MEd in Education (Transforming Practice) PACES entry only

This course aims to enable the Faculty to:

• Develop excellence in teaching and learning in schools in the UK and beyond through the co-construction and dissemination of knowledge with practitioners;
• Enable practitioners to make a difference through practice development, impact and dissemination, hence building workforce leadership capacity;
• Create a natural progression route to the EdD;
• Integrate practitioners at different stages in their careers in a shared learning space;
• Lead through innovation in higher education pedagogy, including on-line learning;
• Build on the Faculty’s world-class research in the context of UK schools and their communities, thus contributing to the mission and values of the University.

Assessment

Thesis

The thesis will be 12,000 words in length to be submitted in July.

The thesis will be a report on the student’s thesis project, and its evaluation and outcomes. It should end with a critical reflection on the ways in which findings resonate with key literature, policy documents and ideas for future research and practice. The artefact produced through the project will be appended but is not included in the word count.

Essays

The course will be assessed formatively through 3 assignments and summatively through the thesis. The formative assignments will be a 2000 word reflective account, a plan of the thesis/thesis project and an oral presentation.