- An educational specialist is a professional who abides by an professional code of ethics
- An educational specialist is a professional who is capable of teaching adult students and working with lifelong learning programs
- An educational specialist is a professional who is capable of handling problems that affect the education system and cooperate in order to reach a solution
- An educational specialist is a professional who is capable of working with youngsters who are at risk of social exclusion, the courts, etc
- An educational specialist is a professional who is capable of handling training matters
- An educational specialist is a professional who is capable of facing the educational challenges that have arisen as a result of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
- An educational specialist is a professional who is capable of providing solutions to educational challenges
- An educational specialist is an agent who is capable of educational leadership Pedagogical support and leadership for the purpose of educational and curricula planning in schools
- An educational specialist is an agent of educational change
- An educational specialist is an agent of social change
- An educational specialist is a professional who is capable of acting as an advisor
- An educational specialist is a professional who is capable of addressing diversity and special educational needs
- An educational specialist is a professional who is capable of providing student guidance, which includes both educational and professional guidance as well as family counselling
- An educational specialist is a professional who possesses basic skills in educational research
- Direct education and/or training: working with either children, adolescents or adults
- Social and cultural environments: planning and developing educational initiatives, cultural events, leisure activities, training, etc. in a diverse range of contexts
- Working with families or communities regarding education, training or personal development
- Educational institutions or training agencies, or any other entity that delivers on-site training (companies, public institutions, etc.)
- Professional development (continuous training, updating job skills, etc.) for professionals of diverse backgrounds and levels of training who deliver training courses (teaching staff, trainers, instructors)
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Professional skills:
- Have a good grasp of the foundational knowledge, abilities and skills of the profession
- Use ICTs and research techniques
- Adapt to new situations and self-assess one’s progress
- Solve problems and be creative
- Make decisions and engage in team work
- Develop leadership skills
- Be ready to join interdisciplinary teams
- Pay attention to differentiation and multi-cultural issues
- Show readiness to work beyond our boundaries and sensitivity to cultural issues
- Have a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship
- Behave according to professional and ethical standards
- Concern for personal and professional achievement and quality
- Understand education as the result of complex and varied processes
- Be able to identify and apply the curriculum guidelines in all and any training context
- Familiarity with the theories that account for human development and their application in educational settings
- Understand social and educational inequalities and their impact on education, and devise lines of action to fight them
- Understand educational research as a process that entails flexible and plural methodologies and standpoints
- Be able to diagnose, analyse and measure educational needs using appropriate instruments
- Use ICTs in education
- Conduct assessment and evaluation plans and use data to improve educational settings
Degree specific skills
Students applying for our degree in Pedagogy should be able to demonstrate the following personal and academic characteristics:
- Good people and communication skills
- Creative tendencies
- The ability to work in a team
- Reliability, discipline and responsability in the workplace
- Interest and concern for social issues, the arts and culture
- Abstract thinking skills and the ability to understand
- The ability to analyse and understand others behaviour
- A sense of responsibility and interest in educational work
- Intuition and observational skills
- Good social skills
- A good vocabulary, being well-spoken and demonstrating a good understanding
- A general interest in education as a whole