Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
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Study Details: 3-6 years (part-time)
The MA in Educational Practice course provides a coherent, personalised and progressive framework for the professional learning and career development of teachers.
Learning activities will include delivery methods such as lectures, group discussions and learning conversations through the use of a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), and action research.
Assessments are designed to encourage critical engagement with literature and reflect on professional practice.
The Master of Arts (MA) in Educational Practice is a school-based qualification developed to help teachers extend their teaching skills and pedagogy. This will benefit the children and young people they teach.
Minimum entry requirements is a first degree. A first degree and a recognised teaching qualification (QTS) will not normally require an interview. Other candidates will be asked to attend an interview.
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Students who engage in Chester’s Master’s programmes will become reflective practitioners and critical thinkers who can articulate their views with confidence and conviction.
They will have expert knowledge of the political arena of education. They will have read widely and engaged with theoretical frameworks which have challenged their values, beliefs and understanding. They will have become confident researchers, finding solutions to challenges in their professional setting and practice.
Their professional integrity will have been affirmed and they will have become sufficiently professionally secure to confront and manage change and to lead others, should they choose.
Many of our students enrol on this programme to develop their potential as outstanding teachers or future leaders in educational settings.
The Master of Arts (MA) in Educational Practice is a school-based qualification developed to help teachers extend their teaching skills and abilities. This will benefit the children and young people they teach.
A specialist Master’s route for teachers who aspire to excel as science educators. This programme will provide you with the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge of practical and physical science learning models including science beyond the classroom and realistic science learning models. You will also explore the impact of constructivism on children’s learning in science and creativity in science curriculum delivery.
Modules include: Enhancing Scientific Knowledge and Understanding; Subject Knowledge and the Science Classroom and Practitioner Enquiry in Science to Enhance Expertise.
A specialist route for teachers who wish to excel in the teaching and learning of English. This course will provide you with the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge of linguistics, literacy and literature. You will also explore topics such as genre and gender, literature across the curriculum and writing children’s literature.
Modules
A specialist Master’s route for teachers who aspire to excel as mathematics educators. This course will provide you with the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge of practical and physical mathematics learning models, creativity in teaching and learning mathematics and engaging and enriching mathematics lessons.
Modules include: How Children Learn Maths; Engaging and Enriching Maths Education and Emerging Expertise Through Practitioner Enquiry in Maths.
Postgraduate Study at the University of Chester The University of Chester provides a wide and flexible range of postgraduate and post-experience cours...
