Education, Power and Social Change (MSc)
Master
In London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
London
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Duration
1 Year
Is education a force for reproduction or transformation in the world? Does education change the world or maintain the current system - for example, can it alleviate the effects of poverty or does it increase existing inequalities?
These are just some of the questions we consider in our MSc Education, Power and Social Change, where we explore the links between education (all forms of informal and formal learning, across all age ranges, including adult, higher and professional education), and social and political movements, and develop understandings of how 'education' as a contested field should be viewed within a globalised and postcolonial context.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach to thinking about education, we draw on the arts and humanities as well as the more conventional representations of education in social science. We explore key debates on what is the role of education and how people learn, developed from a range of viewpoints, including critical theory.
This degree will appeal to you if you are interested in developing and extending your knowledge and understanding of education and social change. Studying this course may also contribute to your professional development. In previous years, some students have used the qualification to take their careers in new directions, while others have used the programme to deepen their thinking about their current practice.
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About this course
Graduates go in to careers in teaching and training, youth work, education policy, and in community and voluntary sector organisations. Possible professions include community education officer, education administrator, or youth worker. This degree can also be useful in becoming a careers adviser or community development worker.
Our standard postgraduate entry requirement is a second-class honours degree (2:2 or above) from a UK university, or an equivalent international qualification.
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Subjects
- Image
- Art
- Philosophy
- Politics
- Human Rights
- Interpretation
- Mental Health
- Social Change
- Social Science
- Education
- Globalisation and Change
- Power and Resistances
- Resistances
- Postcoloniality
- Culture
- Community
- Identity
- Cultures of Human Rights
Course programme
You take two core modules and choose two option modules. You also undertake an Independent Research Module, to support you in choosing, developing and undertaking a piece of independent research (qualitative empirical or theoretical) - either a dissertation or an action research project.
CORE MODULES- Education, Globalisation and Change
- Education, Power and Resistances
- Culture, Community, Identity
- Development Studies: Theoretical Approaches
- Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Practice
- Psychoanalysis and Culture
- Psychoanalysis and History
- Qualitative Social Research
- Social Justice
- Texts and Interpretation
- Theories and Sites of the Psychosocial
- Theorising Social Research
- Independent Research Module
Additional information
FEES
Part-time home students: £4410 pa
Full-time home students: £8820 pa
Part-time international students: £8010 pa
Full-time international students: £16020 pa
Education, Power and Social Change (MSc)