Education: Inclusive Practice
MA

Modules

• Concepts and Debates in Inclusive Practice Core

Concepts and Debates in Inclusive Practice (Core)

This module provides a broad overview, both nationally and internationally, of the field of inclusive education. It reflects on the implications of previous, current and relevant legislation in the United Kingdom and elsewhere on policy and practice in schools, colleges and other education-related settings.

Opportunities for critical reflection are provided throughout the module on topics such as the terminology used in the field and the tensions that exists, including, for example, the ‘standards debate’.

You'll be encouraged to use and relate your own professional experience to the various concepts and debates in the literature in order to deepen your understanding of your own practice and - more broadly - of inclusive practice in your setting.

• Research Design Core

Research Design (Core)

This module prepares you to design a small-scale practitioner research enquiry to be reported on in the dissertation. It enables you to develop your understanding of epistemological enquiry and facilitate their acquisition of a systematic and coherent body of knowledge relating to research.

You will have the opportunity to develop your understanding of the underlying principles and concepts of planning and designing research studies, research techniques, methods of data analysis, ethical considerations in research and skills in presenting research findings.

• Inclusive Pedagogy in the Classroom Core

Inclusive Pedagogy in the Classroom (Core)

This module focuses on how our knowledge and understanding from research, professional practice and policy, in relation to inclusive pedagogy, might be applied in the classroom.

After an overview of what is described as ‘inclusive pedagogy for all’ with an emphasis on cognition for learning, you are able to focus on an aspect of inclusive pedagogy of immediate relevance to your practice.

• Change Agency and Strategy: From Research to Practice Core

Change Agency and Strategy: From Research to Practice (Core)

This module explores change theory which is applied to the formulation and proposal of evidence-informed innovation resulting from a small-scale practitioner research enquiry, thus aligning your research findings with policy outcomes.

• Academic Paper and Conference Presentation Core

Academic Paper and Conference Presentation (Core)

This module focuses on the evaluation of the research proposed in the 'Research Design' module and the writing of the dissertation.

It enables you to evaluate a small-scale research enquiry into a contemporary pedagogical issue within your professional practice and to communicate new knowledge through an academic paper of between 10,000 to 12,000 words.

In this module, you will explain your claims to new knowledge relating to researching and reporting on findings in the area of interest.