Education MA
University of Derby Online
Summary
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Overview
If your career involves educating other people and you'd like to improve your professional expertise or progress into a more senior role, our MA Education online degree is designed to help you.
You can tailor this course to your professional interests by studying specific modules, giving you a specialist pathway award at either Postgraduate Certificate or Masters level. You can choose from:
- MA Education
- PG Cert/MA Education (Leadership and Management)
- PG Cert/MA Education (International Perspectives)
- PG Cert/MA Education (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
Our MA Education is not a teaching qualification but previous students have benefited from this postgraduate degree, helping them to gain more senior roles, enriching their teaching, challenging their preconceptions and boosting their confidence.
This flexible course now offers two exit routes. If you are unable to commit to a full Masters but want to update your skills to complement your career aspirations, you can complete our 60 credit Postgraduate Certificate within a year in your preferred choice of specialist pathway. Once you've successfully completed the Postgraduate Certificate, you may wish to continue to the full Masters.
Be inspired by othersStudents frequently tell us that they most enjoy hearing the diverse mix of experiences, ideas and opinions brought by others taking the course, especially when that challenges their own thinking. Online discussion forums make this possible, and with such a wide variety of people on the course, from the UK and overseas, that’s not surprising. Our tutors have many years’ experience in the education sector themselves, so they understand your profession and are sympathetic to the pressures of balancing study with a busy teaching job.
You are in controlStudying online gives you the flexibility to study at the most convenient time and place for you. The course is divided into modules which are scheduled over fixed trimesters so there will be deadlines to meet; however you can organise your study time around your work and personal commitments in order to complete each module within the set time parameters.
Online class discussions are largely focused on contextualisation of theory to practice, so it’s stimulating, engaging and highly relevant to your day-to-day, professional life.
Description
Course length:
PG Cert: 1 year part time / MA: 3-5 years of part time
To complete the Postgraduate Certificate Education (specialist pathway) you will need to complete Studying at Masters Level (core module) then choose from the following optional modules, depending on your preferred specialist pathway:
- English for Speakers of Other Languages: The Principles of English Language Teaching and Language Learning: Theory and Practice
- Leadership and Management: Quality, Leadership and Management and Developing Leadership Capacity
- International Perspectives: Comparative Education and Effective Intercultural Communication
To complete the full Masters, you will need to complete a total of nine 20 credit modules. This must include:
- Studying at Masters Level
- Evidence Based Practice
- Independent Study (60 credit module)
You can then choose four of the optional 20 credit modules - please contact us to discuss your options.
Core
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You will usually need at least one of the following:
- a good undergraduate degree (2:2 or above) or an equivalent level 6 qualification
- experience of working with the education sector
- be currently working within the education arena.
Optional
- Comparative Education
- Curriculum Challenges
- Developing Leadership Capacity
- Effective Intercultural Education
- Innovative 21st Century Learning
- Language Learning: Theory and Practice
- Lifelong Learning: Principles and Issues
- Measuring and Evaluating Learning
- Negotiated Module: Accreditation of Professional Qualification
- Negotiated Module: Applied Focus of Study
- Principles of English Language Teaching
- Quality, Leadership and Management
Requirements
You will be asked to provide a CV/Resume detailing your academic and work experience.
- Evidence Based Practice
- Independent Study
- Studying at Masters Level
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