Masters of Arts in Education
(Awarded By Canterbury Christ Church University)
School of Education
Awarding Institution
Course Objective
The MA Education is designed for educators, academics, and professionals seeking to advance their careers and make a meaningful impact in education. Combining academic excellence with real-world application and personalised support from experienced academics, the course explores the social, cultural, and political factors shaping education today to develop reflective, research-informed practitioners. Students will critically evaluate educational theories, policies and practices, develop advanced research skills to investigate contemporary issues, apply innovative approaches to curriculum design, teaching and assessment, and examine how to support learners with SEND, while enhancing their leadership, reflection and communication skills for career progression, leadership roles across education, and future doctoral study.
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Year 2
Year 3
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
Deconstructing Education
This module challenges students to critically deconstruct dominant educational practices and re-examine how we learn through alternative theories, lenses, and ideologies.
Challenging Social Inequities through Education
This module examines how education can challenge intersecting inequalities and empowers educators to promote equity, agency, and lifelong learning through socially just curricula and practice.
Professional Knowledge and Understanding of Learners with Special Educational Needs
This module equips students with the practical skills and critical understanding to create inclusive, collaborative learning environments that support learners with SEND to reach their full potential.
Research Methods and Dissertation
This module equips students with the critical, methodological, and ethical foundations to design and conduct independent, impactful educational research.
DELIVERY ASSESSMENTS & AWARDS
May include individual report, reflective assignment/log, presentation, individual assignment, group presentation, group discussion, portfolio, class test, examination, case study, and/or group project.
Note: The course has not been accredited by the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA), the effect of which is that the course will not be recognised as a professional qualification required for the registration of pre-school teachers in Singapore. This condition will be in effect until such time that the PEI provides evidence to SSG that the course has been officially accredited by ECDA.
POTENTIAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Special Education Teacher
Instructional Coach
Educational Consultant.
- Deconstructing Education
- Challenging Social Inequities through Education
- Professional Knowledge and Understanding of Learners with Special Educational Needs
- Research Methods and Dissertation
- Industry, Careers and Enterprise - Client Project
- Dissertation
For detailed information on modules, please click here.
- Duration: 12 months (Full-time) or 12 months (Part-time)
- Average Teacher-Student Ratio: 1 : 30
Applicants should be at least 21 years of age at the time of application
An appropriate Honours degree (minimum 2.2, or equivalent qualification)
IELTS 6.0 / “C” at O Level
Applicants who do not possess the minimum English Language proficiency requirements are required to sit and pass the NIM English Proficiency Test.
- All fees quoted are in Singapore dollars.
- The information above is accurate at the time of publishing.
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