Course summary
Our well-established part-time MA Education course is about extending your understanding of teaching theory and practice. The course is designed for those who are teaching or are spending a significant part of each week supporting teaching and learning. It aims to have a direct impact on your teaching approaches and help you to become a more rounded, reflective practitioner. The course focuses on the key educational processes that underpin learning, teaching, and the positive management of change. You will develop your understanding of current policy, theory, and research and consider how these relate to your day-to-day practice. You will enhance your ability to analyse, critique, and develop your own and others' practice while building upon your intellectual, organisational, and professional skills. Research skills are incorporated into all modules. Tailored to your professional commitments, the study mode is only evenings which for part-time students is once per week, and for full-time students is twice per week.
Modules
Term One – Optional Modules: Critical Approaches to Inclusive Education, Creativity, Imagination and Learning, Teaching and Learning in Multicultural Contexts. Term Two – Optional Modules: Leading Learning, Mentoring and Coaching in Education: the Mentor as an Agent for Change, Education Policy in Practice. Term Three – Optional Modules: Pedagogy, Culture and Diversity, Assessment for Learning. Pathways – Core Module: Applied Research in Education.
Assessment method
All 30-credit modules on the course are assessed by a single portfolio of 5,000 words. Tasks are designed so that you can focus on an area of interest and personalise them to your own situation. The subject of your final 14,000-word dissertation is your choice and you will write it over two terms. It allows you to carry out a small-scale research project designed to solve a specific problem in your own context.
Entry requirements
Accepted Qualifications Bachelor's degree with minimum Second Class (2:2) or equivalent in an Education related subject or Upper Second Class (2:1) if subject not Education related. International Qualifications We accept a wide range of European and international qualifications in addition to A-levels, the International Baccalaureate and BTEC qualifications. Please visit our International page English Language requirements Overall IELTS 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in Writing, Speaking, Reading and Listening. This course does not accept English Language qualifications completed outside of the UK. Applicants who do not hold a UK English Language qualification must complete IELTS. If you do not meet the academic English language requirements for your course, you may be eligible to enrol onto a pre-sessional English course. The length of the course will depend on your current level of English and the requirements for your degree programme. We offer a 5-week and an 10-week pre-sessional course.
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
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Provider information
University of East London
Docklands Campus
4-6 University Way
Newham
E16 2RD