MA Ed in Educational Anthropology at Royal Danish School of Educational Sciences
Introduction
The programme in educational anthropology is based on research-based methodologies, theories and conceptualisations concerning questions of cultural dynamics, culturalisation processes and cultural forms of mediation in real and virtual social contexts.
The educational-antropological perspective is generally characterised by being tinged by reflections on metatheoretical, theoretical-conceptual, methodological and analytical questions. More specifically, the perspective is characterised by its special focus on cultural dynamics and forms of mediation in concrete social forms of practices and their societal context, with the aim of being able to articulate and analyse the known and as yet unknown problems and potentials of these processes and forms of practice. How, for example, the lives of children, home life, student life, political life, organisational life, the life of the firm, and virtual life are made in concrete material and immaterial space, is thus a central question of educational anthropology.
Admission
The entry requirement for students enrolling in the MA (Ed) programme in Educational Anthropology is one of the following educations:
Bachelor in anthropology or education.
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science with elective modules in education or anthropology corresponding to at least 45 ECTS credits.
Bachelor of Education, Bachelor in Social Education, or Bachelor in Relaxation and Psychomotor Therapy.
The entry requirement to the supplementary programme in Educational Anthropology is one of the following educations:
Bachelor in Occupational Therapy, Bachelor in Nutrition and Health, Bachelor in Physiotherapy, Bachelor in Midwifery, Bachelor in Nursing, or Bachelor of Social Work.
Medium-cycle higher education in occupational therapy, nutrition and health, as a primary and lower secondary school teacher, in physiotherapy, in midwifery, as a social educator, social worker, or nurse.
Structure and content
The MA (Ed) programme in Educational Anthropology has a standard duration of 120 ECTS credits (2 student full-time equivalents).
The first year of study consists of four compulsory modules, each worth 15 ECTS credits (¼ student full-time equivalent):
1. Epistemology and Theory in Educational Anthropology (15 ECTS credits)
2. Trends in Educational Anthropology (15 ECTS credits)
3. Anthropological Conceptualisations (15 ECTS credits)
4. Educational Conceptualisations (15 ECTS credits).
The second year of study comprises one compulsory module worth 15 ECTS credits (¼ full-time equivalent), an elective module worth 15 ECTS credits (¼ full-time equivalent) and a Master?s thesis worth 30 ECTS credits (½ full-time equivalent).
Compulsory module worth15 ECTS credits:
5. Field study (15 ECTS credits).
Elective modules worth 15 ECTS credits (1/4 full-time equivalent).
The student chooses one of the following modules:
6a. Analytical Strategies and Knowledge Production (15 ECTS credits)
6b. International Comparative Education (15 ECTS credits)
6c. Internship (15 ECTS credits)
6d. Elective subject from another graduate (MA/MSc) programme, possibly at another university (abroad) (15 ECTS credits).
Diagram of the programme’s structure