Education

Are you ready to shape the future of education? The Foundation degree in Education course covers how people learn and develop throughout their lives – enabling you to make a difference to learners of all ages.

Taught at NTU in Mansfield, you’ll get to grips with a range of social, cultural, and political aspects of education. You’ll explore the meaning of education, who it’s for and whether it’s socially just. With a focus on real-world learning, you’ll also consider education in its broadest sense at local, national and international level.

Whether you plan to go straight into the world of work on completing your foundation degree, or this is your stepping stone to further study, you’ll gain the knowledge and transferable skills you need to progress in a diverse range of careers in education.

Why study FdA Education aT NTU Mansfield?

• The course includes a placement alongside your studies in an educational setting, giving you hands-on experience and the confidence to become an effective practitioner.

• On completion, you will be eligible to top-up to degree-level study with the BA (Hons) Education and Professional Practice (Top-up).

• On completion, you will be well-placed to go straight into the world of work and take up a variety of careers within education.

• The course is delivered over 2-3 days a week, allowing you to fit in study around other commitments.

What you'll study
In the first year, you’ll shadow professionals and visit educational settings. You’ll begin to explore and debate different educational contexts and approaches. Additionally, you’ll start developing their teaching, learning, and assessment skills using both theory and your own experiences.

In the second year, you’ll have a substantial placement in an educational setting. This hands-on experience will be used throughout the year to analyse how teaching theory and educational policy influence teaching and learning.

In year one, the course provides a solid grounding for understanding the multi and interdisciplinary nature of education. Multidisciplinary in the way that it draws from Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy and Politics, and interdisciplinary in the way that it includes specialised educational fields of study.

In year two, the course will cement your theoretical knowledge as you think about how your own research could contribute to the field of education.

You will undertake a placement in both years of the course, and spend approximately 300 hours in total across the course on placement.

In year one there are six modules each worth 20 credits

Academic Skills
Key Questions in Education
Introduction to Teaching
Learning Places
Contemporary Issues
Educational Contexts

In year two there are modules each worth 20 credits and optional modules worth 40 Credits

Optional: Professional Practice placement (40 credits)
Optional: Teaching Practice placement (40 credits)
Education Policy
Researching Learning
Special Educational Needs
Educator Identity

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

• Course does not award QTS