Education (Applied), MA
Course overview
The MA Education (Applied) enhances your knowledge and understanding of education and develops your academic, professional, employability and work-related skills and knowledge appropriate education sector you are interested in.
Transferable skills help your practical and professional development by consolidating, enhancing and extending your disciplinary expertise, experience and abilities. The Applied route enables you to work directly with an organization, applying and demonstrating the knowledge and skills you gain during the first stage of your course.
The course focuses on:
- a self-selected aspect of education that will be of value to your professional development
- your capacity to operate as a reflective professional in educational settings
- increasing your understanding of the professional attitudes and ethics in the workplace and/or a research-based environment
- supporting you to develop a range of advanced research skills appropriate to postgraduate study and professional practice to critically evaluate existing work, and design research to further knowledge within education
- real-world practical experience in a professional setting to enhance your employability and underpin your academic learning.
The course comprises four modules, and a dissertation and Applied Practice module. There are 12 weeks of learning and teaching or placement activity in each of the four semesters you study in over the length of the course.
Career opportunities
You gain in-depth and advanced knowledge and understanding of your subject and/or profession, informed by current practice, scholarship and research (QAA, 2015). This includes a critical awareness of current issues and developments in education; critical skills; research skills; knowledge of professional responsibility, integrity and ethics; and the ability to reflect on your own progress, which all directly benefit your future career. You will be equipped to contribute to the learning of your own students and educational policy and practice. The University’s careers and employability team can support your career planning, job seeking and applications.
You secure your own work experience with the support of the course team. Mentors guide and advise you while on work placement.
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