Welcome to the Education MA online event Research-literate practitioners: the place of MA in Education for continuing professional development This event will be starting shortly.
Today: The MA in Education ✚ The reason to do an MA Education ✚ The structure of the programme ✚ The reason to do the MA at the University of Brighton
• Impact: Practitioners as ‘research-literate ’; further explore and deepen Why do an MA in understanding of their practice through enquiry and research Education? • Workplaces: schools and settings as ‘research-rich’ environments • Personal, professional reward • Responsive , flexible, meaningful and related to own practice Programme structure • Critical exploration of theory, policy and practice • Adjacent personal and academic support • Experience and reputation in Education; across institutions, settings and Why study at age phases Brighton? • Tutor expertise and support • Alumni discounts
Professional Development for practitioners who ✚ have experience in education or a related professional field and wish to build on and extend previous study and learning ✚ want to further explore and deepen their understanding of their practice through enquiry and research ✚ want to understand the role of methodology to research their own practice.
Course Aims
Collaboration, Discussion, Presentation and Expert Facilitation
Your journey Continue your masters journey Begin your masters journey ✚ Good honours degree ✚ Degree and recognition of prior learning ✚ 3 years part-time ✚ Five modules ✚ 2 years part-time ✚ Three modules
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 60 credits 60 credits 60 credits KV710 KV741 KV742 KV712 KV713 Engaging in Critical Professional Designing a The Dissertation Postgraduate Study Perspectives on Enquiry Research Proposal (60 credits) (20 credits) Education (20 credits) (40 credits) (40 credits) October – January January – June October – January January – June October – October 6 Saturday Monthly Saturday mornings 9.30am- 12 Thursday 6 Saturday 12 Thursday mornings 9.30am-1.30pm 12.30pm evenings 6-8pm mornings 9.30am- evenings 6-8pm and and two designated 12.30pm two designated Regular student study Saturday mornings Saturday mornings groups and personalised 3000 word supervision assignment due in 6000 word 6000 word January assignment due in 4000 word assignment due in 15000 word dissertation June assignment due in June due in October January
Recent MA Dissertations ✚ Using tablet devices in composition writing ✚ Attachment theory in EYFS practice ✚ 1st generation HEI students ✚ How do students understand the impact of on their self-efficacy to write analytically? ✚ In what ways can teachers support parents to support reluctant readers in year 9? ✚ Why do girls choose to study Computer Science at A-level? ✚ Pedagogies that support students’ talk for reasoning in primary mathematics ✚ Teacher educators’ experiences in HEI ✚ How can I use stimuli to increase ✚ Female student take up of STEM subjects motivation for writing with year 4 students ✚ Exploration of the impact of mathematics ✚ Peer feedback for learning homework on engagement/understanding
Why the University of Brighton? ✚ Established University for Education: 100 years! ✚ Successful MA provision in local and international contexts ✚ A very good knowledge of the local context through our extensive partnership with schools and settings etc ✚ Programming and modules appropriate to education, and designed to complement professional roles and commitments ✚ Tutors are ex-practitioners, hold doctoral qualifications: research, professional expertise and interests are hugely varied across the team. ✚ Competitive finance
Student views “It has given me the space to step back “Having dedicated time for new from the day to day technical aspects of learning, discussion and reflection school life and reflect on the bigger picture of education in the UK and my is vital and who better to do this with place within it. I have really enjoyed the than people who totally understand opportunity to discuss these issues with the context in which you work.” colleagues and having my views of education and teaching practice challenged and changed as a result”. “I have noticed that my thinking and “A thought provoking programme perspective on learning has changed which engages students and gives since beginning the MA- particularly my planning of lessons and understanding of ownership and direction of their own the construction of knowledge”. CPD.”
Fees and funding ✚ Competitive fee structure for the sector; ✚ Recent graduates may be eligible for VC MA Education fees at Brighton are already scholarships worth £3,000 are in the lower half of the sector’s ✚ All alumni are eligible for an early provision for MA Degree courses settlement discount (2.5%) and the 10% ✚ Per 60 credits (each year of study as 60 Alumni discount (for those paying all of credits) £2208 (currently and may be the course fees themselves and not funded subject to small increases, in line with by an employer). inflation) ✚ Students can arrange to pay in instalments . ✚ Government postgraduate loans for 3 year programme (up to £10,000)
Applying Why is the MA the right qualification for ✚ Questions to Programme Leader, Dr you? Soo Sturrock: s.sturrock@brighton.ac.uk ✚ Relates to your current work and context ✚ Application submitted via our portal: brighton.ac.uk/courses/study/ ✚ passion for / interest in an area or education-ma subject ✚ Personalised interview dates and times ✚ professional learning and development ✚ Interviews via Microsoft Teams ✚ future employability ✚ personal challenge and reward
Ask me - happy to help!
Thank you for attending our online event To find out more about this course please visit brighton.ac.uk/courses/study/education-ma If you have any question please email Soo Sturrock S.Sturrock@brighton.ac.uk
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