Overview

Within this Education MA/M.Ed degree from The Open University UK, you’ll have the choice of four specialist routes – learning and teaching; leadership and management; inclusive practice; and applied linguistics. You’ll also have the option to change your specialism after Stage 1, giving you the opportunity to study two specialisms within one qualification. Your final dissertation module (with the exception of the applied linguistics route) gives you the choice of a small-scale inquiry on a topic of your choice, or you can opt to complete an extended literature review and research proposal relevant to your own educational professional interests and practice.

Key features of the course

• Choice: a rich choice of specialisms to suit a range of interests.
• Flexibility: change your specialism after Stage 1 and complete in three or up to six years.
• Optionality: choose from a small-scale inquiry or an extended literature review and research proposal to fit with your own personal and professional circumstances.
• Opportunity: work your way up from a postgraduate certificate and postgraduate diploma to the MA in Education (MA Ed) or Master of Education (MEd). Plus you have the option to count your previous postgraduate study towards this qualification, helping you pay less and finish sooner.
• Engage with issues, concepts and debates that enrich your knowledge and improve your professional practice.
• Develop and consolidate advanced scholarship and independent learning in the context of your own practice.

Career opportunities:

Throughout the world there is an increasing demand for creative, innovative education professionals who have highly developed skills and a deep understanding of learning; in many countries a masters degree is becoming essential for career advancement in education and training settings.

This Education qualification from The Open University UK is designed to enrich your knowledge and improve your professional practice. On completing your studies, you should be able to:

• demonstrate self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems at a professional or equivalent level

• reflect critically and constructively, in the light of ideas and frameworks presented in the modules and how these apply to your practice and organisational context.