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Chonbuk · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Vancouver

Hello-

Can anybody explain to me why the universities that are currently posting jobs are not including a Master's of Education in their list of applicable degrees??

Personally I would think that a MED would be a highly valued degree for teaching teachers or graduate students.

Any thoughts??

Chonbuk

The Lemon · Joined: 11 Jan 2003

Depending on the school, the MEd may be considered a "related" degree when they list off the Applied Linguistics and TEFL Masters and say "or related degrees". If you've done TEFL coursework in the MEd, so much the better.

Zark · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:32 am Post subject: m.ed.

My uni took my M.Ed. though I also have an MBA. Never had a problem with my M.Ed. in Korea, Taiwan, Saudi, Thailand or anywhere else. trust in the value of your good education.
Korea, more than anyone else, advertises for what they would like in the ideal circumstance, then accepts what reality dictates.

TECO · Joined: 20 Jan 2003

Zark:

Where did you do your MBA?

Has your MBA helped you get jobs or were employers only concerned with the fact that you had an M.Ed?

Zark · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 9:35 pm Post subject:

TECO said, " Has your MBA helped you get jobs or were employers only concerned with the fact that you had an M.Ed?"

The M.Ed. generally met the need. The MBA has opened other doors though and I have had the opportunity to teach straignt business classes at a couple schools (where I also taught TEFL). A nice change of pace every now and then.