MA in Educational Studies

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University of Leicester

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• Objectives
  To enhance understanding of contemporary educational issues, both national and international, for teachers in primary, secondary and post-compulsory education; to develop participants’ ability to reflect on theory in the areas of teaching and learning and use it as the basis for understanding and improving practice; to develop participants’ ability to design and undertake small scale research.
• Entry requirements
  Normally a good honours degree or an advanced diploma in education, and preferably at least one year teaching or equivalent educational experience.
• Academic title
  MA in Educational Studies
• Course description
  Course modules
  Core modules:
  
  -Research Methods
  -Contemporary Issues in Education
  
  Option modules (two from the following):
  
  -Teaching and Learning (Primary Education)
  -Teaching and Learning (Secondary Education)
  -Inclusive Education
  -Understanding Behaviour
  -Education for Citizenship
  -ICT and Education
  
  Students may also take one option module from the Leadership and Management or Applied Linguistics programmes.
  Teaching and assessment methods
  
  Students attend weekly lectures and seminars for a total of 150 hours. Each module is assessed by a 4-5,000 word assignment. Core modules are additionally assessed by a presentation of work in progress. A 15-20,000 word dissertation is also required, based on supervised research related to an area covered by one or more modules studied.

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