Program Overview

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Education (Leadership) MA

Overview

The MA Education (Leadership) pathway is designed to meet the interests and professional development needs of a range of professionals who are working in education and related settings, such as health and social care and social services. The programme examines the changing relationship between education policies and leadership practice and explores how to identify, initiate and implement positive change in a range of educational settings.

Course Features

• Online Study Option Available

What You'll Study

• Course content
• Teaching and assessment

The overall focus of the course is on equipping you with comprehensive, theoretical, research-informed knowledge and an understanding of differing educational perspectives and diverse contexts.

Key themes include, educational leadership, the relationship between education policies and leadership practice, and how to lead change in educational settings.

Supporting your personal professional development and enhancing your research skills are essential elements of the course, preparing you for the completion of an independent research report on a relevant topic of your choice.

Compulsory Modules:

• 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.
  • Module code: PRL4061
  • Credits: 60
  • Assessment: 100% Coursework
• Researching Education
  • Develops your understanding and critical appreciation of empirical and desk-based research methodologies, and the relationships and distinctions between them.
  • Module code: PRL4060
  • Credits: 30
  • Assessment: 100% Coursework
• Theorising Education
  • Develops your understanding and critical appreciation of seminal and contemporary educational philosophy and theory and of the approaches to analysis that it demonstrates and enables.
  • Module code: PRL4059
  • Credits: 30
  • Assessment: 100% Coursework
• Leadership of Educational Change
  • Explores educational leadership in relation to identifying, initiating and implementing a positive change in a range of educational settings.
  • Module code: PRL4047
  • Credits: 30
  • Assessment: 100% Coursework
• Educational Leadership in Context
  • Enables you to critically analyse multiple theoretical perspectives on educational leadership.
  • Module code: PRL4046
  • Credits: 30
  • Assessment: 100% Coursework

How You'll Study

The MA Education (Leadership) pathway is available in a variety of modes of study. For example part-time and full-time face-to-face, and online. Online study will only be available in the part-time mode.

Taught sessions are built around dialogue, discussion and collaborative learning, with tutor support and expertise immediately at hand. Teaching is interactive, experiential and innovative, using a variety of technologies to enhance your learning, from presentation tools and virtual classrooms to mixed media, social media and mobile technologies. The programme will be tailored to enable you to focus your learning on your individual interests and professional requirements.

Each 30-credit module may typically involve a weekly session of 3 hours (during the day for full-time and twilight for part-time) and a significant amount of private study, as well as reading and independent research.

How You'll Be Assessed

You will be assessed through a combination of 5,000-word written assignments, project work, portfolios and presentations, as well as a 10,000 word research report and summary. Opportunities to receive formative feedback are embedded into each module.

Who Will Be Teaching You

The programme is delivered by a team of research-active academic staff who have extensive expertise in education and its related disciplines.

The work of the programme team has national and international impact, contributing to and informing education curricula and learning techniques, both in the UK and overseas.

Their research interests include educational policy and practice, educational leadership, educational philosophy as well as research methods and methodologies.

Entry Criteria

• 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.

English Language Requirements

You are expected to have English language proficiency minimally equivalent to overall 6.5 with no element below 6.0.

Facilities

The Faculty of Education enjoys the enviable position of being one of the country’s leading providers of transformative education, training and research for the teaching and education workforce. Housed in a state-of-the-art £9m building, the Faculty of Education enjoys a stunning setting from both its lakeside and piazza buildings.

Facilities in the lakeside building include a 300-seat lecture theatre, five well-equipped ICT suites, and 18 teaching rooms complete with the latest technology.

Our nearby piazza building houses our Research Hub and our Secondary and Further Education department including a lecture theatre and a number of seminar rooms.

Finance

Tuition Fees

• UK Full-Time: £9,250 for the course
• UK Part-Time: £51 per credit for 180 credits
• International: £17,000 for the course

The University may administer a small inflationary rise in tuition fees, in line with Government policy, in subsequent academic years as you progress through the course.

Your Future Career

Preparing you for a wide variety of roles across the education workforce in the UK and internationally, this MA can enhance your professional career opportunities and employability.

On successful completion of the programme, you will be equipped with the knowledge and skills required to make a significant and positive contribution to a range of education settings and education-related contexts.

You will graduate well placed to apply for more senior positions both within your current workplace and with other providers. The skills and experience acquired through this MA will also provide you with essential preparation for progressing onto research qualifications, such as a PhD or Professional Doctorate.