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MA Education (History)

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year - 5 years

Masters Degree Description

In the Education (History) MA, you will explore educational, political and philosophical debates that have influenced curriculum and the learning and teaching of history in schools, colleges and related settings. You will be encouraged to critically reflect on principles, practices and issues that shape and relate to policy and professional practice in history education and to develop theorised and evidence-informed perspectives on policy and practice.

Entry Requirements

A minimum of a second-class UK Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard and a developed interest in history education (usually evidenced by teaching experience or by experience related to education).

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Graduates of this course are currently working across a broad range of areas. Some are working as teachers, senior leaders in schools in the UK and internationally, while others work in a range of other educational settings and for governments in curriculum design and related areas.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Curriculum Research and Development in History
  • What is Education?
  • Dissertation on Education
  • Education and Identities: Citizenship, Rights, Narratives
  • The Holocaust in the Curriculum
  • Curriculum Development: Issues and Principles
  • Assessment: Issues and Practice
  • Educational Testing
  • Curriculum, Policy and Practice
  • Global Learning: Principles and Theoretical Perspectives
  • Transforming the Geography Curriculum
  • Understanding Mathematics Education
  • Mathematics for Teachers
  • Supporting Learners and Learning
  • Feminist approaches to knowledge and pedagogy
  • Independent Study
  • Developing Mentoring Practices
  • The Action Researcher: Exploring Contexts and Issues
  • Teaching Controversial Issues
  • Education for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Policy and Practice
  • Educating Teachers
  • Professional agency and teacher activism
  • Multilingual Perspectives on Education (MPE)
  • Teacher as Author: Curriculum Design and Development
  • East Asian Philosophies of Education (EAPE)
  • The Future of Education
  • Communicating Knowledge: Possibilities and Opportunities

Optional modules

  • Education and Identities: Citizenship, Rights, Narratives
  • The Holocaust in the Curriculum
  • Curriculum Development: Issues and Principles
  • Assessment: Issues and Practice
  • Educational Testing
  • Curriculum, Policy and Practice
  • Global Learning: Principles and Theoretical Perspectives
  • Transforming the Geography Curriculum
  • Understanding Mathematics Education
  • Mathematics for Teachers
  • Supporting Learners and Learning
  • Feminist approaches to knowledge and pedagogy
  • Independent Study
  • Developing Mentoring Practices
  • The Action Researcher: Exploring Contexts and Issues
  • Teaching Controversial Issues
  • Education for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Policy and Practice
  • Educating Teachers
  • Professional agency and teacher activism
  • Multilingual Perspectives on Education (MPE)
  • Teacher as Author: Curriculum Design and Development
  • East Asian Philosophies of Education (EAPE)
  • The Future of Education
  • Communicating Knowledge: Possibilities and Opportunities
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