Education: Pedagogy
MA

Modules

• Investigating Pedagogy Core

Investigating Pedagogy (Core)

The aim of this module is to analyse and reflect critically and systematically on the knowledge and understanding of pedagogy in practice. Included in this is an examination of evidence-informed pedagogy as an aspect of professionalism.

• 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.

• Issues in Religious Education Optional

Issues in Religious Education (Optional)

This module focuses on developing an understanding of concepts and principles relating to Religious Education in the context of international, national and local agendas for change.

You will be required to reflect systematically on practice and consider issues related to improving the curriculum experience of Religious Education. It also facilitates the development of critical thinking and reflection through engagement with literature on the leading of learning in Religious Education.

• Concepts and Debates in Inclusive Practice Optional

Concepts and Debates in Inclusive Practice (Optional)

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.

• Pedagogical Issues in Practice Optional

Pedagogical Issues in Practice (Optional)

The module is designed for practising teachers in the secondary and primary sectors who wish to explore a pedagogical area of particular interest within their classroom practice or at a whole school level such as a cross-curricular theme.

It enables you to develop an informed and critical perspective with which to review a range of pedagogical issues in practice, developing theoretical and professional understanding.

• Reflective Practice and Evidence-based Pedagogy in Physical Education Optional

Reflective Practice and Evidence-based Pedagogy in Physical Education (Optional)

This module provides you with the opportunity to explore contemporary pedagogical models in sport and evidence-based practice.

It will present you with the stimulus to explore how you adapt your short and medium-term planning, assessment of learning and instructional techniques appropriately for the cultural norms, learners and spaces in which educate.

• Racial Equality in Education Optional

Racial Equality in Education (Optional)

This module aims will provide you with the opportunity to develop your understanding and awareness of systemic racism and its implications for children and young people in education by developing an informed and critical perspective. It will enable you to reflect upon how issues of race and equality impact on your own professional context, drawing upon theoretical and professional literature to explore ways in which these issues might be addressed

• 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.