MA Education Studies
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Master
In London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
London
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Duration
1 Year
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Start date
Different dates available
Education is much more than the study of teaching. Our programme is designed to get you questioning the assumptions that lie beneath educational policy and practice. The MA in Education Studies offers a mixture of theory and reflection on practice within an international context.
This course is for prospective teachers, as well as non-teachers looking for a new career path. If your ambition is to teach in a school, then the MA Education Studies is ideally suited (although it is not itself a UK teaching qualification). Most of our students, however, have no intention of teaching. They are attracted by the academic nature of this award, by its habit of enabling new thinking about things that seemed like common sense, and by the prospect of improving academic skills and qualities and applying them in educationally related fields.
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About this course
You’ll gain a deep insight into education. We’ll teach you to question:
What the nature of learning and teaching is in different countries and cultures
What the relationship is between education and the economy
How education is changing as it becomes marketed.
How education systems are managed.
Who takes decisions about the curriculum and teaching.
How far governments go to control education.
How far should they?
What the role of professional educator is.
What the role of schools and universities may become in the future.
What the role for education is in the knowledge economy.
Whether education is becoming an instrument of capitalism.
Many of our graduates seek new career paths to educational management, training or in related fields. Some wish to continue their expertise in Education Studies and gain a broader and deeper view of education. Others wish to gain employment in, say, a museum or gallery setting, while others start with the intention of taking their studies further – to PhD level – and seek eventual employment in an academic institution.
Students are expected to have an Honours degree from a recognised Higher Education Institution in the UK, although we often accept applicants with appropriate experience that we consider sufficient and comparable, or an equivalent degree from overseas. Equivalence of overseas students' academic qualifications is assessed by NARIC. The content and subject matter of a student's first degree is open. In some circumstances, professional work in education (e.g. PGCE) or related field can be assessed as appropriate credit for 'prior learning' (APL) and a reduction in the number of credits required t
Reviews
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The course could get better but it was good though
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The city and the campus are so beautiful. The university is amazing and the lectures are great. People should check and research well about the places before settling in.
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Nightlife in Bath could have been better, but overall I enjoyed a lot.
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Recommended
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Subjects
- Education Studies
- Teaching
- Economics
- Social Science
- Politics and Society
- Education
- Economy
- Education Policy
- Education Systems
- Educational Ideology
- Control Education
Course programme
· Trimester 1
Language and Educational Ideology (30 credits) + Education: Economics, Politics and Society (30 credits)
· Trimester 2
Education Policy (15 credits) + Research Methods in Social Science (30 credits) + another chosen module (15 credits)
· Trimester 3
Dissertation (60 credits)
Course assessment
There are no written exams and each module is assessed by coursework. This typically involves an essay of 2,500 words for a 15 credit module and 5,000 words for a 30 credit module. Sometimes assessment is by verbal presentation.
Your dissertation will be 15,000–20,000 words and worth 60 credits. It focuses on an area mutually agreed with a specialist tutor who will offer you guidance and support. Subjects vary widely, from the nature and quality of Supply Teaching in the UK, to the education of women in the Gambia, from the role of the modern Museum Educator, to the theoretical role of education in the unification of Cyprus. To achieve the award you’ll need 180 credits in total.
Additional information
MA Education Studies