Masters Degree Description
This programme will enhance your understanding of the role of education in facilitating equal and just societies, focusing on issues of globalisation, languages, and racial and gender inequalities. This MA is taught by nationally and internationally-renowned experts.
- This MA programme is designed to deepen your knowledge of how teaching and learning processes, in formal and informal contexts, impact and are impacted by struggles towards social justice
- In addition to drawing on theories and research from other traditions, the programme focuses on how society and culture inform our understanding of who we are as teachers and learners, and how those identities impact on the teaching and learning process
- The programme is designed for those passionate about social justice in education including educators at all levels, those in informal learning contexts, and others interested more broadly in the field of education. It places a strong emphasis on student-centred and directed independent learning and research
- Our focus on social justice in education means that in our teaching and learning approach, we prioritise inclusive and alternative perspectives on education and apply these creatively to issues that are relevant to your current or future practice
- You will acquire and/or enhance transferrable skills such as critical thinking, a range of research methods, writing for academic, professional and wider audiences and problem-solving that require personal responsibility and initiative in complex and unpredictable environments
Entry Requirements
You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least second class standard in a relevant/related subject, together with appropriate voluntary or professional (paid) experience in education or community work.
If you are looking to move into the education field, other qualifications of equivalent level will be considered if you can demonstrate academic strength and relevant professional experience.
Student Destinations
Many of the modules on this programme focus on professional issues and professional practice with a main focus being the development of professional competence in the workplace.
Module Details
You will study the following complusory modules:
Introduction to Social Justice in Education 30 credits
Researching Social Justice in Education 30 credits
Race, Culture and Education 30 credits
Dissertation 60 credits
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