Education & English Language (MA)

<div id="tab2" class="tab grid_8 alpha hide-on-small" style="display: block;"> <div class="courseLinks hide-on-medium-down"> <img src="/media/liverpoolhope/styleassets/cssimages/media,975,en.gif" alt="print Icon" style="width : 24px; height : 24px; "> <span><a href="javascript:window.print()">print this page</a></span> <span class="st_sharethis_custom" st_processed="yes"><a href="#">share this course</a></span> </div> <h2>Curriculum</h2> <p><span>This programme is delivered in two components; an education&nbsp;</span><span>component and a subject specific component. The education component&nbsp;</span><span>runs in parallel with subject specific study and comprises 50% of the&nbsp;</span><span>course.</span><br><br><span>Of a total of 180 credits of Masters level study, 60 Credits will come&nbsp;</span><span>from the education component and 60 credits will come from the subject&nbsp;</span><span>component. The final 60 credits will come from a dissertation phase,&nbsp;</span><span>which will allow the student fuse the two areas of study by way of a&nbsp;</span><span>education inspired research.</span></p> <p>The full Masters award includes a 12,000-15,000 word research dissertation in a specialised area of your choice. Prior to a dissertation, students will complete 120 credits of taught modules: 60 credits within Education, and 60 credits within English Language.</p> <p><strong>English Language block</strong></p> <p>The English Language component will consist of four 15-credit modules such as: Language Issues in Multilingual Societies, Varieties of World Englishes, Language and Diversity, and Language and Power.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Pedagogy: Theory and Practice block</strong></p> <p>Term 1</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Learning, Teaching and Assessment (30 credits)</span></p> <p>This module aims to develop participants’ understanding of a range of learning, teaching and assessment strategies which promote learners’ progress in order that all can achieve their full potential. They will be helped to develop self-direction and originality in problem-solving in relation to the module content, and act autonomously in planning and implementing change in their educational setting, taking account of current thinking and literature in related areas.</p> <p>Term 2</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Curriculum Theory &amp; development (30 credits)</span></p> <p>This module aims to support development of subject knowledge in the participant’s subject discipline or age phase specialism. It is focused on contribution to curriculum development within the educational setting. Participants will be guided in critiquing a range of guidance and policy documents relevant to practice with a view to identifying the key concepts and perspectives on which they are based and how they relate to and influence practice.</p> </div>