University of Lower Silesia, from selected Polish universities and other European and North American institutions of higher learning. After program completion graduate obtains magister degree which is an equivalent for Master degree.

Studies program includes following courses:

Cultural anthropology

• Methodology of social sciences
• Current theories in philosophy and ethics
• Current issues in psychology
• Theories of educational systems
• Analytic reading of scholarly texts in education
• Master’s seminar in education
• Methods and techniques of research in education
• Current issues in sociology
• Logic
• Adult education
• General education
• Social and political contexts of education
• Teacher education
• Comparative education
• Media in education

Apart form the above listed courses program includes module of specialized courses concentrated around the issues of Cultural Anthropology in Education. The program builds on the understanding of anthropology as a critical and participatory study of cultures and societies. By providing a strong anthropological training in social and cultural theory and ethnographic methods, the program gives the students the necessary tools to the understanding of the socio-cultural foundations of learning and by extension creates the space for novel approaches to teaching as a culturally-grounded endeavor. The program will help students develop culturally sensitive understanding of social reality and prepare them for work in a variety of intercultural settings.

Within this module students are offered the following courses:

• History of anthropological theory
• Cultural and social change
• Globalization, culture, identity
• Thematic lecture in education
• Anthropology of institutions
• Urban Anthropology
• Teaching about culture and society
• Multicultural education and learning
• Action anthropology
• Theories of gender in culture and education

Career

The program, which includes a strong practical component, will help students become animators and organizers of learning processes in intercultural settings. Students will be well prepared for work both in educational and cultural institutions and they will also be exceptionally well motivated to assume work in non-governmental and international organizations in Poland and abroad. After completion of this second degree higher education program, graduates are entitled to pursue doctoral degree.