Education Practice at Liverpool John Moores University - UCAS

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Course summary

Aimed at Early Career Teachers, LJMU's Education Practice MA is linked to the ECT year and early professional development needs.

  • Benefit from a programme specifically designed to support ECTs/RQTs
  • Meet your early professional development needs
  • Enjoy flexible delivery, support and fit studying around your work commitments
  • Enhance your career prospects as a teacher
Having completed your postgraduate initial teacher training programme, you can enhance your teaching practice with this LJMU Masters course, as you embark on your career in education. This programme is designed to support ECTs/RQTs and focuses on practice-based learning. Your learning development will be aligned with both your professional setting and individual needs and assessment will involve engagement in practice-based research projects. Are you an Early Career Teacher (ECT) from an undergraduate degree? You would be able to apply for our MA Education degree as the MA Education Practice programme is designed for ECTs from postgraduate degree programmes. If you're an established practitioner, you may be interested in our MA Education or EdD Education programmes. When it comes to Continuing Professional Development for educationalists, we have over 30 years' experience. Course tutors offer a wide range of expertise and contribute to the development of national initiatives and policy in curriculum development, school leadership and governance, and initial teacher education. Successful completion of this programme will give you enhanced knowledge and understanding of the theory and practice around current research-based initiatives in teaching and learning and the ability to critically assess their impact on learners.

Assessment method

To cater for the wide-ranging content of our courses and the varied learning preferences of our students, we offer a range of assessment methods on each programme. Assessment techniques vary from module to module to reflect relevant assessment approaches and the key learning points of each topic. All assessments are closely linked to school and college-based practice and involve the completion of reports, small scale practice-based research projects, presentations, and critical reflections on professional practice.


Entry requirements

-to have completed an initial teacher training programme at postgraduate or undergraduate level and have achieved Qualified Teacher Status -to be employed as a teacher during your period of study -RPL is accepted on this programme International requirements: -IELTS score 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each component)


Fees and funding

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Additional fee information

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Education Practice at Liverpool John Moores University - UCAS