Discover the most effective and up-to-date teaching strategies to enhance your teaching in secondary education, based on evidence and with a practical approach"

Today's educational environment is constantly evolving, facing challenges that require highly trained teachers who are up to date in effective pedagogical strategies. Secondary education faces changes in curriculum, technological advances, student diversity and socio-emotional demands, among other challenges, which require teachers to adapt and excel in their educational work. 

In this context, the advanced master’s degree in Didactics and Teaching Practice in Secondary Education Education is positioned as a solid and necessary response to address the current challenges of secondary education. This program has been designed with the demands of the educational environment in mind, providing teachers with the most up-to-date pedagogical tools and strategies to meet the challenges in the classroom. 

One of the main justifications for the programme lies in its practical and applied approach, providing teachers with the skills and knowledge they need to excel in their educational work. The program focuses on evidence-based didactics and teaching practice, offering proven and effective strategies that can be applied immediately in the classroom to improve the teaching-learning process. 

The program's teaching staff is another highlight, composed of education professionals with extensive experience in secondary education. These experts in didactics and teaching practice bring an up-to-date vision of the educational field, sharing their knowledge and experience with the participants of the program. 

In addition, the 100% online format offers flexibility and accessibility for teachers interested in expanding their skills and knowledge. The program is tailored to the needs of in-service teachers, allowing them to access study materials and participate in program activities from anywhere and at any time, facilitating their participation and professional enrichment. 

Meet the challenges of today's educational environment with tools and knowledge that will allow you to adapt and excel in the classroom, offering a high quality education to your students"

This advanced master’s degree in Didactics and Teaching Practice in Secondary Education contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features include:  

• The development of case studies presented by education experts 
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative educational methodologies 
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments 
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection 

Study in a 100% online format that adapts to your needs and schedule, allowing you to access the materials from anywhere and at any time"

Its teaching staff includes professionals from the field of education, who bring to this program the experience of their work, as well as recognized specialists from reference societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive learning experience designed to prepare for real-life situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the student must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.  

Enhance your pedagogical skills and knowledge, improve your teaching practices and make a difference in secondary education"

Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to excel as a leader in teaching practice"

The main objective of the advanced master’s degree in Didactics and Teaching Practice in Secondary Education is to train highly qualified teachers to be able to face the current challenges of secondary education. This program is designed to offer participants a cutting-edge education in didactics and teaching practice, providing them with pedagogical and strategic tools to optimise their work in the classroom, promote meaningful learning in their students and contribute to improving the quality of education in their environment. 

Develop your pedagogical and didactic skills, implementing innovative and effective approaches that enhance the teaching-learning process in secondary education"

General Objectives

• Determine and specify the elements that are part of the teaching-learning process in youth education
• Outline the fundamentals, skills and competencies of the teacher as a pedagogical element and content facilitator
• Define the traits that characterize students and offer a series of techniques to perform teaching tasks in an ideal way
• Know the different types of innovative learning methodologies in Education applied to Mathematics
• Know how to apply the different types of innovative learning methodologies in education to mathematics
• Update knowledge on the practice of History and Geography teaching in Secondary and Baccalaureate, in order to increase the quality of the professional's practice in their performance
• Introduce students to new ways of teaching these subjects
• Know the tools used in current teaching practice
• Enable the student to teach in the field of music
• Introduce the student to the main characteristics of music teaching
• Show the student the main tools of work in the music classroom

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Education and Development

• Know the relationships between development, learning, culture and education and understand the main conceptual controversies about human development and learning
• Define the main theoretical paradigms of human development and learning
• Discuss the determining factors, characteristics and psychological dimensions of puberty
• Understand the perceptual, cognitive and emotional correlates of the adolescent brain
• Know how attention, memory, thinking, and executive functions develop from an information processing perspective
• Describe the development of “me” in adolescence and highlight the different theories that describe identity and its development
• Know the domains of moral development and their different explanatory theories

