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Educational Studies (Hearing Impairment) – (M.A.)
Oxford Brookes University
School of Education
| Application Deadline: | as early as possible | ||
| Location: | Oxford / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 90 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Oxford Brookes University
The Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies (Hearing Impairment) has been designed for candidates wishing to train as teachers of the deaf. The course is provided in partnership with Mary Hare School which caters for deaf children and is delivered at the school's base in Newbury, Berkshire. For those teachers who are not currently working with pupils who are deaf, individual arrangements are made to provide opportunities for further teaching experience with such pupils.
You will be enrolled for the full MA, with the option to finish your studies after the initial 2-year mandatory diploma qualification. The additional MA dissertation must be submitted within five years of registration.
Teaching takes place on six weekends each year, and is also supported by a range of e-learning opportunities and materials. These teaching weekend sessions are a compulsory part of the course.
Contents
Course length
Part-time: The course comprises an introductory day, 11 residential weekends and two periods of school experience spread over two years
The Diploma course is made up of the following six modules:
* Language Development studies recent research in the acquisition of language and explores strategies for investigating and supporting the language development of hearing-impaired children.
* Audiology examines the hearing process and the ways in which this can be enhanced for children and young people with hearing impairment to ensure maximal use of residual hearing.
* Curriculum Access explores curriculum design and delivery with particular emphasis on the implications for the teaching, learning and assessment of hearing-impaired pupils.
* Legislation and Provision outlines the current range of provision for hearing-impaired pupils, including approaches to communication, placement and relevant legislation.
* Family Support and Professional Liaison explores the practical advice and counselling support provided by the teacher of the deaf for families and other professionals, including issues related to Early Support, Every Child Matters and the integrated working agendas.
* Practical Experience includes visits and two blocks of assessed practical teaching experience.
To enable you to build on your prior knowledge of these components, lectures are arranged so that the key areas of audiology and language development are addressed simultaneously during the teaching weekends. The Core Standards and Competencies for specialist teachers of the deaf are incorporated into this course. The lecture programme and, where deemed appropriate, tutorial sessions and discussion during school experience supervision visits also ensure all the standards and competencies are addressed and assessed.
Students who register for an MA will follow the course identified above, but will also complete a Research Methods module and submit a dissertation in Year 3.
As our courses are reviewed regularly, course content and module choices may change from the details given here.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Candidates must hold qualified teacher status. Acceptance on the course of candidates who are not currently teaching hearing-impaired pupils is subject to suitable arrangements being made for them to gain experience of teaching such pupils. Other candidates may be considered at the course leader's discretion.
English Language Requirements
You will need a good honours degree and IELTS 6 to 7 or equivalent TOEFL PBT 550 (CBT 213, iBT 80) to PBT 600 (CBT 250, iBT 100)
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 B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
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