Description

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 modules. Modules are organised into four complementary themes.

A: Critical analysis of professional practice

B: Contemporary issues and innovation in education and society

C: Exploring specialist interests

D: Research methods

At the Postgraduate Certificate stage, students complete two modules from themes A and B. The following three modules are available at this stage.

Theme A: Critical analysis in education (30 credits)

In this module you will critically analyse contextual factors that influence the educational setting in which you are based. Particular attention will be paid to underpinning philosophical perspectives and the historical, social, cultural, political and economic dimensions of pedagogy. You will be introduced to different perspectives on the role of education and approaches to teaching and learning to them complete a situational analysis that draws on a range of research tools and techniques. You will critically reflect upon underlying philosophical assumptions and draw on the key concepts of comparative education to compare different contexts.

Theme B: Education and change in a globalised world (30 credits)

This module will analyse the global context of key challenges facing education at the start of the 21st century. You will be introduced to techniques to critique relevant policy and practice. You will consider research methods for evaluating educational initiatives. Through a detailed case study you will explore the historical, social, and economic factors that impact on an area of policy or practice of interest.

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Theme B: Ideas of childhood: social, cultural and political perspectives (30 credits) Why are children labelled? What cultural, social and political values shape our ideas about children and young people? These are some of the questions we will address in this interdisciplinary module which will explore how current concepts of childhood and youth have been, and continue to be shaped by social, historical, cultural, and political dimensions. Using examples from international research, it will encourage students to challenge their own ideas about childhood, whilst engaging with theoretical and cross-cultural debates.

At the Postgraduate Diploma stage a third specialist module is available from theme C.

Theme C: Comparative Education * (30 credits)This module aims to explore the field of Comparative Education, considering systems, learning in-depth about education systems around the world and the historical and contemporary issues within the discipline. You will develop the skills and concepts to systematically understand regional and national education systems within the international context.

Also, at the Postgraduate Diploma stage, students may choose to widen their study with a free choice of one module from the general MA Education themes A, B or C.

Theme D: Research Methods in Education and Social Science (30 credits)

This is a core compulsory research methods module. We recommend students select this as their final module at the Postgraduate Diploma stage.

Dissertation (60 credits)

At the dissertation stage, students complete a 60 credit, 18,000 - 20,000 word research study. Students can choose to focus their dissertation on a specialist area or theme of their choice in the field of International Development. Staff with relevant knowledge and research expertise will supervise dissertations on students chosen research themes.

* subject to validation

Requirements

* 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 workplace and involves access to children.

In addition, overseas students will normally be required to have an IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent qualification that meets the UK Border Agency requirements.

English Language Requirements

Funding

Liverpool Hope University's fees are amongst the most competitive within the UK university sector.
MA Education (International Perspectives) 2012/13

The international tuition fee is £5,900
The international tuition fee with an Overseas Scholarship is £4,900
The international tuition fee with Overseas Scholarship and Early Payment Discount is £3,900
The UK/EU tuition fee is £4,800
The UK/EU tuition fee with First Class Scholarship is £3,800