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Education (part-time) MA

University of Derby online learning

Master

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    3 Years

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

Gain a broad-based masters degree or follow one of our seven specialist pathways to achieve a named MA Education
Develop innovative ideas to take back to your workplace: your assignments will be directly relevant to your own professional role
Explore education in its fullest sense – whether you’re interested in its practical application or in the theories which shape it
Benefit from professional development opportunities in sectors ranging from training and development in commerce and the public sector, to teaching and learning in compulsory and post-compulsory education
Keep up to date with the latest educational practices and policies, inspired by a friendly, supportive teaching team who will share their extensive specialist knowledge with you

About this course

With our MA Education on your CV, you will make a powerful statement about your abilities, ambition and professional credibility. It signals to employers that you have an extensive educational knowledge base plus strong transferable skills in areas like critical, creative and strategic thinking, communication, presentation and teamwork.

The course also gives you unique educational insights which you can harness every day at work. For example, a number of our graduates have led research projects to steer positive change in their own workplace settings.

Other recent graduates report that their MA Education studies had a significant impact on their career development and professional status, helping them achieve promotion and giving them the confidence to apply for positions they might not have considered before.

Students have gone on to take up roles such as advanced skills teachers, nursery managers, assistant head teachers, head teachers, and national trainers for charitable organisations.

You’ll usually need an undergraduate degree or an equivalent qualification and a role within education that will allow you to complete the work based assignments.

Even if you don’t have these entry requirements it is worth contacting us if you have relevant professional experience as we may be able to consider your application.

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Subjects

  • Leadership
  • Primary
  • Teaching
  • Part Time
  • Independent
  • MA Educatio
  • Education
  • Optional
  • Educational Thinkers
  • Theorists
  • Comparative education

Course programme

What you will study

Each module is worth 20 credits, apart from the Independent Study module which is worth 60 credits.

If you choose to study our broad-based MA Education, you will also study four optional modules, examples of which are outlined below. Even if you are not studying a specialist pathway, you can also select your optional modules from the pathways.

Core modules

You will study modules such as:

  • Crafting your Masters Study
  • Evidence Based Practice
  • Independent Study
Optional modules (MA Education)

If you choose to study our broad-based MA Education, you will also study four optional modules, examples of which are outlined below. Even if you are not studying a specialist pathway, you can also select your optional modules from the pathways.

Examples of optional modules:

  • Applying Educational Thinkers and Theorists in Practice
  • Comparative Education
  • Developing the Skills of the Specialist Practitioner
  • Motivation, Communication and Learning
  • Educational Policy into Practice
  • Measuring and Evaluating Learning
  • Negotiated Module – Applied Focus of Study
Optional modules (specialist pathway)

If you choose to study an MA Education with a specialist pathway, you’ll choose two optional modules such as those listed above, plus two specialist modules relating to your pathway.

Early years
  • Children’s Places
  • Children’s Workforce Development
Lifelong learning
  • Aspects of Ability in Learning
  • Lifelong Learning: Principles and Issues
Special Educational Needs and Disability
  • ISEND: Removing Barriers to Achievement
  • Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND): Current Issues and Concerns
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
  • The Principles of English Language Teaching
  • Language Learning: Theory and Practice
Leadership and Management
  • Quality, Leadership and Management
  • Developing Leadership Capacity
Leadership Coaching and Mentoring
  • The Leader as Coach and Mentor
  • Principles and Practices of Coaching and Mentoring
Primary Mathematics
  • Fostering Mathematical Understanding in the Primary School Classroom
  • Learning and Teaching Mathematics in the Primary Classroom

Additional information

UK/EU fee -
£620 per 20 credits* (2019/20)

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  • Part Time Postgraduate Degrees
  • Teaching Postgraduate Degrees
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Education (part-time) MA

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