There was a very good balance of group and whole class interaction. I felt able to participate during sessions and was encouraged to share experiences.
Important information
This course is only available as a one-year part-time course to students who have already completed their PGCE or PACES course at the Faculty of Education. Otherwise, please apply for the two-year part-time course.
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| Route Co-ordinator: Julie Alderton | Part-time enrolled 22-23: 6 (2year MEd), 5 (PGCEM) |
| Open to: Part-time only; 2year MPhil, PGCE-MEd and PACES-MEd |
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| 2year MPhil deadline: 16/05/2024 | PGCE-MEd and PACES-MEd deadline: 16/05/2024 |
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Overview of the course
The Primary Masters is intended for education professionals, policy makers and researchers at any stage of their career. We aim to fuse research, theoretical and practical understandings of primary/elementary educational contexts.
Enhance your educational thinking and practice
The course is designed to enable you to enhance your educational thinking and practice through critical reflection, study and research. Students, therefore, participate in both substantive...
Why choose us?
What does this course offer?
How is the course organised?
PGCE-M and PACES-MEd students complete the Master of Education (MEd course) in one year part-time.
2 year MPhil students complete the course over two years, part-time. This course includes Primary Education and Research Methods sessions.
Each year there are two Primary Education modules and these run as a rolling programme (the top two will run in 2024-2025).
Course Attendance
Part-time study
Course sessions take place on Wednesday afternoons from 2 – 7pm.
Primary Education sessions run from 4:30-7pm, with two longer conference sessions (one in the first term and one in the summer).
Research Methods sessions (RMS) are on Wednesdays from 2-7pm.
Typically there are four or five RMS sessions and five Primary Education sessions in the first two terms. There are additional supervisions to support your study.
Research Methods Strand
Alongside the modules you will benefit from 32 hours of Research Methods teaching.
This is taught across all thematic Masters within the Faculty of Education, allowing you to interact with others on different courses.
It covers a broad range of social science research methods and is essential for Masters level understanding and critical engagement with the research literature in many specialist areas and in education more generally.
Through this strand you wil...
Who are the course team?
The course is staffed by a team of established faculty members who provide teaching and supervision. Other colleagues also contribute one-off lectures:
Where do our students go?
After finishing the Primary Masters course students have continued to pursue a variety of professional and academic careers.
These include continuation and progression within classroom and senior leadership roles, as well as further academic study.
Many students have continued to collaborate with us through engaging as partners in research, and contributing to Faculty teacher education programmes.
What our students say
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