教育研究人员和专业人员知道，为了与孩子一起工作，他们必须意识到儿童时期发生的生物学，心理和情感变化。他们还需要了解家庭，同龄人，老师，社区和文化在发展中所起的关键作用。儿童研究文学硕士提供了一个令人兴奋的环境，您可以在其中研究儿童生活的许多方面，例如认知，社会功能，语言和素养，道德发展和娱乐。我们杰出的教职员工提供个性化的指导和支持，使您可以在开发和开展实习项目或论文研究时将理论与实践联系起来。作为众多学生的一部分，您将与正在寻求更高学位的新兴学者和在职专业人员一起学习。蒙特利尔市还提供了与儿童和家庭合作
The MA in Child Studies investigates child cognition, emotion, social functioning, language, literacy, numeracy, moral development, special needs learners, and play. Education researchers also consider the critical role that families, peers, teachers, schools, inclusive practices, communities and culture play in development. They examine factors that shape children's development using quantitative, mixed method, and qualitative approaches (including arts-based methodologies). Students also have access to our Observation Nursery to document children's learning processes. Faculty members offer individualized mentorship and support, allowing students to link theory to practice while completing an internship project or thesis. Montreal provides numerous settings in which students can work with children and families in both English and French, including Quebec's universal childcare system, preschool programs, diverse schools (including French immersion and alternative schools), after-school programs, two children's hospitals, and community services.