MA SEND and Inclusive Educatio - University of R

Tuition Fee

GBP 17,325

Per year

Start Date

Medium of studying

Duration

12 months

Program Facts

About Program

About University

Admission Requirements

Easy Apply

Program Facts

Program Details

Degree

Masters

Major

Special Education | Teacher Training

Area of study

Education

Timing

Full time

Course Language

English

Tuition Fee

Average International Tuition Fee

GBP 17,325

About Program

Program Overview

This MA program explores the education of children and young people with learning difficulties, disabilities, and other needs, challenging exclusion and aiming to enable their participation and empowerment. It provides a critical understanding of inclusive education, additional needs, and SEND in practice and policy, equipping graduates for careers in teaching, advisory work, SEND coordination, and more. The program offers flexible study options, drawing on active research and scholarship in the field.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This MA program explores the education of children and young people with learning difficulties, disability, and other needs. It challenges exclusion, aiming to enable the participation and empowerment of all.

Objectives:

To develop a critical understanding of inclusive education, additional needs, and SEND in practice and policy.
To explore the connections between issues, perspectives, and debates in theory, policy, and practice.
To gain a broad overview of the field of inclusive education both internationally and in the UK.
To develop knowledge and understanding of research both broadly and at a course-specific level.

Outline:

Structure:

The program can be taken full-time (1 year) or part-time (2-4 years).
It is offered as an MA, PGDip, or PGCert.
The MA requires 180 credits, the PGDip 120 credits, and the PGCert 60 credits.

Course Schedule:

Modules are taught on weekday evenings and some Saturdays.
Social and Educational Research: This module develops knowledge and understanding of research both broadly and at a course-specific level.
Perspectives and Issues in Inclusive Education: This module provides a broad foundation for learning and studying inclusion, additional needs, and SEND.

Other Optional Modules (Cross-listed):

Power in Education and Society: Discourses of Difference
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Excellence: from Glass Ceilings to Sticky Floors
Building Communities of Learning for Pupils and Practitioners

Optional Modules (SENDIE):

Autism: Principles, Practices, and Perspectives
Social-Emotional Dimensions of Education and Wellbeing
Person-Centred Inclusive Practice: Applying Critical and Social Pedagogies

Independent Study Module:

Independent Study: This module provides a flexible opportunity for students to study a specific area of interest within the field of the program, extend their study on a taught module, or critically describe and reflect on practice learning undertaken in the course of a practical work placement.

Assessment:

Assessment Methods:

The program utilizes a variety of assessment methods, including:
Dissertation
Essays
Presentations
Reflective journals
Practical tasks

Assessment Criteria:

Students are assessed on their ability to:
Demonstrate a critical understanding of inclusive education, additional needs, and SEND.
Apply theoretical knowledge to practical situations.
Conduct research and analyze data.
Communicate effectively in written and oral form.

Teaching:

Teaching Methods:

The program employs a variety of teaching methods, including:
Lectures
Seminars
Group work
Case studies
Guest speakers

Faculty:

All lecturers leading modules on the program have high-level specialist qualifications, teaching, and leadership experience in the field of education and inclusion.

Unique Approaches:

The program is informed by active research and scholarship in the field of inclusion, SEN, and disability theory and practice.
It draws on different disciplinary traditions and approaches to theory and practice within the field of inclusion, SEN, and disability.
It is underpinned by rights-based, justice-based, and equalities-based principles and a rejection of deficit-based approaches to difference.

Careers:

Potential Career Paths:

Teaching
Advisory work
SEND coordination
Inclusion management
Support work
Policymaking
Implementation and development of inclusion
Developing the inclusion and SEND workforce
Research

Opportunities:

The program prepares graduates to develop their careers in education practice and leadership.
It provides the skills and knowledge necessary to move into a career in policymaking, implementation, and development of inclusion.
It equips graduates to undertake a doctorate and move into a career in research.

Outcomes:

Graduates will be confident, agile, independent thinkers with the ability to adapt rapidly to change.
They will be able to engage with aspects of theory, policy, and practice relevant to international and local contexts.
They will be able to work effectively with children and young people with learning difficulties, disabilities, disadvantages, or other additional needs.

Other:

The program has an international profile and brings together those who have significant professional experience working with children and young people with learning difficulties, disabilities, disadvantages, or other additional needs.
The program is designed to be a valuable career boost for classroom teachers and other inclusion or SEND professionals.
The program is delivered to fit around existing commitments.
Roehampton University is ranked 2nd in London for research quality in Education by the 2023 Complete University Guide.

MA SEND and Inclusive Education