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Education – (M.A.)
Liverpool Hope University
Faculty of Education
| Location: | Liverpool / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | January, September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Liverpool Hope University
The MA Education programme is designed for practicing teachers, educators and others with a personal or professional interest in the field of education.The programme aims to provide opportunities for engagement with key theories, concepts and ideas in education.
The structure of the programme is flexible enough to meet the needs of those seeking to develop a more academic understanding of the field and those aspiring to develop understanding through critical reflection on practice. The programme will help you to adopt best practice, promote innovation and manage change.
The varied combinations of courses available allow teachers, educators and others to critically analyse and respond to educational and social issues within the context of theory, research and practice. The programme is designed to meet both the academic and professional needs of those teaching, coaching, managing and leading in all sectors of education. A generic award is available as well as a named award that can be gained through combination of specialist courses.
The award titles available are:
* MA Education
* MA Education (International Perspectives)
* MA Education (Children and Young People)
* MA Education (Mentoring and Coaching)
* MA Education (Early Childhood)
* MA Education (Mathematics Teaching and Learning)
* MA Education (Leadership and Management)
By returning to study at Liverpool Hope University, you will be joining an academic community with a strong record in educational research. You will study alongside fellow education professionals in a supportive learning environment and be encouraged to develop your own research profile.
Career Opportunities
You will be able to structure your award to enhance your personal interests, career specific opportunities and potential for promotion to senior management. It will enable you to evaluate adults and children's learning through research and postgraduate study. For teachers, this course will enhance opportunities to move beyond threshold and become an 'excellent teacher'.
Students completing this Masters will also be well placed to pursue doctoral research (EdD or PhD) based on interest, expertise and knowledge developed throughout the course.
Contents
The full Masters award requires you to gain 180 credits, including a research dissertation in a specialised area of your choice. Prior to a dissertation, students will complete four 30 credit courses. Courses are organised into four complementary themes.
At the Postgraduate Certificate stage, students complete two courses from the themes ‘Critical analysis of professional practice’ and ‘Contemporary issues and innovation in Education and Society’. At the Postgraduate Diploma stage, a third specialist course is available in the theme ‘Exploring specialist interests’. The fourth 30 credit course is a core compulsory research methods course and we recommend students select this as their final module at the Postgraduate Diploma stage.
The following illustrate a range of the courses available each year:
Critical analysis of professional practice
* Enhancing practice through research and Enquiry
* Effective teaching, learning and achievement in language acquisition
* Children’s rights and participation
* The development of young children's thinking and learning in socio-cultural context
* A theoretical exploration and examination of the concepts and dynamics of mentoring and coaching
* Managing organisations in education
* Critical analysis in international education
* Effective learning, teaching and achievement in primary mathematics
* Effective teaching learning and achievement in secondary Mathematics
* Negotiated learning contract
Contemporary issues and innovation in Education and Society
* Ideas of Childhood: social, cultural and political perspectives
* Assessing and addressing difficulties in literacy acquisition
* Critical reflection for participation in the early years
* A critical evaluation in the practical application of a model of mentoring and coaching
* Leading change in education
* Christian education leadership
* Education and change in a globalised world
* Problem solving in primary Mathematics
* Developing thinking in secondary mathematics
* Negotiated learning contract
Exploring Specialist Interests
* Young people, risk, inclusion and consequences
* Educational chaplaincy
* Comparative education*
* Negotiated learning contract
At the postgraduate diploma stage, students have a free choice from a range of specialist courses or they may select again from the themes ‘Critical analysis of professional practice’ and ‘Contemporary issues and innovation in Education and Society’.
The fourth 30 credit course is a core compulsory research methods course.
* Research methods in Education and Social Science
At the dissertation stage, students complete a 60 credit, 18,000 – 20,000 word research study.
Research Environment
Teaching is informed by the research interests of Education Deanery staff at Liverpool Hope University, including Professors Chris Atkin, Bart McGettrick, and Paul Ernst. A particular area of research strength is professional learning, pedagogy and education, the child and the family, Christian education and international and developmental educations. Members of the team also support interdisciplinary research projects in Learning & Teaching and Learning Technologies, and the Centre for Higher Education Research & Development.
The Faculty of Education’s new building - The Centre of Excellence in Education, Innovation and Enterprise – is due to open in late September 2010. The Centre will provide MA Education students with state of art virtual and physical teaching facilities. The building will house a lecture theatre, meeting space for staff and students, seminar rooms and refreshment facilities.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
* A good honours degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent.
* Please note that a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau is required for students where they are required to visit settings other than their own
English language requirement: The programme is taught in English. Students whose first language is not English are normally required to have an IELTS 6.5 (reading 6, writing 6), TOEFL paper based 560, TOEFL ibt 83 or other equivalent recognised English language qualification.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 560 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 83 |
Accreditation
Liverpool Hope University is a recognised body with degree awarding powers as sworn in by the UK Government.
Quality of UK universities is measured through the official Government agencies, the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) which consistently judged Liverpool Hope University to be of highest quality.
Liverpool Hope University's Business School, that was ranked top quality, having secured a maximum excellent rating (24 out of 24) in the UK Governments QAA inspection.
In the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), which is the official evaluation of the quality of research undertaken within UK higher education institutions, subject areas of Theology & Religious Studies, and Social Work & Social Policy, included work which ranked as of 4-star ‘world leading’. The subject areas of Computer Science and Informatics, Psychology, Education, English, and Music included work which ranked as 3-star ‘internationally recognised’, as was Politics and International Studies (including submissions from Business) and Drama ranked as 2*. For information on Liverpool Hope University’s RAE submission, go to
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