MA Education (Teaching and Learning)

Course Overview

On this course you'll focus on developing your professional knowledge and understanding of practice related to your own context in formal education. It will help you to understand how a teachers role is constructed. What teacher identities are and how these shape the role of teachers. You'll have the opportunity to gain research skills and reflective awareness. The course can help you progress into middle and senior management roles within a wide range of educational settings. You'll have the opportunity to develop an understanding of critical reflection and how to employ independent learning strategies to enable you to evaluate and inform your professional practice. You'll also develop and deepen your knowledge and understanding of educational research and be able be able to use these skills in researching an aspect of teaching and learning for your dissertation. A further key component is the ability to exchange and share learning with and from others; you'll have ample opportunities to work with students from a wide range of disciplines and organisations.

General Eligibility

You should have an honours degree in a relevant subject at 2:2 or above, or a professional equivalent.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent will be considered acceptable