Programme requirements are:
– to gain critically reflective understanding of education development trends in improving the quality of life for one’s own and the following generations and facilitating personal wellbeing and coherent development of society:
– to evaluate and improve the pedagogical competence according to the requirements of the fifth-level teacher professional qualification and advance professional development in life-long learning context;
– to implement teaching and research practice in accordance with labour market, social needs and innovative educational science and practice trends;
– to develop and defend Master’s Paper connected with topical needs of education thus contributing to harmonious development of society.

The aim of the programme is:
– to ensure professional Master’s studies in teacher education that are directed to personal wellbeing and the coherent development of society encouraging development of both interdisciplinary pedagogical competence and independent integrated pedagogical and research activity which would be – sustainable-development-oriented, and providing an opportunity to obtain qualification as a subject teacher.
The aim of the Professional Master’s Study Programme “Teacher” corresponds with functions of one of the leading science universities – the University of Latvia (UL) and reflects the mission, vision and values of the Strategic Plan of UL, as well as UL Quality Policy.

The objectives of the programme:
– to ensure critically reflective understanding of education and pedagogical activity to facilitate personal wellbeing and coherent development of society as well as the competence of implementing it in professional practice;
– to facilitate the development of professional competence in connection to labour market and global social needs, and applying it in critically reflective professional practice;
– to ensure the improvement of research skills directed to sustainable development and integrate them in one’s own pedagogical practice in diverse social environments;
– to educate the fifth-level teacher professional qualification specialists thus facilitating their competitiveness in the changeable local and global socioeconomic conditions;
– to facilitate a sense of belonging to the common European education area and acquiring the skill of critically evaluating its diversity, thus, improving professional practice in national cultural environment and advancing responsibility for one’s own professional development in the context of life-long education and life-long learning.

The programme ensures a chance:
– to gain critically reflective understanding of education development trends in improving the quality of life for one’s own and the following generations and facilitating personal wellbeing and coherent development of society;
– to evaluate and improve the pedagogical competence according to the requirements of the fifth-level teacher professional qualification and advance professional development in life-long learning context;
– to implement teaching and research practice in accordance with labour market, social needs and innovative educational science and practice trends;
– to develop and defend Master’s Paper connected with topical needs of education thus contributing to harmonious development of society.