What will I learn?

Our well-established part-time MA Education course is about extending your understanding of teaching theory and practice.The course is designed for those who are teaching or are spending a significant part of each week supporting teaching and learning.It aims to have a direct impact on your teaching approaches and help you to become a more rounded, reflective practitioner.The course focuses on the key educational processes that underpin learning, teaching, and the positive management of change.You will develop your understanding of current policy, theory, and research and consider how these relate to your day-to-day practice.The MA Education at the University of East London is not purely theoretical. All of the teaching sessions and assignments are designed to support you in developing your practice. You will study theories of teaching and learning - how people learn, what motivates them to learn, and how to create independent learners. Modules also cover ways to support the specific needs of individual learners, and how to plan, implement, and evaluate changes in practice.The course uses an approach to learning that involves a four-stage process: needs analysis, planning, learning and development, and continuous evaluation. This approach might relate to your own practice or be used to identify and plan changes on a whole school basis.The work you carry out during this course will help you to demonstrate the knowledge and skills required of senior leaders in schools and other organisations in the area of education.This MA degree demonstrates that you are able to think and function at a higher level, which means that you are more likely to be selected and recruited for promotion.The research skills you develop on this course are also highly sought after in the current climate.