MPhil in Education (Primary Education)
24 monthsProgramme duration
17,253 GBPTuition Fee/year
16 May, 2024Application Deadline
OctStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Education and Training
Degree
MPhil
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The part-time Primary Education route is intended for education professionals, policy makers and researchers at any stage of their career. Many students have relevant international experience and interests. We aim to fuse research and theoretical understanding about primary or elementary education with current priorities in policy and practice.
On the Primary Education Masters course you will have the opportunity to:
On the Primary Education Masters course you will have the opportunity to:
- enhance your educational understanding and practice through critical reflection, study and research;
- critically engage with the best quality national and international educational research that has relevance to primary education;
- carry out an individual and collaborative critical enquiry into significant educational issues and practice; and
- develop your thinking in order to contribute to informed policy and practice analysis and improvement in the primary phase and your own work setting.
- to examine the theoretical frameworks used in the study of education and its constituent disciplines;
- provide training in research methods appropriate to education;
- advance students' capacity for professional reflection and judgement;
- cater for a range of specialists interested within the field of education or one of its constituent disciplines.
- Critical perspectives on primary education policy and practice
- Creative approaches to the curriculum
- Pedagogy, talk and learning
- The school and communities
Programme overview
Main Subject
Education and Training
Degree
MPhil
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
The part-time Primary Education route is intended for education professionals, policy makers and researchers at any stage of their career. Many students have relevant international experience and interests. We aim to fuse research and theoretical understanding about primary or elementary education with current priorities in policy and practice.
On the Primary Education Masters course you will have the opportunity to:
On the Primary Education Masters course you will have the opportunity to:
- enhance your educational understanding and practice through critical reflection, study and research;
- critically engage with the best quality national and international educational research that has relevance to primary education;
- carry out an individual and collaborative critical enquiry into significant educational issues and practice; and
- develop your thinking in order to contribute to informed policy and practice analysis and improvement in the primary phase and your own work setting.
- to examine the theoretical frameworks used in the study of education and its constituent disciplines;
- provide training in research methods appropriate to education;
- advance students' capacity for professional reflection and judgement;
- cater for a range of specialists interested within the field of education or one of its constituent disciplines.
- Critical perspectives on primary education policy and practice
- Creative approaches to the curriculum
- Pedagogy, talk and learning
- The school and communities
Admission Requirements
110+
3.6+
7.5+
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK High II.i Honours Degree.
16 May 2024
24 Months
Oct
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
Tuition fees
Domestic
6,777 GBP
International
17,253 GBP
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