Education (Practice) (Taught)

Designed for current and aspiring education professionals with a particular interest in educational practice, this course equips you with the knowledge and skills required to think critically and creatively in order to support the development of your teaching practice. Led by experts, this course builds on current research in teaching and learning, and offers the opportunity to explore a range of topics. It is made up of core and optional units, providing you with the flexibility to design a programme which meets your individual needs. Being part time with blended learning (face-to-face sessions as well as online support and activities), the course helps you fit study around your other commitments.

Facilities and specialist equipment

• Teacher Education Centre with realistic mock classrooms supported by advanced ICT resources

• Up-to-the-minute simulation technology

• Multimedia space for webinars and podcasting

• Extensive library with physical learning spaces and online resources to support your studies

Career-powered links
We have well-established partnerships with more than 500 schools and other associated organisations across our region. This network is extended nationally and internationally through research activity, putting us in a strong position when it comes to understanding national priorities, issues and key developments in educational practice.

Your student experience

The University of Bedfordshire’s Bedford campus is a small, thriving academic community where staff get to know you well and provide individual academic support.

The course covers a wide range of theoretical and practical aspects of education practice, drawing on multidisciplinary research.

Through activities and assessments, you develop analytical and practical skills that support you to progress successfully along your chosen career path.

The course team have extensive experience, are all professionals who understand the sector and contribute to wider knowledge through cutting-edge research.

Develop your analytical and practical skills so you can progress successfully along a management career path.

Study with professionals from schools, local authority organisations, the lifelong-learning sector and universities.

Career opportunities
This Master’s qualification will enhance your chances for promotion and employment in other contexts; it supports promotion to senior positions in the field of education. The course is designed to help you explore, study and critique key issues in education as well as identify and justify recommendations for further action.

As a Master’s graduate, therefore, you will have the confidence, knowledge and critical skills to prepare and present a strong application to senior posts in the field of education.

Previous graduates have also undertaken PhD study.

Course modules

This course features three core modules:

Theories of learning for educators – Explore a wide range of theories of learning and how they have influenced policy and practice in education.

Research methods in the workplace – Build advanced research skills, working through the process of conducting research in an educational workplace setting.

Dissertation – Conduct a substantial, independent piece of research, showing a deep understanding of issues in an area of professional interest.

You can also choose from seven optional modules:

Exploring coaching and mentoring – Different models of coaching and mentoring and the skills that make them effective.

Early years education and care – Examine children’s development and learning in the early years from different theoretical perspectives.

Educational leadership in context – Analyse leadership and management theory and apply it to your practice in an educational setting.

Enhancing practice in educational settings – Reflect on your professional skills and ability, and identify ways you can develop them in practice.

Leading change in education – Gain the knowledge and skills to lead improvements and achieve better outcomes in your workplace setting.

Meeting diverse needs – Understand the range of needs that students can present with and how educational settings can respond to these needs.

Applied research methods and project – An opportunity for sustained, supported, in-depth research in an area of relevant professional interest.

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