2013/14 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MA Teaching (Part-Time)

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

This course is open to graduates who have successfully completed a PGCE initial teacher training programme with QTS in either the primary or secondary phase. In order to ensure that students will be able to respond to and benefit from the course, they must have secured employment as teachers at the point of registration, and should normally have:
- An honours degree; and
- A successful record of achievement on the PGCE programme in relation to both written assignments and practical teaching.

At the point of application an assessment will be made for the Accreditation of Prior Certificated Learning.

This programme is primarily intended for teachers at the start of their teaching career.

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Education

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of Education

Programme specification:

The programme will:
- provide a structured and relevant course of professional and academic development for teachers at the start of their careers. It is intended that this programme will support and enhance early professional development, emphasising intellectual reflection and scholarship;
- be taught through a combination of Summer and day schools (including lectures, seminars and tutorials) and supported by distance learning materials with on-line tutor and fellow-student support;
- provide structured school-based learning, allowing students to draw from, and reflect upon their experiences as beginner teachers and to relate these practical insights to their reading and analysis of current theories and research relating to a range of issues in teaching and learning;
- introduce a range of classroom research tools that will be applied in the context of the module assignments. These skills will also provide an additional framework for professional reflection and evaluation;
- support the development of skilled and effective teachers;
- support the development of practitioner researchers of the future;
- enhance participants' career opportunities and prospects;
- provide a pathway to higher-level research degrees;
- be taught by research-active tutors and appropriately knowledgeable and skilled colleagues from partnership schools;
- be taught on a cohort basis, with each group of students sharing a common starting point with similar backgrounds, interests, aspirations and concerns. It is anticipated that student interaction and mutual support, during the demanding early years of teaching, will be both a feature and strength of the programme.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment, Learning Context]

Compulsory modules:

In addition to the 60 APL credits shown in Options A and B below, all students will be required to study the following compulsory module:

Optional modules:

Students must have completed, or have been awarded APL for 60 credits from Option A or Option B

OPTION B

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment, Learning Context]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to pass the following compulsory module:

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment, Learning Context]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to pass the following compulsory module:

It will be possible, after consultation with tutors, for candidates who are making good progress to start their critical study during their third year.

Last updated: 04/06/2015

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