Education BA (Hons)

Year One

Compulsory

• Introduction to Developmental Psychology - Part 1
• Equality and Diversity: Children, Families and Society
• Schooling: a social and cultural history
• Contemporary Issues in Education: learning communities in higher education
• Contemporary Issues in Education: engaging with research
• Philosophy of Education
• Young People and Social Change
• Introduction to developmental psychology - Part 2

Compulsory

• Education Policy and Social Justice
• Researching Childhood and Education
• Placement

Choose 60 credits from a list of optional modules including:

• Cognitve Psychology
• Teaching and Learning in Schools
• Changing Behaviours: A History
• Ethics in Education
• Making culture: new ways of reading things

Compulsory

• Dissertation

Choose 80 credits from a list of optional modules including:

• Cultural Psychology and Child Development
• Children as Citizens
• Identity Politics and Everyday Life
• Primary and Early years education theory and practice
• Professional Development
• Reclaiming Education: past, present and future

Please note: The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.

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