Module 2. The Reality of the Classroom

• Understand the role of adolescent peer and group relationships in social development
• Reflect on the functions of institutions, educational spaces, teachers and the family as relevant factors for the development of capabilities
• Design a series of strategies to minimize the damage caused by the obstacles and difficulties encountered by the learner
• Understand the nature of family processes and models in adolescence
• Interpret the learning processes from the perspective of information processing
• Understand the human mind as something inseparable from its social and cultural context
• Apply constructivist principles to educational action and compare the socioconstructivist approach with other constructivist approaches
• Define the elements, structure and functions that make up the educational system as a social system
• Present the foundations of the classroom as a didactic space
• Show who the protagonists are in the teaching-learning process
• Define the characteristics of the teacher as a mediator and outline their roles in the educational spaces

Module 3. The Fundamentals of Teaching Language and Literature

• Understand the fundamentals of didactics of language and literature for young people
• Present and explain the different didactic approaches and pedagogical perspective in teaching Language and Literature in High School Education
• Set the objectives of teaching language and literature at the high school education level
• Reflect on the strategies for teaching grammar and literature to young people
• Define and give examples of how the curricular elements are related to each other
• Identify the complementary activities that reinforce the process of didactic programming

Module 4. Methodology: Teaching and Programming

• Set the goals and objectives that are to be met throughout the different stages of the learning process
• Set the goals and objectives that are to be met throughout the different stages of the learning process
• Summarize the socio-cognitive approaches to learning
• Reflect on the techniques of group control
• Define what a group is and how to develop their skills through a group dynamic
• Prove the benefits of building knowledge through cooperative and interactive working in a simulated version of a real context
• Determine the different types of intelligence that students can have with the aim of minimizing their harmful effects in the learning process
• Compare the different theoretical perspectives on intelligence and distinguish the different learning styles

Module 5. Teaching Literature

• Know the bases and methodology for teaching literacy
• Know how to establish an academic plan for literary education
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the mechanisms for writing a commentary

Module 6. Teaching Grammar

• Determine the benefits of interaction as a didactic tool and the external and intrinsic factors that affect the linguistic development of the students
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the theoretical and practical concepts of grammar
• Know how to propose practical exercises to train grammatical skills in students
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the different methods for the linguistic commentary of a text

Module 7. Teaching Lexicon and Semantics

• Know the basic foundations for lexical-semantic teaching
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the different methodologies for lexical-semantic learning
• Be able to teach through exercises based on lexical-semantic practice

Module 8. Foundations of Didactics of Spanish as a Second Language

• Know the fundamentals of teaching and learning second languages
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the different methodological approaches for SFL teaching
• Learn and apply effective pedagogical approaches in teaching grammar
• Know how to establish an educational plan based on the fundamentals of ELE teaching
• Be able to apply other resource such as games and theater, which are extremely useful in ELE methodology

Module 9. Learning Mathematics in Secondary School

• Discover the role of learning
• Introduce mathematical language
• Understand the development of intelligence and mathematics
• Learn about the relationship between high abilities, giftedness and mathematics
• Classify the neural foundations of mathematics
• Identify the neural adjacent processes of mathematics
• Establish the emotional development of the adolescent
• Understand emotional intelligence applied to adolescents
• Discover adolescent mathematical development
• Learn about adolescent mathematical thinking
• Know what adolescents and students in the classroom are like
• Gain an understanding of the current educational system , specifically in relation to mathematics

Module 10. Gamification in Mathematics

• Understand the role of play in childhood
• Understand the role of play in adolescence
• Discern between the role of play in childhood and adolescence
• Learn what gamification in mathematics is
• Know about the advantages that gamification can bring to the mathematics learning process
• Learn the different elements of gamification applied to mathematics
• Know how to use gamification elements to transform a traditional mathematics activity into a gamified mathematics activity
• Learn to apply gamification to mathematics
• Know how to extrapolate an example of a gamified mathematical activity to any mathematics content
• Know how to design a gamified activity with content from the mathematics curriculum
• Be aware of the different ICT resources related to the gamification of mathematics
• Learn about the origins of games in humanity
• Be aware of the different ICT resources for Mathematics Portfolio/ e-Portfolios

