Program Overview

Educational Aims of the Programme

1. To develop informed, knowledgeable, outstanding teachers, espousing creativity and research-informed teaching through deliberate practice;
2. To develop students' critical reflection and reflexivity within the field of education and schooling, through analysis, synthesis and evaluation of evidence, theory and practice;
3. To enable students to access, assess and effectively apply educational research, advanced scholarship and new insights from the discipline of education (and other related disciplines) in the classroom;
4. To develop an understanding of the factors that influence effective, inclusive curriculum design and pedagogy and impact on pupils/learners;
5. To provide opportunity for students to achieve their full academic potential at Level 7, through study encouraging self-motivation, self-awareness and application of initiative
6. To encourage professional accountability informed by an understanding of evidence based practice;