MPhil in Education (Primary Education) 24 months Postgraduate Programme By University of Cambridge |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

24 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

17,253 GBPTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

16 May, 2024Application Deadline

Programme overview

Main Subject

Education and Training

Degree

MPhil

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The part-time Primary Education route is intended for education professionals, policy makers and researchers at any stage of their career. Many students have relevant international experience and interests. We aim to fuse research and theoretical understanding about primary or elementary education with current priorities in policy and practice.
On the Primary Education Masters course you will have the opportunity to:
  • enhance your educational understanding and practice through critical reflection, study and research;
  • critically engage with the best quality national and international educational research that has relevance to primary education;
  • carry out an individual and collaborative critical enquiry into significant educational issues and practice; and
  • develop your thinking in order to contribute to informed policy and practice analysis and improvement in the primary phase and your own work setting.
The educational aims are:
  • to examine the theoretical frameworks used in the study of education and its constituent disciplines;
  • provide training in research methods appropriate to education;
  • advance students' capacity for professional reflection and judgement;
  • cater for a range of specialists interested within the field of education or one of its constituent disciplines.
Course modules:
  • Critical perspectives on primary education policy and practice
  • Creative approaches to the curriculum
  • Pedagogy, talk and learning
  • The school and communities
(Note: Pairs of modules run on a rolling programme. In 2024-2025 the course modules will be the top two on the above list and in 2025-2026, the bottom two modules)

Programme overview

Main Subject

Education and Training

Degree

MPhil

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The part-time Primary Education route is intended for education professionals, policy makers and researchers at any stage of their career. Many students have relevant international experience and interests. We aim to fuse research and theoretical understanding about primary or elementary education with current priorities in policy and practice.
On the Primary Education Masters course you will have the opportunity to:
  • enhance your educational understanding and practice through critical reflection, study and research;
  • critically engage with the best quality national and international educational research that has relevance to primary education;
  • carry out an individual and collaborative critical enquiry into significant educational issues and practice; and
  • develop your thinking in order to contribute to informed policy and practice analysis and improvement in the primary phase and your own work setting.
The educational aims are:
  • to examine the theoretical frameworks used in the study of education and its constituent disciplines;
  • provide training in research methods appropriate to education;
  • advance students' capacity for professional reflection and judgement;
  • cater for a range of specialists interested within the field of education or one of its constituent disciplines.
Course modules:
  • Critical perspectives on primary education policy and practice
  • Creative approaches to the curriculum
  • Pedagogy, talk and learning
  • The school and communities
(Note: Pairs of modules run on a rolling programme. In 2024-2025 the course modules will be the top two on the above list and in 2025-2026, the bottom two modules)

Admission Requirements

110+
3.6+
7.5+
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK High II.i Honours Degree.

16 May 2024
24 Months
Oct

  • Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance

Domestic
6,777 GBP
International
17,253 GBP

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