Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 2 years
This course is designed for professional educators from a wide range of settings, including teachers, lecturers, coaches, mentors and paraprofessionals. Our MA will give you the knowledge and skills to have a positive, research-led impact. You will be able to apply what you learn to your current role, career aspirations or a specific educational context. You’ll also be well prepared to progress to doctoral level study.
This is a distance learning course, which means you can learn flexibly, and balance study around work, family life or other commitments.
Each module is designed to be tailored to your own personal interests and expertise.
We will guide you through exploring your philosophy as an educator - giving you the opportunity to draw on your own learning and teaching experiences, while reflecting on your personal and professional development. Our expert staff will help you situate and guide your research in a culturally responsive and ethical way.
You’ll explore your own interests and develop a strong understanding of the key issues in educational research, including ethical research and how to apply research evidence to professional practice. You will develop widely transferable and practical skills that can be applied to complex educational research problems. These skills will also support your career development.
You will choose your own independent research project (dissertation module). Throughout, we will support you with planning and carrying out research activity related to your professional role.
Previous students have had impact by sharing their research insights within their professional contexts and even beyond, via publication or conference.
You will be able to engage with fellow students through our innovative teaching methods - choosing to attend our hybrid Saturday study schools either in person or online. You will share, communicate and evolve your ideas as part of a community of practitioner researchers. You’ll be assigned an individual tutor who will support you as you develop your project and provide constructive feedback.
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We assess each application on the basis of the applicant’s preparation and achievement as a whole. We may accept applicants whose qualifications don’t meet the published entry criteria but have other experience relevant to the course.
This course is designed for professional educators from a wide range of settings, including teachers, lecturers, coaches, mentors and paraprofessionals.
Core modules:
Applied Professional Studies and Philosophy of Education
Making Sense of Educational Research In your second year, your MA is assessed through submission of a research dissertation. You will be allocated a dissertation supervisor who will support you throughout the year. For example, your dissertation supervisor will provide guidance on how to develop your research project. They will also discuss and approve your proposed fieldwork activities, and provide feedback on draft work prior to the final submission of your dissertation.
Dissertation (APSE)
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