Advice for applying for a postgraduate research masters in education scholarship

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Hi all,

I am a new graduate with an undergraduate degree in education and psychology and am currently working full-time in an elementary school. Because of my undergraduate GPA, I recently got an invite from my college to apply for a Postgraduate Assistantship Scholarship in the US (I’m from Ireland). This scholarship would involve a research Masters in Education within a chosen specialism.

Just looking for some advice about how to craft a really good application. In our education system, we don’t have to write applications to college so I have no idea how to craft a really good application that hits all the points that the reader will want to see.

The headings of the application…

1. Key experiences and achievements during your degree programme, elucidating your personal philosophy of education and how you integrated theory and practice during your degree programme

2. How education research informed your understanding of teaching and learning

3. How you envisage the scholarship would impact on your future career in education

4. How you expect to contribute to the education postgraduate community in --- University.

I’m not trying to ask anyone to write the application for me! I am just wondering if there are key pieces of information I should really nail in the application and that would make me stand out from the rest of the applications, particularly headings 3 and 4. Side note: All tuition would be paid for on the condition that the successful candidate works for the college a certain number of hours per week.

Many, many thanks for any help or advice!!!

Tl;dr What are some things I should really be including in an application for a Postgraduate Assistantship Scholarship in a research masters of education programme?

Submitted October 16, 2022 at 04:29PM by BabyTakeItEasy https://ift.tt/b2O5YGJ