Entry requirements

2:2 undergraduate degree (or equivalent), along with experience of working in an educational setting.

English language requirements

You can find out more about our English language requirements. This course requires the following:

Band B
IELTS score to 7 overall, no more than two components at 6.0/6.5 & rest 7.0+

Months of entry

September

Course content

This short course will allow you to develop an understanding of educational change and improvement from a research and practical perspective, and look at how that can impact teaching and learning outcomes. Suitable for teachers, researchers and administrators, you will be comparing evaluating and critiquing international reform efforts and developing knowledge about the dynamics of leading improvement as a strategy for change.

The course may also be used as a bridge course towards applying for the MA Educational Leadership and Management.

Skills from this degree

Understand competing paradigms and methodologies in educational research
Ability to examine the relationship between quantitative and qualitative research methods
Identify theoretical and methodological grounds on which education research is based
Analyse the relationship between research questions, method and methodology
Assess the efficiency and effectiveness of educational research from different perspectives and methodologies
Gain familiarity with different research practices and conduct ‘micro’ studies in the practice of educational research