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Full time
1 year
SEP-26
MA - Master of Arts
Leadership
This course is subject to revalidation. Designed for education professionals interested in enhancing life chances in diverse settings, this flexible and forward-thinking programme combines academic excellence with real-world impact. Through a blend of theory, research, and practical application, you’ll explore contemporary issues in education and mental health, from leading and managing change to finance, governance, and strategic management.
Our internationally known, research active staff will provide you with an innovative, applied degree designed in collaboration with industry experts that sets you apart from others and ensures you are well prepared to shape the future of education and change lives locally and globally. You’ll receive research-led teaching, informed by the latest educational developments so that you can gain targeted expertise that directly applies to your current role and prepares you for future leadership opportunities.
The programme also offers opportunities for professional networking and learning, connecting you with industry experts and peers, helping you build a strong professional community that can support your learning and career development.
Our flexible study options for full-time and part-time learners allow you to tailor your learning to fit your career and lifestyle, making it possible to balance professional commitments with academic growth.
Whether you’re looking to for a pathway to doctoral study or to advance your education-related career, transition into leadership, or deepen your professional practice, the MA in Educational Leadership provides you with the tools, confidence, and insight to make a lasting difference.
Dissertation provides an opportunity for you to synthesise, in a synoptic way, the knowledge, skills and understandings developed through the preceding modules, and in particular, the module Researching Education. On completion, you will be able to demonstrate a sound understanding of the links between theory, policy and practice in the substantive area of your choice. The opportunity to carry out and report on a sustained piece of independent research will further enhance both your knowledgebase and skill set, support you in improving your professional learning and practice, and could prepare you for the possibility of further study at doctoral level. You can choose to conduct an empirical or non-empirical study.
Researching Education will develop your understanding and critical appreciation of empirical and desk-based research methodologies, and the relationships and distinctions between them. You will develop an understanding of the relationship between research questions and methods of data collection and analysis, and the ethical questions these raise.
Theorising Education will develop your understanding and critical appreciation of seminal and contemporary educational philosophy and theory and of the approaches to analysis that it demonstrates and enables. The module will develop your core knowledge and skills in their own right, but also provides important links to other MA modules and pathways, e.g., social justice, policy, research-informed practice.
Leadership of Educational Change explores educational leadership in relation to identifying, initiating and implementing a positive change in a range of educational settings. You will have an opportunity to engage in critical discussions associated with the theories and models of change in light of contemporary theoretical perspectives and research. The module challenges some commonly held notions of what it means to be a leader of change and you will analyse the practice(s) in your own setting, considering concepts such as ethical leadership, transformational leadership, followership, and sustainability. The module will also enable you to comprehensively understand, as well as critically analyse, the drivers of individual behaviour and performance for creating a motivated and productive team as one of the key aspects of leading a positive change. The analysis of different approaches to educational change will ensure you gain critical insights into the key aspects of change and understand their implications for effective leadership practice.
Educational Leadership in Context is designed to enable you to critically analyse multiple theoretical perspectives on educational leadership. The module aims to provide you with a broad theoretical knowledge-base that will enable you to develop a persuasive critical argument that extends and challenges contemporary understanding of leadership practice. The module creates an intellectual space for you to engage in a critical and evaluative discussion of contemporary leadership theories and frameworks as well as their application to educational practice. You will be supported in the enhancement of your conceptual understanding of the multi-faceted nature of leadership with a particular focus on its role in advancing social justice and enacting effective change in national and international contexts.
For this course (per year)
£9,250
For this course (per year)
£18,000
An undergraduate degree (normally a 2.2 or above) in a field related to education or an equivalent qualification acceptable to Edge Hill University. Applicants, who come from a different academic background, which is equivalent to degree level, or have 2 or more years of relevant work experience, are welcome to apply. Or a Masters degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
Edge Hill University has been inspiring minds since 1885 and continues to live up to its ethos of ‘creating opportunity from knowledge’. The university’s commitment to excellence shines through to its cutting-edge research, scholarship opportunities, contemporary facilities and most importantly, its passionate and dedicated teaching staff. Students are empowered to craft their own future, learning in ways that work for them, from expert...more
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