MA Education with Teacher Inquiry

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Our degree will help you to stand out when applying for a senior leadership role in your school. Previous students felt that the largest benefit from the course was a true understanding of research and how it relates to their practice in schools. Their professional confidence also increased substantially and they were able to clearly and concisely articulate and defend their practice decisions with parents, education professionals and external inspectors.

Head of Department
Curriculum Co-ordinator
Inclusion Co-ordinator
Special Educational Needs Advisor

Reflecting on Professional Practice (20 credits)

You will develop your professional attributes, knowledge, skills and understanding so that your teaching will be more effective and have an increasingly positive impact on the outcomes of the children and young people you teach.

Practical Research in Education (20 credits)

In order to develop your research and enquiry skills focusing on your pupils’ outcomes, you will examine existing data held in schools (primarily of a quantitative nature). You will also collect new data in an area relevant to your practice, producing a small scale professional inquiry.

Leading & Collaborating in Education (20 credits)

This module enhances your knowledge, skills, awareness and understanding of the leadership and management functions and practice in schools and how these relate to the achievement of positive outcomes for everyone involved.

Diversity & Learners (20 credits)

This module is designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of a range of inclusion issues; examples could include English as an Additional Language (EAL), gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (EBD) and other areas of Special Education Needs (SEN).

Curriculum Perspectives (20 credits)

You will learn to embed your professional attributes, knowledge, understanding and skills needed into your practice. As a result you will be able to critically analyse a range of sources of evidence in order to improve your curricula.

Dynamics of Teaching, Learning & Assessment (20 credits)

This module is designed to develop your ability to appraise recent research and enquiry into theories of learning and teaching, develop a critical understanding of the role of assessment and to use classroom data effectively to inform personalised learning pathways for pupils.

Major Independent Study (60 credits)

You will complete an independent action research project to examine an issue in your practice, come up with solutions, test those solutions and then examine the outcome to see if the issue has been successfully resolved.