Module 11. Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in Mathematics

• Learn what Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in mathematics is
• Know the features of PBL in mathematics
• Learn how to plan a mathematics PBL
• Learn how to design mathematics PBL
• Know what the student's role is in mathematics PBL
• Know what the teacher's role is in mathematics PBL
• Learn how to assess in mathematics PBL
• Learn how to design PBL applied to mathematics
• Know how to extrapolate a PBL example to any content of the mathematics curriculum
• Be aware of the different ICT resources for mathematics PBL

Module 12. Cooperative Learning in Mathematics

• Learn how to assess cooperative learning applied to mathematics
• Learn how to design cooperative learning applied to mathematics
• Know how to extrapolate a cooperative learning example to any content of the mathematics curriculum
• Learn what cooperative learning applied to mathematics is
• Know how to differentiate between cooperative and collaborative work in mathematics
• Know the objectives of cooperative learning applied to mathematics
• Know the characteristics of cooperative learning applied to mathematics
• Explore the Puzzle or jigsaw as a form of cooperative learning applied to mathematics
• Learn about team-achievement divisions as a type of cooperative learning applied to mathematics
• Explore the co-op as a type of cooperative learning applied to mathematics
• Learn about Team-Games-Tournaments as a type of cooperative learning
• Know how to plan cooperative learning in mathematics
• Know the different roles that students can have in cooperative learning for mathematics

Module 13. Comprehension Projects in Mathematics

• Be able to introduce differential  learning mathematics
• Distinguish the characteristics of mathematics learning
• Understanding cognitive processes in mathematics
• Know the Metacognitive processes in mathematics
• Identify the relationship between focused attention and mathematics learning
• Establish the relationship between sustained attention and mathematics learning
• Understand the relationship between short-term memory and mathematics learning
• Discover the role of long-term memory and mathematics learning
• Learn about language development and mathematics

Module 14. Metacognitive Learning and Mathematics

• Learn to consider multiple intelligences in the design of different mathematical activities
• Know what metacognition is in mathematics
• Know what mathematics learning is
• Learn about conductism applied to mathematics
• Learn about cognitivism applied to mathematics
• Learn about constructivism applied to mathematics
• Learn to teach how to think to use mathematics
• Know the different learning strategies applied to mathematics
• Learn to design applied mathematics activities incorporating metacognitive learning
• Know the teacher‘s role in this type of mathematical learning

Module 15. Designing a Mathematics Teaching Unit

• Learning to select the factors that comprise a mathematics teaching unit
• Learn how to create the necessary documentation to work with the students in the mathematics teaching unit
• Know how to choose the most appropriate learning methodology for the subject and students in order to deliver a mathematics teaching unit
• Learn how to create the necessary documentation to work with the students in the mathematics teaching unit
• Know how to create the necessary documentation to assess students upon completion of the mathematics teaching unit
• Know how to use self-assessment and co-assessment to assess a mathematics teaching unit
• Know how to use self-assessment and co-assessment to assess a mathematics teaching unit

Module 16. Teaching Social Sciences

• Rigorously and precisely select the most appropriate information to include in a presentation
• Synthesize documents and information on historical, geographic or anthropological phenomena
• Structure the information to present a complex phenomenon in an analytical, coherent and appropriate manner
• Understand the facts of the past and know how to contextualize them
• Understand the confluence of different points of view and opinions on the same historical fact
• Transmit information acquired about the past in an organized manner
• Identify and transmit sufficient references and items for spatial orientation
• Critically interpret graphic representations
• Understand that cultural facts are the result of a set of different factors
• Explain the reasons for spatial, cultural and temporal differences between human groups
• Transmit acquired information about human groups in an organized manner
• Relate the degree of learning to assessment, self-assessment and hetero-assessment strategies
• Value the importance of reflecting on the causes that have made it impossible or difficult to acquire new learning
• Produce effective instructional designs to achieve the desired objectives

Module 17. Geography and History as Social Sciences

• Identify geography and history as social sciences
• See the possible career opportunities and work environments for professionals in social sciences
• Analyze the fundamental role of geography and history in order to situate their current role in society

