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Education: Leadership in Education - MA/PgD/PgC

Education: Leadership in Education - MA/PgD/PgC

Different course options

Full time | Cyncoed Campus | 1 year | SEP-25

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP-25

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

Flexible Learning Design Headmaster/Headmistress/School Leadership Education Studies

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Course Overview

The overall aim of this programme (Leadership in Education) is to produce educators capable of operating at the highest levels within the educational arena, with the ability to integrate theory with practice and apply intellectual and academic rigour, informed by current educational research, to their professional context. The programme team aims to play a key role in supporting the continuing professional development of teachers, youth and community workers and education professionals.

Assessment

Assessment is by coursework assignments equivalent to 6,000 words per thirty credit module throughout the taught element of the programme. The assessments take a variety of forms including written reports of research, posters, discussion postings, reflective wikis, seminar presentations and journal style articles. Students will be given opportunities in each module to ask questions about their assessments in order to clarify what is required of them.

Employability & Careers

Graduates from the programme have gone on to promotion in the education sector, including school and community management and leadership, curriculum leadership, positions within advisory services, lecturing and research posts in higher education, and work with government education departments across the world. Students can exit at Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma levels.

Modules

Additional Learning Needs and Inclusion: Underpinning Principles
Analysing Educational Data
Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Classroom
Community of Enquiry: Philosophy and Pedagogy
Curriculum Development (Successful Futures)
Curriculum Purposes and Principles for Science and Technology Teaching
Educating the More Able Learner
Education and Equity
Education: Purpose and Values
Effective Educational Leadership
Effective and Ethical Governance: Principles and Practice
English as an Additional Language
Exploring the Social and Emotional Development of Learners (3-18)
Facilitating Critical Professional
Facilitating Critical Thinking and Enquiry
Governance and Leadership in Education
Governance and Leadership in Public and Third Sector Contexts
Leading for Additional Learning Needs
Learning and Teaching Pedagogy
Managing Community Practice
Mentoring and Coaching Principles and Policies in Action
Mentoring and Engaging Young People
Philosophy for Children
Practitioner Research
Principles of Community Development and Youth Work
School Improvement
Specific Learning Difficulties 1 & 2

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£11,000

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£17,600

Entry requirements

Applicants must have a relevant initial degree at 2:2 classification or above. It is also possible to enrol on the course if you are a non-graduate and have a minimum of two years' relevant experience.

University information

Cardiff Metropolitan University offers degree courses across a range of disciplines. Students can choose to study on either a full-time or part-time basis. Over 11,500 students from 140 countries study across its Cyncoed and Llandaff campuses. In addition, over 10,000 students attend its 17 partner institutions across 15 countries globally. As well as its undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, the university also undertakes impactful...more