Creative Arts Education

Postgraduate

Online

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Methodology

    Online

Our MA Creative Arts Education course is designed for those who wish to return to the study of education, with a view to revisit topics covered previously or to address new issues that have emerged as a result of changes in the creative arts education landscape.

To apply for this course you must be working in a teaching or supporting learning content for a minimum of one day a week across each year.

About this course

This course is delivered in two parts, between September and April on Saturdays (10:00am - 5:00pm) at our Epsom campus. Indicative attendance requirements are as follows:

Part 1: Critical issues - requires attendance every other week

Part 1: Investigating pedagogy - requires attendance at four all-day sessions and some tutorials throughout the unit

Part 2: Researching pedagogy - requires attendance at all day sessions and tutorials every other week for the first 15 weeks, and then intermittently for tutorials if required

Part 2: Reflective account of practice - requires attendance on three days across the unit.

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Subjects

  • Teaching

Course programme

Course content - 2017 entry
  • Part 1
  • Part 2

Our MA in Creative Arts Education is taught in two parts:

Part 1 has two 15-week units in September - January, and January - April.

  • View the programme specification for 2016 entry
  • View the summary specification for 2017 entry

Please note, syllabus content indicated is provided as a guide. The content of the course may be subject to change.

Course stages
  • Critical Issues in Creative Arts Education

    This unit examines a range of issues such as:

    - Identity of Further Education (FE) or Higher Education (HE) professionals
    - Educational and social theories
    - The purpose of assessment and educational evaluation
    - Theories of inclusive education
    - Digital pedagogies
    - Educational leadership
    - International pedagogy in creative arts.

  • Investigating Pedagogy in the Creative Arts

    This unit examines:

    - Identifying and scrutinising a problem
    - Undertaking a literature review
    - Finding and justifying appropriate methodology and methods
    - Meeting requirements for research ethics
    - Developing a robust research design
    - Considering validity and reliability in undertaking the investigation
    - Reporting the results of the investigation.

Our MA in Creative Arts Education is taught in two parts:

Part 2 has one 22-week unit (September - February) and one seven-week unit (March - April).

  • View the programme specification for 2016 entry
  • View the summary specification for 2017 entry

Please note, syllabus content indicated is provided as a guide. The content of the course may be subject to change.

Course stages
  • Researching Pedagogy in the Creative Arts

    This unit examines:

    - Setting the parameters of the research
    - Interrogating the literature
    - Explaining choice of methodology and methods
    - Exploring requirements for research ethics
    - Establishing a theoretical framework
    - Ensuring validity and reliability in undertaking the investigation
    - Analysing and reporting the results of the investigation.

  • Reflective Account of Professional Pedagogic Practice

    This unit examines:

    - Own values, knowledge and understanding in relation to creative arts pedagogy/professional supporting learning practice
    - Own contribution to successful student learning
    - Effective use of scholarship and research evidence in support of learning
    - Own strength and development needs, in relation to the HEA professional values
    - Analysis of creative arts aspects of pedagogy/professional supporting learning practice
    - Evaluating own role in managing, mentoring, supervising or supporting others
    - Relevant professional standards for teaching and supporting learning in FE/HE contexts.

  • View the programme specification for 2016 entry
  • View the summary specification for 2017 entry

Please note, syllabus content indicated is provided as a guide. The content of the course may be subject to change.

Course stages

  • View the programme specification for 2016 entry
  • View the summary specification for 2017 entry

Please note, syllabus content indicated is provided as a guide. The content of the course may be subject to change.

Course stages

Creative Arts Education

£ 9,250 + VAT