About the course
This course aims to develop your professional knowledge of educational practice across a wide range of workplace settings. It offers the opportunity to study with professionals from schools local authority organisations the lifelong learning sector and universities.
The course equips you with the knowledge and understanding to explore educational practice (including your own) and develop your own approaches to effective change supporting career progression to management roles. It also aims to encourage your evidence-based practice by broadening your knowledge of educational ideas and research findings.
You are not expected to confine your study to one particular area but instead look at how different elements of education combine to influence and inform practice. So the course offers a range of optional units with broad themes allowing you to explore and develop your skills and understanding in an area appropriate to your own practice experience or interest. Units may include current policy analysis; educational leadership; coaching and mentoring; and meeting diverse needs. You also complete a dissertation in educational practice in an area of interest.
Why choose this course?
- It is part-time with blended learning (face-to-face sessions as well as online support and activities) which supports you to work around your other commitments
- If you already have a PGCE you choose two optional units then take the 60-credit applied research and project unit to complete your studies
- Broad unit topics allow you to focus on your own personal academic or vocational interest relevant to your own educational context
- Learn through workshops seminars online learning and tutor support as well as undertaking observations in workplace practice
- Study with experienced lecturers who have a wealth of experience in the education field and regularly publish in educational journals
- Engage with key issues in education examining a wide range of core education sources and texts and developing your understanding of the research that informs educational policy and practice
- Undertake primary research and be able to use it to inform your practice
- Acquire the necessary research skills to engage in future research if you choose to take your studies on to Doctoral level