Science Teacher Researchers and Practitioners
Part time Master in Education (MEd) only
The Science focussed MEd is a blended learning route consisting of both online and 'face to face' components. Faculty based 'face to face' teaching takes place during Saturday conferences and in one to one tutorials by individual arrangement. We use both synchronous and asynchronous online teaching sessions and have a dedicated CAMtools site which acts as a repository for teaching materials and also use a range of Web 2.0 tools for online teaching sessions.
Route Aims and Objectives
Our aim is to engage in scholarly activity in the pursuit of high standards in the provision of the service of science teaching through ensuring that our practice is rooted in and continually informed by a scholarly base.
The objectives of the route are to:
- understand and be able to discuss ,with confidence, the debates surrounding the education of young people and science education in particular;
- become familiar with an appropriate range of intellectual and methodological traditions within educational research;
- become skilled and critical readers of educational research;
- develop in depth knowledge of a substantive area of education and educational research;
- develop the capacity to frame research questions and devise appropriate research designs;
- develop confidence and competence in using a range of both qualitative and quantitative approaches to gathering, analysing and interpreting evidence;
- develop skills in presenting research-based evidence and argument;
- gain practical experience of educational research through conducting a school based investigation.
- create new knowledge about authentic school based contexts
Our Students
Our students are predominantly former Secondary Science PGCE students in their second year of teaching who are eligible to progress into the second year of the Masters programme. However we also teach students who are more experienced classroom teachers who will take two years to complete their Masters degree.
Most of our students teach in local partner schools although others are based in London. Several travel considerable distances for Saturday face to face conferences and tutorials.
An example of the programme for a 'Face to Face' Faculty based conference
An example of individual student preparation for a synchronous on- line session
Application process and Fees
For more information on the application process, fees and entry requirements please see the MEd pages.
The Core Teaching Team for 2010 – 2011 will be:
Elaine Wilson
(Route Co-ordinator)
ew208@cam.ac.uk
Elaine's research interests are in teacher growth and learning and more recently in teacher well being.
Mark Winterbottom
mw244@cam.ac.uk
Mark's research interests are in assessment for learning, teacher well being and the use of Interactive White Boards.
Sara Hennessey
sch30@cam.ac.uk
Sara's research focuses on pedagogy related to educational uses of ICT (Information and Communications Technology)
Ros McLellan
rwm11@cam.ac.uk
Ros's research is in the areas of motivation and creativity.
Alison Fox
arcf100@cam.ac.uk
Alison's research focus is on teacher learning and networks in work places.
James de Winter
jad26@cam.ac.uk
James's research interests are in e-learning.
Other staff include:
Kris Stutchbury
For further information contact: Elaine Wilson [ew208@cam.ac.uk]