Education MA

You will typically complete two 30-credit modules (see option modules information) to achieve the Postgraduate Certificate in Education. A further two 30-credit modules are studied leading to the Postgraduate Diploma in Education. You will then complete a two stage research dissertation. Each stage consists of 30 credits.
Semester 1
CORE Modules
Learning and Assessment (30 credits)
Option Modules
Education, Culture and Society (30 credits)
or
Contemporary Issues in Early Years (30 credits)
Semester 2
CORE Modules
Collaborative Working in Education (30 credits)
Option Modules
International Perspectives in Early Years (30 credits)
or
Educational Leadership and Management (30 credits)
Semester 3
Dissertation (60 credits)

The majority of the modules require you to attend a series of tutor-led seminars and workshops. These include a variety of teaching and learning methods, including presentations by experienced academics and practitioners, large and small group discussions, case studies and task-centred investigations. The sessions have been specifically designed so as to synthesise the theoretical underpinning and/or current educational research within an educational context, in order to encourage engagement in critical reflective practice. Such reflective practice is seen as a means of developing your learning of educational practice. In this way the sessions are designed to build on your knowledge and understanding of educational practices in order to maximise personal development and shared learning among diverse subject areas and/or educational domains. Typically an active learning approach is adopted throughout all modules.
The content and structure of the modules have been developed to ensure that you are:
engaging with relevant theories and current evidence-based educational research through workshops, seminars, independent study and self-assessments
undertaking a selection of task focused activities with other course participants
working with participants from other education sectors and/or subject areas
being supported in the development of your own professional practice by gaining feedback from others
initiating meaningful self-study to address identified development needs as autonomous learners
engaging in reflective practice as a means of either consolidating or improving your standard of performance
As with all taught Masters courses, there is a significant amount of work and study to undertake outside the class sessions. This mainly takes the form of critical engagement with the work of relevant educational organisations and policymakers, academic journals, research reports and recommended texts to both consolidate the learning in the sessions and prepare you for the module assessments.