About Advanced Educational Practice, MA - at University College London (UCL)

This programme will:

• focus professionally on a wide range of subjects within the field of education and related areas
• allow you to study themed modules within the areas of reflective practice, leadership and management, inclusion and/or your own chosen theme
• support previous professional development within your own setting
• enable you to meet and share ideas with other educational professionals.

Features

This masters degree provides the opportunity to:

• study on a flexible basis at the IOE, offsite with a cohort of students from a cluster of schools, or at a distance
• transfer credits from courses taken at other institutions, or from an IOE PGCE programme
• build your own learner-centred programme using modules from a range of IOE programmes, which can meet your school's needs and/or respond to Ofsted action plans
• work with a diverse learning community including graduate diploma students.

Who is this programme for?

Teachers, teaching assistants, educational administrators, lecturers, educational psychologists and other professionals working in education.

Entry requirements

A good first degree or a teaching qualification with appropriate practical experience. Applicants with alternative qualifications may wish to consider the graduate diploma route

Examples of core topics

• Assessing colleagues' learning
• Exploring the role of the tutor
• Developing leaders
• Curriculum design and development
• Action research: contexts and issues
• Widening leadership
• Supporting learning
• Nurture group practice.

How are you assessed?

By coursework assignments of up to 5,000 words, with portfolio or presentation options for some modules, and a 20,000-word dissertation or 10,000-word report.

Attendance

Mixed mode, including face-to-face daytime, evening or weekend sessions and online learning.

Where do our students go?

Graduates of this masters degree are currently working as:

• senior leaders, headteachers and principals
• doctors, nurses and social workers supporting learning
• support staff in schools and colleges
• tutors and lecturers in further and higher education.

Recommended modules

• Assessing Colleagues' Learning (M-level)
• Developing Leaders (M-level)
• Developing The Role Of The Higher Or Further Education Tutor (M-level)
• Independent Study (M-level)
• Reading Recovery In Primary Literacy Leadership (RRiPLLe)
• Supporting Learners And Learning (M-level)
• Teacher As Author - Curriculum Design And Development (M-level)
• Teaching Children In Reading Recovery
• The Action Researcher: Exploring Issues And Contexts (M-level)
• Understanding The Theory & Practice Of Nurture Groups (M-level)
• Widening Leadership (M-level)

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Entry requirements for this course

Contact University College London (UCL) to find course entry requirements.

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