MA in Education: Learning and Teaching

The MA in Education: Learning and Teaching is a part-time route to a Masters degree for teachers and other graduate educational professionals.

This practical and relevant course will provide you with the opportunity to deepen and boarden your knowledge, skills and understanding of the issues surrounding learning and teaching. 

Most people take a part-time Masters degree over a period of three years. In the first two years, you will choose a 60 credit course each year from our Postgraduate Certificate courses. If you already have 60 credits from previous study in the last five years you may go straight into the second year of the programme.

In your third year, you will undertake a Professional Enquiry, in your own school or setting, instead of the traditional dissertation.  Assessment of this enquiry is broken down into four submissions at two submission points to spread the demands of this course over the academic year.

Programme Aims

The MA aims to:

• enable you to gain a valuable qualification that demonstrates a deeper understanding of the complex field of learning and teaching
• deliver inspiring ideas and provide a platform for discussion
• give you the opportunity to reflect on your own practice within a national and international context
• provide you with the opportunity to share ideas with other colleagues from different schools and local authorities

Programme Structure

The MA is structured as follows:

* or previous approved M-level credit can be carried forward (e.g. from NPQH or M level accredited PGCE)

Find our more about our Postgraduate Certificates

The Professional Enquiry

The Professional Enquiry begins with taught sessions on research methods in the autumn term to provide you with the background you need for a study to be taken in your own school or setting. A personal tutor will help you decide on a topic for your enquiry, and will provide you with specialist support.

Fee for the Professional Enquiry for 2013/2014 is £1,725

Dates for the Professional Enquiry for 2012 - 2013 were as follows:

You will be placed in either Cohort 1 or Cohort 2.

How to Apply

• Request more information
• Download an application form

    Please return your completed application form and supporting documents to:

• The Admissions Office, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH.

Enquiries

For specific enquiries about the MA in Education: Learning and Teaching please contact us on:

• Tel: +44 (0) 116 252 3656
• Email: cpdinfo@le.ac.uk