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Masters in Education from Oxford Brookes University
St. George's School is the Mediterranean Centre for several prestigious
professional development courses run by Oxford Brookes University. The
flag ship is the Masters in Education choosing between a Curriculum
or Management Track. Teachers coming to work at St. George's will be
afforded opportunities for first class professional development.
Sharing Experience…….Improving Practice
Enhance your professional knowledge, understanding and practice while studying for an internationally recognised postgraduate degree at a leading Oxford university.
- Study part-time around 9 days per year (in 3 sessions) in Rome, supported by on-line learning
- Follow a programme designed to meet the needs of professionals working in education in an international context in Europe
- Enjoy flexibility of study enabling you to complete the part-time course within two and five years of enrolment
- Accredit prior learning which has taken place within the last five years
- Get up to date with recent research, develop your research skills and carry out research in your own school context
- Follow core modules in education research and reflective professional development
- Select modules which focus on either curriculum or management
- Undertake a dissertation in your chosen area of specialisation
Typical MA course
- *Managing People in Schools Or Teaching & Learning
- Action Research Project
- Strategic Management Or Principles & Practice in Curricula
- Educational Research
- Two Dissertations
What are the modules?
Managing People in Schools analyses the management
of people in a mixed-culture environment. It combines theoretical perspectives
with practical concerns about staff management and development in schools.
Teaching and Learning examines some of the perspectives on and research issues in a number of the key areas in the study of curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment. It explores research into learning and teaching and encourages students to relate these to their own learning and their own concepts of an educational curriculum.
Action Research Project (2 module credits) allows you, in consultation with tutors, to focus on an aspect of your current practice or that of your school and devise an intervention or an evaluation. It is a practice-led module but you will be expected to consider your approach in the light of the literature in your chosen area.
Reflective Professional Development will introduce you to methods of critical enquiry, develop your reflective practice and provide an opportunity for systematic review of progress during the first year of the course. This module will provide an introduction to skills of critical enquiry and will be the means by which the coherence and progression of your experience of the course will be explored and documented. The creative use of journals, blogs, visual evidence and other recording approaches will be considered from the outset.
Strategic Management in Education builds on the experience of course members as observer of, and participants in the processes of management in international schools. It considers organisational behaviour, governance, strategic planning and accountability.
Principles & Practice in Curricula explores the ways in which curriculum, teaching and learning theories are translated into effective international school education. It enables students to consider ways to develop the curriculum and enhance and monitor learning and teaching experiences in school. Staff development and the management of continuing professional development are also discussed.
Educational Research will develop knowledge of a range of research approaches, methods and techniques and consider ethics in education research. You will have an opportunity to develop your own research skills through preparatory work for the dissertation study.
Dissertation (3 module credits) will involve students
in investigative or literature-based research and will comprise one
third of the work for the degree (20,000 words). Students will be expected
to demonstrate the ability to define a clearly focused research issue,
as well as a wide appreciation of the context of the chosen topic. Research
methods may vary considerably and the participant will work with individual
supervision to evolve a methodology appropriate to the chosen topic.
The subsequent inquiry should be based on systematic reading and data
collection (as appropriate) and be accompanied by an awareness of the
implications of the research to other research in the area.
Professional Development
Professional Development is a difficult issue in International schools. St. George's have addressed this by teaming up with Oxford Brooke's University to become a centre for their MA in Education course, plus many other CPD courses. We expect several teachers to join the MA programme and all teachers to gain from the shorter courses. St. George's believes that this is a key way to attract and retain great staff and how to make them even better.
Oxford Brookes is one of the UK's leading universities.
Visit the section of their website that gives more details of the MA programme.