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PostgraduateCourse summary
Why study this course? This Education MA degree is designed to provide you with a broad range of knowledge and skills within the field of education and early childhood studies. It is a diverse course drawing on a range of topics and covers a range of disciplines. Throughout this course, you’ll have opportunities to develop and enhance your professional skills and understanding. You’ll also cover a diverse range of topics and disciplines, taught by experts in their field. On this master's degree you’ll be introduced to key academic and professional debates within the field, helping you to develop your professional voice and standpoint. Upon successful completion of this degree, we hope that you will feel enthused about joining, continuing or returning to the education sector and feel intellectually empowered to initiate change. A key theme embedded in this master’s degree is social justice. This course is aligned with our Education for Social Justice (ESJ) strategy to ensure equity in our curriculum practice. More about this course On this Education (Early Childhood Studies) MA you’ll explore educational early childhood practices, policies, theory, key themes and institutions in the UK and beyond in a multidisciplinary and critical context. This course is designed to be flexible, making it ideal for those already working in education. During your time on this master’s course, you’ll develop your knowledge in:
- research methods and practices where you’ll be required to design, undertake and report on a research project that has the potential to contribute to the wider scholarly and academic community
- theoretical debates to understand and interpret the contribution made by scholarship, research and researchers to the education field
- debates around improvement, progress and transformation that have informed innovation and shaped policy changes for a generation and be able to explore these critically
- guided independent study in your chosen area
Modules
Example modules include- Critical Theory and Education Critical discourses in Early Childhood Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment Education Dissertation Identity and Self in the Early Years Research Methods in Education Curriculum Leadership Social Justice Education
Assessment method
All assessment is carried out through coursework. In most cases this takes the form of either one essay of between of around 4-5000 words, or two shorter assessments, to enable assessments to build on each other and provide feed-forward opportunities for the final assessment. The Research Methods in Education module requires the students to submit a research proposal of around 4,000 words. This research plan will form the starting point for the dissertation module the following semester. To complete this Master’s degree, you’ll be required to carry out a small-scale research project focusing on an area of interest and relevance to yourself. This research project will have to be written up in the form of an academic dissertation of around 15,000 words. The first part of the dissertation module will comprise of taught sessions to support the research and writing process of the various sections of the dissertation. Later in the semester, students will then move to having individual or small group supervision meetings with a dissertation supervisor as they make their way through the writing process.
Entry requirements
a minimum of a lower second-class (2.2) honours degree in education or social sciences GCSE English at grade C (grade 4 from 2017) or higher (or equivalent)
English language requirements
To study a degree at London Met, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. If you require a Student visa (previously Tier 4) you may need to provide the results of a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as Academic IELTS. This course requires you to meet our standard requirements.
Please see our English language requirements for more details
https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/international/applying/english-language-requirements/postgraduate/
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
London Metropolitan University
Admissions Office
166-220 Holloway Road
City of London
N7 8DB