Education Leadership & Management & Religious Education (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>The full Masters award requires you to gain 180 credits, including a dissertation. The curriculum is constructed from 60-credit ‘Blocks’ of provision, from which students will choose two of the combinations permitted. Each 60-credit Block comprises either two 30-credit or four 15-credit modules.</p> <p><strong>Education Leadership and Management block<br> </strong>Term 1</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Education Leadership and Management 1: Perspectives on Leadership (30 credits)</span></p> <p>Recognising the challenges faced by those in leadership roles and the need to support the development of leadership competencies at all levels, this module explores leadership, with a specific focus on leadership within different education organisations. In particular, the module explores the nature of leadership and management through a number of different thematic ‘lenses’ and considers the role&nbsp; leaders play within improvement and change programmes.&nbsp;</p> <p>Term 2</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Education Leadership and Management 2: Working Effectively with Others (30 credits)</span></p> <p>This module takes as its focus the need for all those working within schools and other education institutions to develop positive and productive relationships with others. Leadership and management do not occur in a vacuum, and this module has been designed to develop both functional knowledge and critical understanding of a number of key perspectives on human behaviour within organisations and on the nature and processes of organising human activity. As such it is designed not only to encourage the development of solutions to specific leadership and management problems but also to provide participants with insights into the complex nature of organisations and of organisational life.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Religious Education block</strong></p> <p>Term 1</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Controversial Issues in Religious Education (30 credits)</span></p> <p>This module examines a range of controversial issues associated with the teaching of RE in academies, primary and secondary schools. Through contemporary contexts issues are explored regarding accurate representations of religious traditions, challenging stereotypes, and the role of textual interpretation for framing religious worldviews. Students will critically analyse teaching methodologies and resources used for exploring sensitive issues in the RE classroom.</p> <p>Term 2</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Context, Curriculum and Purposes of Religious Education (30 credits)</span></p> <p>This module examines the curriculum and purposes of RE and its place within a range of contexts including primary, secondary and post-compulsory education; faith and non-faith schools .Attention will be given to issues inherent in the contemporary RE classroom. The impact of different pedagogies for the teaching of Religious Education will be explored along with a contextual analysis of curriculum design, assessment and the contributions of Religious Education to spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.</p> <p>After completion of the taught phase (when both Blocks are completed and 120 credits has been successfully gained) then students will begin the research phase, whereby they will study a Research Methods module and then embark on a Dissertation that synthesises the two Blocks that they have studied.&nbsp;</p> </div>