MA in Education
The Institute of Education offers a wide range of high quality modules oriented to the continuing professional development of teachers, education leaders and other education professionals.
The modules are:
- suitable for both full-time and part-time modes of study
- available to be taken as stand alone modules or to accumulate to a masters or postgraduate diploma qualification
- intended both to strengthen professional practice and to deepen understanding of educational issues.
All students will initially register for the generic Masters in Education and they must complete the core module EDM007: Investigating Education, before proceeding to the dissertation. (N.B. This particular module is offered at two different times during the Spring term.)
Students may also elect to undertake a pathway that gives them a specialism in the title of their Masters. They do this by taking modules to the value of at least 40 credits designated as relating to the specialism and undertaking a dissertation on an appropriate topic.
The current specialist pathways are:
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Early Years (Ear) |
English Education (E) |
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English Language Teaching (ELT) |
Global Futures (GF) |
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Inclusive Education (I) |
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) |
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International Policy and Practice (IPP) |
Leadership and Management (LM) |
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Mathematics Teaching (MT) |
Music Education (Mu) |
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Primary Education (P) |
Successful completion of at least 100 credits relating to a specific pathw
ay may lead to the award of a Masters in Education with the specialism named in the title e.g. Master of Arts in Education (English Education).
The optional modules will vary from year to year, therefore the availability of specialist pathways may not be guaranteed; students will receive full information at the start of the programme.
This programme is truly modular, and all people registered are able to tailor their programme of study to their own interests. There are over 40 modules running in 2010-2011 and we have provided information about each in this prospectus to help you make your selection. Please note that modules will only run if sufficient numbers are recruited.
In addition we also offer an MA in Instrumental Teaching (MAIT)) (see the website: http://www.reading.ac.uk/education )
This programme is supported by the TDA.
In the academic year 2010/11, schools that are part of the University of Reading Initial Teacher Education Partnership are entitled to a number of modules free of University fees. We are able to make this offer because we have a contract with the TDA to provide PPD. This current contract is coming to an end and we done not know the outcome of the PPD funding review.
We received an email from Kevin Warren of the TDA on March 18th 2010 which stated:
The TDA will make continued funding available for a two year period in AY [Academic Year] 2011/12 and AY2012/13. This is to allow PPD participants who start their PPD course during AY2009/10 or AY2010/11 funding to complete their course regardless of the outcome of the PPD funding review.
Our interpretation of this is that we will still have funding for people to begin their Masters programme in the summer term 2011. This funding will cease at the end of the AY 2012/13 and people will then have to pay the standard University fees for taught MA modules from the beginning of the AY 2013/14.
All partnership schools will have been sent details of the Continuing Professional Development Entitlement Scheme for the year 2010/11 as part of their contract with the University. Teachers should talk to their designated CPD coordinator about their professional development needs.
Our commitment to high quality teacher education
At the University of Reading, Institute of Education we are committed to providing quality postgraduate courses for teachers to enable them to meet their personal career aspirations and to have a direct positive impact of the lives of the children and young people in their care.
Further details are available on the Institute of Education website or from Mrs Rosemary Jones, email: r.k.jones@reading.ac.uk, telephone: +44 (0) 118 378 8869.