Primary Education (Policy and Practice) MA

This masters degree will:

• meet the rapidly changing needs of professionals engaged in the challenges of educating young children
• critically examine the basis for current practice in primary schools
• provide insight into global and international perspectives on primary education
• stimulate and enhance your thinking and enable you to develop your own perspectives on primary education
• develop your research skills through evaluating research and undertaking your own research study.

Features

This masters degree provides the opportunity to:

• engage with historical and contemporary debates and policy initiatives in primary education in the UK and internationally
• explore the dynamic relationship between educational research, policy and practice
• reflect upon and develop your professional practice, and undertake a leading role in primary education.

Who is this programme for?

A wide range of professionals involved in primary education, such as class teachers, curriculum coordinators, policy advisers, consultants and lecturers in higher education.

Entry requirements

A good first degree and, ideally, direct professional involvement with pre-school or primary education either in or outside the UK.

Core topics

• The perspectives and contexts of primary education
• Contemporary issues and debates in primary education
• Research methods in education.

Related topics

• Early childhood education
• Literacy practice in writing and comprehension
• Children's rights in practice
• Primary mathematics.

How are you assessed?

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

Attendance

Face-to-face evening and Saturday sessions.

Where do our students go?

Graduates of this masters degree are currently working as:

• advanced skills teachers
• local government advisers
• headteachers
• further education lecturers.

Core modules

• Research Methods in Education
• The Perspectives and Context of Primary Education

Recommended modules

• Children's Rights In Practice
• Contemporary Issues and Debates in Primary Education
• Early Childhood Education
• Literacy Development
• Theories of Childhood and Children's Rights