MA Education

This course is a development, if you like, of undergraduate studies. It allows the consolidation of theory and practice in education. So it generally attracts people who have worked in education for a number of years. Whether that’s school teachers, headteachers, leaders within schools, within colleges, nursery settings, people who want to learn a little bit more about education. And the education itself can be formal or informal. We attract a lot of students with diverse approaches and research ideas as well. So I think with the staff team and the expertise within the staff team and also within the class setting in terms of the students experience, because we get so many different students from different areas, the diversity of the discussions are fantastic. So it really helps to draw on that knowledge that they already have and then build their schemas of knowledge around education that takes it further. So some students look at the M.A. to go into leadership positions within an educational establishment. So they may well become a lead within the PE department or lead within the nursery setting, or possibly in a middle management senior leadership within colleges as well, and or for headteachers as well. So it's not limiting that. However, so far my experience has been that it's more about individual development and that self-development, that the students can realize something else, that they didn't know about themselves and that they can do it. And I think there is that that keenness, if you like, to learn more about the world. Okay, I've done this. I've got my my undergraduate degree. I've worked for a few years. What's next? And I think there is that that passion that drives to learn about education. And also because of the nature of the course, you can specialize the subject areas. You look at and research into. Because of that, I believe students become empowered by that self knowledge, but also in that particular area of research or study that maybe hasn't been looked at and it may well link to that practice or not. So it might be just, you know, a little bit of a topic that's sort of been mulling in the back of their minds. You know, I really want to look into that. I t's always fazed me. I'd like to know a little bit more about that. And so that enables them to become a specialist in that area. At Marjon Plymouth, we offer the M.A. with all three pathways and those three pathways, or the generic pathway where you focus on education, you've then got to the leadership coaching leadership pathway and then you've also got the disability pathway and all three pathways give you and me, but it allows you to then focus on those specialisms a little bit more, you know, and it tailors to interest at the moment. our Disability Pathways, for example, is incredibly popular, and I think that says something about our culture and society at the moment. With all three of those courses here at Plymouth, we offer them full and part time. So full time is over the course of one year where you will have what we currently have timetabled sessions, a twilight session every every three weeks say through the year. Plus we have Saturday workshops. If you're studying part time you would study a mixture of both depending on the semester over a two year period. Marjon has a unique community feel the small classes, the fact that tutors know students' names. There's an ethos that's very Marjon and that acceptance and kindness. And I think that when you're looking for somewhere to feel that you belong Marjon is that place.