Education (Psychology) MA

Students develop understanding of current issues in the psychology of education and have the opportunity to engage in research. On successful completion of the programme students should be able to produce and communicate reasoned and informed argument, both in writing and orally. Students should also be able to critically evaluate theory and evidence in psychology.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

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

• Core Topics in the Psychology of Education
• Methodology and Statistics

Students choose two optional modules either from the list below and/or from the wide range of Master's-level modules across the IOE offering:

• Atypical Development
• Cognitive Development and Learning
• Developmental Psychology
• Language Development
• Literacy Development
• Personality and Social Psychology in Education
• Psychological Aspects of Counselling
• Reading and Spelling Difficulties
• Social Development

All students undertake an independent project which culminates either in a dissertation of 10,000-12,000 words or a report of 6,000-7,000 words.

The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures given by both IOE academic staff and guest speakers, student preparation of tasks and longer presentations, group work, discussion, computer workshops giving hands-on practice. Assessment is through coursework and one two-hour unseen examination. Coursework can involve small exercises, critiques of set research articles and extended pieces of writing on set topics, and the dissertation/report.