Education University of Hull

Overview

The Education MA programme from University of Hull Online Key Facts:

It’s never been so important to be involved in Education. Your current role, whether you’re a nursery nurse or a policy maker, a teacher or a museum education officer, is pivotal in shaping our future world.

We live in a time of rapid change, and education is at the heart of that process. We all face shared challenges posed by climate change, economic crises, and sustainability, to name a few. On top of these, the Coronavirus pandemic has forced everyone – in a relatively intensive amount of time – to completely re-examine teaching and learning as we know it.

However, in the face of such trials, it’s important to remember that as an educator you have the ability to influence and develop our society for the better.

This Masters course at University of Hull Online is designed to guide and empower you to rise to the demands of our time. It is informed by evidence of best practice, and built upon robust theoretical perspectives and the latest innovations in education.

As a student of this programme, you’ll be able to draw from your own experiences to supplement your studies, so that you can then transfer your learnings directly back into your career.

You’ll be encouraged to think creatively, and learn how to approach your practice from an international perspective that still supports your local context and its needs.

You can expect to:

• Study the purpose of education and its place within a complex system of histories, politics, geographies, economies, and potential futures

• Understand the potential of education in promoting and enabling social justice, sustainable development, and lifelong learning

• Adopt and refine a systematic, critical, and rigorous approach to being an educator in your specific context, informed from a global education mindset

• Examine the opportunities created for teachers and learners within an ever-evolving landscape of educational technologies and learning spaces

• Learn about the interdependent, cyclical nature of education and research as a social process, where translational research exists at the heart of best practice