Human Resource Development in Education METU Middle East Technical University

Overview

This Human Resource Development in Education program at METU Middle East Technical University is suitable both for new graduates wishing to make a career move into HRDE and for those who are currently working in this area but wish to strengthen their capabilities. Those who graduate from the proposed program are expected to enhance their ability in thinking creatively and producing solutions to training problems of their institutions/organizations.

Program goals

The major goal of the program is to enhance and develop the key competencies required of current and future practitioners in the training and development field. Goals include the preparation of practitioners who can contribute to enhancing the effectiveness of training and development programs, and to positively affecting performance of their human resource units through an integrated program. It is integrated in the sense that it meshes theory and experiential training for its students in various areas of education such as administration, curriculum development and instruction, assessment and counseling. 

The emphasis is on a right "dose" of theory and research combined with clinical inquiry as a means of enhancing human resources in institutions/organizations. With this major emphasis in mind, the program focuses on the needs of the following institutions and individuals:

• The new university graduates who are planning to seek careers in human resource departments of institutions.

• Individuals who are currently employed as training and development specialists in human resource departments of public and private organizations.

• Individuals who are responsible for human resource training in public and private schools/institutions.