Psychology with Education

From creating innovation in educational practice to understanding neurodiversity, gain the knowledge needed to support young learners and shape the future learning landscape.

This course could be your first step toward a career in professional psychology.

You may choose to specialise in working with children and young people in schools or apply your skills to education in various contexts, ranging from education in prisons to informing education policy and legislation within local authorities.

• Contemporary curriculum: explore theories of teaching and learning alongside current classroom practice, policies and legislation. Topics may include neurodiversity, inclusive practice, co-occurring difficulties, labelling and the impact of technology on development.

• Core themes: examine the origins of educational psychology as a scientific discipline and consider contemporary topics of diversity and cyberpsychology in the classroom. Learn how the physical nature of the brain, its connections and computational models of human thought relate to learning. Investigate how key facets of social, group and individual differences within human behaviour influence education.

• Research and analytical skills: learn the skills needed to successfully carry out independent research and ethical practice. Develop skills in research design, data collection, analysis and reporting and create a project that aligns with your interests in child development and education.

Why you should study this course

• Practice-focused teaching and assessment: engage in applied projects that showcase your practical skills in educational psychology. These could include administering assessments and remediation in classrooms for diverse learners, designing learning strategies and considering policy to tackle contemporary issues impacting the lives of children and young people today.

• Diverse perspectives: learn from academics and experienced professionals with careers in practice, including local schools and authorities, prison services and clinical and counselling organisations.

• Psychology in action: through problem-based learning, actively engage in real-world, meaningful projects. Explore the use of VR in virtual classrooms and innovative techniques for intervention in learning differences. Develop projects promoting behavioural policies for young people to counteract contemporary challenges such as gang culture.

• Innovative learning tools and dedicated technicians: access a range of psychology-specific programmes to support your studies, including statistical software and research methods software. Our psychology technicians are also on hand to support you in experiment design, data analysis and the use of lab equipment.

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