Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment MA

This masters degree will:

• enable you to analyse and reflect on your professional experience
• examine new developments in policy and practice
• give you the skills to become a successful leader
• help you to create and sustain change.

Features

This masters degree provides the opportunity to:

• comprehend, analyse, debate and evaluate viewpoints
• improve your research literacy and research skills
• develop your expertise in curriculum development, teaching and learning and assessment practices.

Who is this programme for?

Professionals in education – for example, teachers, lecturers, inspectors or those working for government agencies.

Entry requirements

A good first degree, plus an approved teaching qualification or appropriate professional experience.

Core topics

• Curriculum design and development
• Education research
• Assessment issues and practice
• Assessment for learning.

Related topics

• Effective learning
• Teaching and learning in classrooms.

How are you assessed?

By 5,000-word coursework assignments and a 20,000-word dissertation or 10,000-word report.

Attendance

Face-to-face evening and occasional Saturday sessions. Some modules are also available online.

Where do our students go?

Graduates of this masters degree are currently working as:

• heads of department, deputy heads and headteachers in UK schools
• curriculum developers in government education departments
• university lecturers and researchers.

Core modules

• Curriculum Design and Development

Recommended modules

• Assessment for Learning
• Assessment: Issues and Practice
• Educational Testing
• Guiding Effective Learning And Teaching
• Teaching And Learning In Classrooms And Schools