Professional Practice and Lifelong Education
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In Telford
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International Career Institute
Course Distance Learning£ 998 -
Open Learning College
Course Distance Learning£ 536 £ 736 -
BPP Professional Education
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Canterbury College
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Home Learning Courses
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City College Norwich
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Training World
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Description
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Type
Primary
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Location
Telford
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Duration
2 Years
The MA in Professional Practice and Lifelong Education aims to develop the knowledge, understanding, skills and professional values of participants engaged with lifelong education and professional practice.
The programme endeavours to enhance participants' capacity to apply scholarship, theory and research to relevant professional practice.
It also aims to support the development of critical and reflective dialogue in lifelong education and training. Participants are expected to engage in reflective activities that examine the key literature and research in this field. It is anticipated that participants will synthesise theory and practice in order to actively engage in their own continuing professional development.
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About this course
At the end of this course you the student, will be able to demonstrate:
-Originality in the application of knowledge to explain the significance of some relevant professional, institutional, and sector factors shaping lifelong education and professional practice
-A systematic understanding and critical awareness of issues of diversity and social justice related to lifelong education and professional practice
-In depth knowledge of key policies, theories and practices within the field of lifelong education and professional practice based upon recent research and writing
-Evaluate critically current research and advanced scholarship
-Recognition of own value positions related to education and professional practice
-The ability to analyse, judge and critique areas of knowledge and practice
First degree
Some types of professional experience (e.g. experience of teaching and/or managing in an appropriate sector: for example, post-compulsory education; voluntary sector; training; adult and community education) MAY be acceptable as APL in lieu of a first degree.
Applicants must be current practitioners in, or have had very recent experience of working in, an appropriate sector: for example, post-compulsory education; voluntary sector; training; adult and community education. lication that has no first degree.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
RPCL may be employed (PGCE PCE...
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- Mentoring
Course programme
Route 1 for entrants with no prior credits:
Year 1
Semesters 1 and 2: Core Modules
Semester 2: Core Module
Semester 3: Core Module
Sustaining Criticality in Professional Practice
(7PC001) 20 credits
Educational Research and Developmental Approaches (7ED007)
20 credits
Extending Criticality in Professional Practice (7PC009)
20 credits
Mentoring: Critical Dialogue and Professional Practice (7ED005) 20 credits
Year 2
Semesters 1 & 2: Core Module
Dissertation (7ED026) 60 credits
Semesters 1 & 2: Two Modules
Mentoring: Collaborative and Reflective Relationships (7ED006) 20 credits
Identity and the Management of Changing Roles in Lifelong Education and Professional Practice (7PC003) 20 credits
If you have come from the University full time PGCE in PCE with its 60 Masters credits, you will study 120 credits instead of 180 credits. If you are able to self-fund and are therefore not accessing Student Finance.
Your schedule would be as below :
Year 1
Semesters 1 & 2: Core Modules
Semester 2: Core Module
Sustaining Criticality in Professional Practice
(7PC001) 20 credits
Educational Research and Developmental Approaches (7ED007)
20 credits
Mentoring: Critical Dialogue and Professional Practice (7ED005) 20 credits
Year 2
Semesters 1 & 2: Core Module
Dissertation (7ED026) 60 credits
Please be aware that the programme may take between 2 and 4 years part-time (NB we timetable you for a two year or three year programme) dependent upon your progress through the course and your funding route. This will be discussed with your personal and module tutors.
A programme of 80 credits in Year One and 100 credits in Year Two (NB the dissertation module runs for a calendar year i.e. September to September) would support a two year completion. If you would like to take the course over three years: you will do 60 credits each year. Your schedule would be adjusted so that you did 7PC009 in the summer of your year two (along with the other two Year 2 modules), and you would do the dissertation in your year 3.
In Year One the Award focuses on the Core Modules and will be delivered over at least 10-15 Saturdays (5 hours per session), with the additional requirements:
- Inter-session work
- Online activity
- Tutorials as agreed
Additional twilight sessions will also be offered in support of your programme. In discussion with the year group.
Professional Practice and Lifelong Education
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International Career Institute
Course Distance Learning£ 998 -
Open Learning College
Course Distance Learning£ 536 £ 736 -
BPP Professional Education
Course InhousePrice on request -
Canterbury College
Course OnlinePrice on request -
Home Learning Courses
Vocational qualification Distance LearningPrice on request -
City College Norwich
Bachelor's degree OnlinePrice on request -
Training World
Course Distance LearningPrice on request