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MA - Master of Arts
Distance Learning Campus
Part Time
Sep 2026
2 Year
Explore how to research, design and implement a transformative artefact, product or system for education. You’ll enhance your existing practice as an education stakeholder.
As part of this course, you’ll:
Develop the knowledge and skills to research, design and implement an ethically sound transformative artefact, product or system for education
Evaluate research designs
Understand and critically reflect on educational research dilemmas in relation to context and use of research methodologies
Analyse the ideas of values, ethics and inclusion in the diverse context of education
Select appropriate data collection methods to address research questions or problems relevant to education in your area
Devise and sustain arguments through reflecting on theory, research, policy and practice
Your professional practice
This course will enable you to enhance, update, or renew your professional practice. You could be an education stakeholder and/or working in any role in education or the education sector, including a class teacher, training provider or a university lecturer. You’ll develop a critical analysis of, and informed decision-making around, the design and implementation of a transformation in education. The practical, developmental focus means this course will be relevant to your practice as an educator, no matter your geographical location.
Study integrity and ethics in educational and professional contexts, particularly in relation to undertaking research within education. This module has been developed to provide conceptual clarity around educational research. You’ll be exposed to ethical dilemmas and ethical decision-making as researchers and educators.
Engage with the processes of understanding and evaluating methods used in educational research. You’ll be equipped with the skills to apply relevant qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, with a focus on settings and accurately and critically reporting research outcomes. This module will introduce you to ontology and epistemology, and how to locate relevant methodological approaches within these spheres.
This module will introduce you to educational research and support you in designing, managing and carrying out research projects in educational contexts. You’ll develop research literacy and management skills that will enable you to read reports of educational research with understanding and insight and assess its the strengths and weaknesses. This module will encompass concepts of self-management such as time management and locates your individual research practice within the wider context of organised research activity.
Undertake a significant element of educational transformation within your influence. You’ll formally present the process and findings of an ethically sound, considered research and professional practice.
The tuition fee for students entering in 2027/28 is £49.50 per credit. The total number of credit points for this course is 180. The fee you pay may differ based on the number of credit points you study.
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