Module 18. The Importance of Teaching Geography and History

• Interact with the world of social science teaching outside the classroom, knowing the existing possibilities offered by historical, artistic and archaeological museums, as well as art galleries and archaeological sites
• Identify the different teaching methods to be developed in the classroom to encourage the study of history and geography

Module 19. Prehistory

• Understand and analyze what prehistory is
• Understand and analyze the process of hominization and its relevance today
• Know the main characteristics of human beings and their ways of life in each of the three stages of prehistory: the Paleolithic, the Neolithic and the Metal Ages
• Acquire some notions of anthropology and archaeology
• Discover and analyze the first settlers on the American continent
• Analyze change and continuity in the different stages of prehistory
• Develop meaningful learning strategies through the use of concept maps and historical maps
• Develop oral and social interaction skills through group activities, respecting the contributions of others
• Value the importance of some prehistoric discoveries and inventions throughout history and human evolution
• Recognize the richness of this period in history and the importance of preserving it

Module 20. Ancient History

Determine which were the first historical civilizations and locate them on a map
Value the role played by the rivers on which the first peoples settled, which triggered political, economic and social changes
Analyze and understand the social structures of the first historical civilizations
Know and value the cultural and artistic heritage of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt
Analyze the characteristics of the geographical space that allowed the Greek civilization to expand across the Mediterranean
Distinguish and value the historical stages of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome
Compare the different forms of political organization in Ancient Greece
Know the main features of religion in Antiquity
Understand the significance of the Romanization process and identify its fundamental features
Describe, value and know the importance of the Mayan and Olmec civilizations
Know, identify and value the importance of the American civilizations in Antiquity

Module 21. Average Age

• Identify the historical periods and territories formerly occupied by the Romans, where two medieval Christian cultures developed: Byzantine and Carolingian
• Recognize Justinian and Charlemagne as the most important figures in their respective empires and both their attempts to restore the ancient Roman Empire
• Describe the political, economic, social, and cultural features of both cultures
• Appreciate the importance of the Code of Justinian
• Rate Charlemagne's efforts to raise the Empire’s cultural level
• Geographically locate and identify the natural features of the Arabian Peninsula
• Understand the role of Mohammed and Islam in the development of the Arab civilization and describe the phases of Islamic territorial expansion
• Recognize the political, economic and social features of the Islamic civilization and its legacy
• Recognize the circumstances that led to the invasion and settlement of Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula Identify the stages of government in Al-Andalus and observe its economic and social features
• Identify the situation in the Iberian Peninsula from the 11th Century onwards and understand the factors that contributed to the Reconquista Know the origin and development of the Christian kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula
• Identify instances of peaceful coexistence between Christians, Mudejars and Jews, and differentiate them from times of intolerance and persecution
• Recognize the irruption of the great Asian civilizations and their influence on the European world
• Explain the political organization in feudal Europe
• Distinguish the different dependent relationships between the members of feudal society Define the concept of estates and explain the differentiating features of the estates of the realm or three estates
• Recognize the influence of the Church on medieval society and identify pilgrimages and crusades
• Identify the advances in agriculture, commerce and craftsmanship as the causes that favored the urban renaissance and the rise of the bourgeoisie
• Explain the circumstances that led to the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Modern Age
• Distinguish the features of the different artistic styles that developed during the Middle Ages
• Elaborate and/or interpret maps and timelines

Module 22. Europe in the Modern Age

• Know the defining features of modern states
• Differentiate the variety of European political forms
• Recognize the aesthetic conceptions and essential features of Renaissance art, as well as some artists and their works
• Know the features of humanism and some authors and their works
• Geographically locate the different pre-Columbian cultures in America and define their essential features, as a reality prior to the arrival of the Spanish
• Analyze and identify the causes of the discovery of America
• Understand the processes of conquest and colonization during the Modern Age
• Explain the origin and religious and political consequences of religious fragmentation in Europe
• Identify the differences between Protestant denominations
• Understand the Catholic Reformation or Counter-Reformation
• Recognize the political, social and economic features of Spanish America
• Analyze the relations between the European kingdoms that led to the Thirty Years' War
• Distinguish the features of absolutist and parliamentary regimes
• Recognize the essential characteristics of Baroque art and some of its authors and works, as well as its importance in Europe and America
• Understand the scope and importance of the Enlightenment as an intellectual movement in Ancient Regime’s society
• Understand enlightened absolutism and its essential features
• Identify the Bourbon reforms in America
• Observe and relate Modern Age works of art to their political, social, economic and religious context
• Know how to analyze historical texts, maps and images

