International Education (Teaching) MA

About the course

This course focuses on supporting you as educators to further develop and enhance your teaching skills, in line with the view that teaching should now be considered a Masters’ level qualification.

Educators from international contexts will be supported to continue to develop and enhance their skills, in the context of a lifelong learning approach to the continuous professional development needs of educators. You will be exposed to global trends and thinking in relation to issues that teachers face in schools.

You will engage with theorists from a variety of disciplines, and explore how they influence the policy and practice of schools. While studying, you will also be supported to develop the skills to become a reflective practitioner, considering their strengths, and how they can continue to develop their skills.

Reflection will be underpinned by a range of opportunities to observe practice in UK settings. A range of visits will be organised for students to begin to explore how schools in the UK are run. A substantial observational placement will also be organised within one of the units, giving students an opportunity to explore in greater depth the processes that inform the pedagogical decisions that teachers in schools in the UK make.