MA Education (with Optional Pathways)

  • DeadlineStudy Details:

    MA Full-time: 1 year, Part-time: 2 years

Masters Degree Description

Broaden your professional knowledge and enhance your career potential on a challenging masters course aimed at the educational leaders of the future.

Whether you aspire to a new career in education or want to take your existing career to the next level, our MA Education course will give you the insight, skills and knowledge to become a high-calibre and dynamic education professional. It could be a vital stepping stone to management and leadership roles.

Why study this course?

  • Explore education in its fullest sense – from its pivotal role in society to the theories, policies and practices that influence and enhance it
  • Take a flexible approach to learning: gain a broad-based masters degree or focus on your particular area of interest via our specialist pathways
  • Benefit from professional development opportunities in sectors ranging from early years to schools, further, higher and community education
  • Keep up to date with the latest educational developments, inspired by a friendly teaching team who will share their extensive specialist knowledge with you.

Whether you want to step up the career ladder, change paths or pursue your passion for a subject you love, you can transform your world with postgraduate study at the University of Derby.

Located in the heart of England, Derby has great transport links with the rest of the UK. This central position means that the city has a long-standing reputation for innovation and industry. We have strong connections with a range of regional employers to support your studies through applied learning, guest lectures and other opportunities.

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Module Details

Core Modules:

  • Designing Social Research
  • Independent Study (Dissertation)

Optional Modules (MA Education):

If you chose to study our broad-based MA Education, you will also study two options modules such as:

  • Comparative Education
  • Curriculum Challenges
  • Education for All
  • Educational Policy and Practice
  • Emotional Wellbeing
  • Learning and Ability Theories in Action
  • Measuring and Evaluating and Learning
  • Negotiated: Applied Focus of Study
  • Participation and Agency in Education
  • Principles and Practices of Coaching and Mentoring
  • Reel Education
  • Thinking Theoretically about Education

Optional Modules (Specialist Pathway):

If you choose to study an MA Education with a specialist pathway, you’ll study two specialist modules relating to your pathway. If you aren’t studying a pathway, you can study any pathway modules within your optional module choices.

Early Childhood

  • Understanding Childhood
  • Children’s Workforce Development

Inclusion and Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)

  • The Lived Experience of SEND
  • Inclusion, Disability and Special Education in the 21st Century

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

  • The Principles of English Language Teaching
  • Language Learning: Theory and Practice

Leadership and Management

  • Leadership and Management Strategies
  • Developing Leadership Capacity

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