MA Positive Education (Advanced Standing)

Buckinghamshire New University

Our MA Positive Education course is ideal for you if you are passionate about education and psychology and want to understand how psychology can be applied to education. Whether you want to build your proficiency in a current teaching role or start your career in education or academic research, this course gives you the tools to begin applying advanced technique, wellbeing and research to a professional setting.Teaching from experience, we give you a first-hand insight into how our teaching can be used to benefit you, your students and colleagues. With the ability to use your knowledge across a diverse range of roles, this course offers you a clear and helpful progression pathway within the education sector.Why study this subject?Choosing to study education is not just about increasing your skills as an educator, it’s also about increasing your experience of mentoring, care, research and shaping a young person’s development. We've designed this course for those who have an interest in working in a range of areas including but not limited to:primary educationsecondary educationhigher and further educationpractice education in health and social carepsychologyWhether you already work in these roles or are looking to go into them, studying a master’s course at BNU will give you the required knowledge to confidently start looking at taking responsibilities in these areas.Why study at Buckinghamshire New University?We offer you a course that can help you achieve your personal goals within the world of education. You can gain the support of professional lecturers with insight born out of extensive research and experience. We believe this course prepares you for whatever you might face in the future and more.At BNU, as much as possible we try to tailor our course content around your specific needs. If you have some goals set, or need some direction, we enable you to focus on issues important to you or discover new information you were unaware of. Our course provides you with the opportunity to combine theory with practice, and we make sure we’re doing the best we can to prepare you.In addition to all the course benefits, there are some practical benefits to consider too. We can provide you with a campus only 45 minutes from London, with our apps anywhere service allowing you to use software and apps from home, in addition to a great support network, cost of living support, student union and benefits packages to help you complete your studies.What will I study?The MA Positive Education specialism is designed to help you understand how to apply the principles of positive psychology to education.As practitioners and learners, you will consider ways to support and develop wellbeing as an integral part of education. You will examine topics and theories related to self-care and wellbeing, critically consider evidence-based interventions in education and have the opportunity to plan and implement a research project of your own choice and setting.Through the programme, you will also engage in research and will have the chance to introduce a research-based intervention. Course content can properly prepare you for a role after graduation in a range of different careers including primary, early and secondary education, and many of our graduates have gone on to have successful careers in these areas.