Module 23. The Late Modern Period

• Explain the political, social and economic features of the Ancient Regime
• Know what advances resulted from the Scientific Revolution in the 17-18th centuries
• Explain the political, social and economic features of the Ancient Regime
• Understand the scope of the Enlightenment as a new cultural and social movement in Europe and America
• Identify the main events of the bourgeois revolutions in the United States, France, Spain and Latin America
• Understand the scope and limitations of the revolutionary processes that took place in the 18th century Identify the main events of the liberal revolutions in Europe and America Verify the scope and limitations of the revolutionary processes that
• took place in first half of the 19th century
• Describe the relevant events of the Industrial Revolution and their causal sequence
• Identify imperialist powers and the economic and political power distribution in the world in the last quarter of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th
• Establish causal hierarchies (aspect, time scale) of the development of imperialism
• Know the main scientific and technological advances that took place in the 19th century as a consequence of the industrial revolutions
• Know the main events of the Great War, its interconnections with the Russian Revolution and the consequences of the Treaties of Versailles
• Know and understand the most important events, milestones and processes of the interwar period and the 1920s and 1930s, especially in Europe
• Analyze the events that led to the rise of fascism in Europe
• Know the main events that took place during the Second World War
• Understand the concept of “total war”
• Differentiate the geographic scales of the war: Europe and the world
• Understand the context in which the Holocaust unfolded and its consequences
• Organize the most important events of post-war decolonization in the 20th century
• Understand the limits of decolonization and independence in an unequal world
• Understand the economic advances of the Soviet regimes and the dangers of their internal isolation, as well as the economic advances of the Welfare State in Europe
• Understand the concept of “cold war” in the post-1945 context, and the relations between the two blocs, the USA and the USSR
• Understand the creation and development of the European Union

Module 24. Physical Geography

• Ensure a general and integrated program on the fundamental contents of the various thematic areas in geography, its epistemological development and research methods
• Enable the application of theoretical, methodological and instrumental knowledge to the integrated analysis and interpretation of spatial processes and problems, and elaborate territorial diagnoses
• Develop specific skills related to working techniques, especially those related to the acquisition, analysis, treatment and representation of geographic information, including field work
• Ensure the necessary knowledge to teach geography in high school, in accordance with the complementary training that may be legally established or required
• Lay the foundations for further postgraduate studies that involve an important territorial component, whether specialized or transdisciplinary
• Identify the elements in the physical environment, and describe and characterize the main natural environments and their distribution Analyze the use of resources by social groups and assess environmental consequences
• Describe geographic areas and point out their features
• Know the geographic diversity of the world and its basic physical features

Module 25. Human Geography

• Analyze and understand human geography as a discipline that studies the relation between society and physical space Study population dynamics and distribution throughout history
• Explain migrations and immigrations, how they have affected the world economy and space
• Understand rural areas and their economic activities (livestock, agriculture, etc.)
• Analyze the depopulation that rural areas have suffered and the problems and consequences it entails
• Study the morphology of urban spaces Understand their structure, layout, importance and development in history
• Know the history of transportation and its impact on the global economy
• Explain global transportation networks How they are configured, and the features of each network
• Understand the problems generated as a consequence of transportation systems
• Study locations and economic problems over time in different regions Study economic factors produced by the economy
• Analyze the organization of a State according to history and from a political standpoint
• Determine and interpret the political-administrative structure of a State
• Explain the nature of organized civil society
• Explain the nature of a Local Agenda 21 process and how to develop it
• Understand what citizen participation consists of: Create an association
• Know and study global tourism and its importance to a country's economy
• Analyze the different types of tourism that exist
• Conduct a SWOT analysis of a specific tourist destination
• Develop diagrams and elaborate geographic maps that explain the natural human-nature relationship
• Learn how to use the different tools that exist to explain geography through the use of GIS

