Development Education and Global Learning MA

This programme provides students with a grounding in the current research and practice of development education, global learning and global citizenship. It also provides opportunity for participants to reflect critically on their own engagement and interest in these areas and how they link to broader educational debates, such as those related to education quality, aid and development, sustainable development, poverty and global inequality.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of either two core modules (60 credits), two optional modules (60 credits) and a dissertation (60 credits) or two core modules (60 credits), three optional modules (90 credits) and a report (30 credits).

All students must complete the two core modules. The Principles and Practice module is taken in the Autumn Term and the Globalisation module in the Spring Term. Each module is worth 30 credits.

• Development Education in the Era of Globalisation
• Principles and Practices of Development Education

• Global Citizenship Education: Research, Policy and Practice
• Options may also be selected from any other MA programme at UCL Institute of Education as long as they contribute to a coherent programme of study.
• North-South Educational Partnerships

Students submit either a dissertation of 17,000 words and a 2,000-word research proposal, or a report of 8,000 words and a 1,500-word research proposal

All core modules within this programme are delivered online; students may choose to take optional modules either online or face-to-face. Modules are structured around independent engagement with literature, online discussions and group activities, and coursework assignments. Assessment is by written coursework.