Education

Overview

Discover our range of Education modules for 2020-21 (Please note: these modules reflect revisions following the University’s Education Resilience Framework in response to Covid-19)

Find out about modules available for:

The range of modules offered may change each academic year.

Further information

For further information about this subject, including any pre-requisites, visit the Education subject page.

You can also contact your Subject Adviser.

Stage 1

Find out about Education modules in Stage 1.

Students study either 40 or 60 credits from these modules in Stage 1.

Select the module code for specific module information including the module summary and aims, knowledge and skills you'll gain, and the module leader.

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
EDU1001	Education, Children and Society	20	1
EDU1002	International Development	20	2
EDU1003	British and Comparative Education	20	1
EDU1005	The History of Education	20	2
EDU1006	Education in Developing Countries	20	1
EDU1007	Social Policy and Learning	20	2

Stage 2

Find out about Education modules in Stage 2.

For Stage 2, students choose 40, 60 or 80 credits.

For students taking 80 credits and who wish to complete the dissertation (EDU3001) in Stage 3 they must take EDU2003* at Stage 2.

Please note, that EDU2007 and EDU2010 cannot be taken together**.

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
EDU2001	Psychological Perspectives on Teaching and Learning	20	2
EDU2003*	Introduction to Research in Education (Requirement for EDU3001 Dissertation in Stage 3)	20	2
E‌DU2007**	Invisibility and Different Ways of Being: Educating and nurturing student with special needs (Note: cannot be taken alongside EDU2010)	20	1
EDU2008	Globalisation and Development	20	2
EDU2009	Social Constructions of Childhood	20	1
EDU2010**	Gender and Education (Note: cannot be taken alongside EDU2007)	20	1

Stage 3

Find out about Education modules in Stage 3.

Students continue with either 40, 60, or 80 credits in Stage 3 (as they did at Stage 2).

*The year long 40 credit Dissertation module is 10 credits in Semester 1, plus 30 credits in Semester 2.

Module Code	Module Title	Credit Value	Semester
EDU3001*	Research Dissertation (Pre-requisite EDU2003)	40	1&2
EDU3002	Social Justice and Education	20	2
EDU3005	Philosophy of Education	20	1
EDU3006	Responding to Special Educational Needs	20	2
EDU3007	Developing Creative Thinking through Arts Experience	20	1&2
EDU3008	Child Development	20	1