Educational Studies

Entry requirements

Normally a first degree (or equivalent) and professional teacher training in education or a related profession, eg social work, nursery nursing, clinical nursing. (Recognition is also given for professional experience with extra weighting given to experience in a promoted post.)

Months of entry

September

Course content

You will complete six courses: four core courses and two courses chosen from a range of options. In addition, you will complete a dissertation supported by a supervisor who is allocated on the basis of their expertise in the topic chosen by you.

Core courses

• Modern educational thought
• Introduction to educational and social research
• Seminar on contemporary issues
• Advanced educational research

Optional courses
These are chosen from a range (which may vary from year to year) including

• International & Comparative Education
• Advanced Educational Research
• Social, Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties
• The Learner & the Curriculum
• Developing Literacy
• Highly Able Pupils
• Inclusive Classrooms, Inclusive Pedagogies
• The Evolving Concept of Inclusion
• Work-Related Learning
• Curriculum Development in Adult Education
• The Psychology of Adult Learning
• International Issues in Adult Education
• Perspectives of Youth & Young Adulthood
• Young People, Learning & Development
• Educational Psychology
• Developmental Psychology

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Information for international students

IELTS 6.5 (with no subtest less than 6) iBT TOEFL 92 (with no less than 21 in Listening & writing, 22 in reading, 23 in speaking) Cambridge ESOL Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) - B minimum or Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) - C minimum

Fees and funding

http://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/educationalstudiesmed/

Qualification and course duration

MEd

Assessment

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