Module 26. Art History Within the Social Sciences

• Analyze and critically evaluate the curriculum of Social Sciences and Art History in the regulations of High School
• Identify the role of art and its historical contribution to the social sciences
• Analyze the different manifestations of art that marked the past decades

Module 27. The Importance of Teaching in Art History

• Identify the different methods and techniques of teaching art
• Analyze the different teaching methodologies of artistic currents
• Study in depth new techniques for teaching art and its impact on modern culture
• Prepare the future Art History teacher to make decisions, organize them and put them into practice, about the historical knowledge to be taught in a classroom, in a given center
• Know teaching resources (timelines, historical documents, historical maps, Web pages with didactic resources, Webquest, art galleries, etc.) and analyze their didactic use

Module 28. Music Didactics

• Explore the possible routes towards the achievement of a quality music education
• Interpret the different pedagogical models of musical learning
• Justify current music teaching methodologies
• Discuss the consideration of learning styles and their repercussion on the different educational stages
• Propose concrete lines of action for musical practice
• Review educational practices
• Describe the advantages of playing with music and motor activity in the learning process

Module 29. Material Resources for Music Education

• Understand the structure of the educational system and how music-related educational projects and plans are developed
• Get to know practical cases of music learning
• Analyze the importance of learning styles in music students
• Analyze the different models that explain learning styles
• Plan educational actions and precise orientations to favor the development of each learning style

Module 30. Instrumentation for Music Education

• Apply instruments and tools in musical learning
• Get to know in a technical way the existing instruments in the classroom
• Understand the aspects of instrumentation, before and after J.S. Bach
• Master the techniques of attack and expressiveness in the melodic function

Module 31. History of Musical Learning

• Analyze the historical background and the evolution of musical learning
• Compare the evolution of the concept of music teaching in the international framework
• Critique the different currents of music learning
• Critique myths and false beliefs of music teaching
• Critique reference manuals and their applicability to the field of music teaching
• Analyze music as a tool for conflict resolution
• Share the educational challenges of the present and the objectives of a school in the 21st century

Module 32. Evaluation of Music Students

• Identify successful educational experiences based on the analysis of cases
• Master the existing evaluation instruments and tools
• Propose the items to be evaluated in the musical area
• Understand the importance of debate in the educational process

Module 33. Current Methods

• Identify the importance of art and its currents in history and its repercussions in history
• Develop in depth the artistic concepts rooted in history
• Learn more about the different methodological currents that have emerged throughout history

Module 34. Student Motivation

• Delve into student motivation and teacher roles in this task, for which diverse cognitive theories must be introduced
• Have an impact on the motivation of adolescents specifically, getting to know them and being able to mediate in class conflicts
• Provide methodological tools so the teachers that enroll in the program can motivate students

Module 35. Adapting to Different Classroom Situations and Multiple Intelligences

• Obtain tools to face school maladjustment and to know how to deal with teaching high capacity students
• Prepare teachers to adapt to different classroom situations, with emphasis on adolescence and knowledge of multiple intelligences

Module 36. ICT

• Develop teachers' knowledge of ICT by showing them their application and introducing them to the development of teaching materials based on new technologies
• Teach critical appraisal of the use of ICTs in order to protect students in the judicious use of new technologies

Module 37. Educational Programming

• Instruct in the development of a didactic program in detail according to current standards, using examples
• Develop new techniques for knowledge acquisition for secondary and high school students.Develop new knowledge acquisition techniques for high school students

Module 38. Assessment

• Delve into assessments, showing the objectives it should have, the criteria to be followed, the existing models, its importance and its relation to the education law LOMCE
• Know the different perspectives on assessments through different authors

Module 39. Teaching Outside the Classroom

• Identify the tools that influence knowledge acquisition outside the classroom
• Analyze the various techniques for autonomous education outside the classroom

Acquire tools to adapt your teaching practice to the needs and requests of today's most demanding educational environment"