Online Professional Enquiry Education Degree :: Accredited Universities

This course enables you to contribute to the improvement of practice in your own education setting and the wider education community through engaging in professional enquiry in your own work setting. The taught and distance learning elements are intended to support the development of knowledge and skills in professional enquiry and to allow you to develop your expertise in an area of your choosing.

Course objectives
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The MSc Professional Enquiry in Education seeks to support the development of professionals by fostering the knowledge and skills that you require to improve your practice, work collaboratively with others and respond effectively to changes in your own setting.

This course will enable you to gain a sound understanding of the central themes of relevance to professionalism in the public services, especially those of long-term and contemporary significance. It will enable you to develop and broaden your own practice through analysis, reflection and debate, and become a more competent and reflective practitioner who contributes effectively to your community of practice.

Entry Requirements

A minimum of a second class Honours degree (2.1 preferred) or equivalent in a relevant subject. Applicants without these formal qualifications but with significant appropriate/relevant work/life experience are encouraged to apply.

Students on the course must have access to /be employed in an appropriate work environment (e.g. a school).

English language requirements
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If English is not your first language, you must provide evidence of your proficiency such as a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 (6.0 in all bands).

If you don’t meet the required score you may be able to register for one of our pre-sessional English courses. To register you must hold a conditional offer for your course and have an IELTS score 0.5 or 1.0 below the required standard.

Other Fees

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CSU's Religious and Values Education program is designed to provide teachers of religious and values education with a grounding in biblical, philosophical, ethical, and multi-faith disciplines within religious studies.

Why study this course?

Religious and Values Education is a recent but growing area of activity in Australian schools. Once confined to independent schools operated by religious organisations, Religious and Values Education is increasingly recognised as an important area of public (government) schools that operate on a secular model. In such contexts the emphasis falls on values education rather than religious education, although many schools would allocate the time already mandated for religious education to this area of activity.

CSU’s Master of Arts (Religious and Values Education) offers graduates with prior Education qualifications an opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills in religious and values education. The course is designed to offer a mix of learning opportunities such as policy and context, curriculum content, reflective professional practice, and a project tailored to the student’s own context.

The course offers a series of in-depth learning experiences, beginning with a study of recent national and international trends in religious and values education. A set of subjects then focus on recent developments in major curriculum areas within the broad field of religious and values education including teaching the Bible, teaching philosophy of religion, teaching religious ethics, and teaching world religions. Students complete a semester of reflective professional practice before proceeding to advanced studies in either philosophical and ethical enquiry, or in media, popular culture and the arts. The capstone subject for the course is an individual research project in religious and values education.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must hold an undergraduate degree in Education or a related field. Other applicants may be admitted at the discretion of the Course Coordinator.

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees ($100/course)

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

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The Doctor of Education degree is aimed at experienced educational professionals and sets out to place you at the leading edge of your professional field in terms of knowledge, awareness and understanding.

The professional doctorate is for those who are eager to make substantial and original contributions to the development of educational knowledge in a broad range of settings.

The degree meets the need for the highest levels of professional development and training of both educators and those concerned with educational policy and administration. The prime focus is on the interplay between the multi-dimensional practices of education and scholarship.

The degree is designed to engage current practitioners with knowledge, awareness and understanding of the philosophical, organisational, political, social, managerial, interpersonal, and technical dimensions of schools and other educational institutions.

Exploration of the nexus between theory and practice begins with a series of taught units that will develop you capability to perceive critical issues facing educators and policymakers today through the lens of contemporary and historical research and philosophy. This broad foundation will enable you to hone your specific interests towards the conduct of supervised research that will make an original contribution to your field.

Programme features
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a high-level academic study of a range of educational and professional issues

four tutored units and a supervised research component

will enable you to make a contribution to knowledge through unit assignments, and through your research enquiry

focus on the interplay and relationship between professional practice and scholarship.

Entry Requirements

Academic requirements
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First or 2:1 Honours degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate subject, from a recognised university.

Advanced qualification (MEd, MA or MPhil) in education or a related field. Alternatively, the completion of two Masters level education-focused units at the University of Bath will be considered.

Professional requirements
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Appropriate professional experience in the practice of education or a related field.
English Language requirements
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Certificates must be dated to within two years of the start of the programme of study.

IELTS 7.0 (with not less than 6.5 in each of the four components)

TOEFL 100 (internet-based test) with not less than 24 in each of the components.

References
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Two references are required. At least one of these should be an academic reference.

Other Fees

Part-time fee

Domestic - £2,900

International - £2,900

Notes

This course is available both as part-time and full-time.

Duration
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Full-time EdD (2-5 years)
Part-time EdD (3-8 years)

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The MA in Education is available as a fully online programme for UK and overseas teachers. There are optional face to face action learning workshops available in Carlisle, Lancaster and London.

The MA in Education programme develops participants as practitioner researchers and change agents by providing a framework for professional development. The programme is designed for teachers, lecturers, professional development facilitators, learning support staff, leaders and those with wider roles within adult education and training and the children’s workforce. The programme aims to build knowledge and skills in critical engagement with professional and research literature and the use of systematic enquiry as a powerful, ethical approach to leadership and change in educational settings to raise the achievement and progress of all learners.

The programme enables participants to focus on their specialist areas or current priorities at work by choosing the focus for their assignments within the broad content area of each module and by providing some choice of modules.

Entry Requirements

1st or 2nd class honours degree.

Students with other qualifications may be admitted to the course via APL procedures.

Applicants would normally be currently employed in an educational setting, responsible for the learning of others, or have access to an educational setting. UK based participants joining the programme who are not already working in an educational setting are required to gain DBS clearance, as they will need to access educational settings for their research and enquiry during the programme.

MA in Education (Higher Education) requires previous completion of a PgC in teaching and learning in higher education or equivalent (this is likely to be a course that is accredited by the HE Academy)

MA in Education (Leadership and Management) requires previous completion of NPQH or completion of the Leading Change optional module.

MA in Education (Leadership in Special Educational Needs) requires previous completion of a PgC National Award for SEN Co-ordination programme.

Other Fees

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Join a programme for practitioners who lead and support learning in educational settings;

Make a direct and positive contribution to teaching, learning and educational practice;

Tailor the programme to suit your own needs by focusing two thirds of the award on a particular area of practice;
Study part-time at a pace to suit you or on a one year full-time basis.

This innovative MA has the provision of exceptional education as its key aim. It is fully focused on the impact of outstanding practice on the outcomes and achievements of learners. This programme provides a structure for professional development and a means of evaluating and successfully improving current 'best' practice which informs and drives outstanding 'next' practice. Designed to instil an ethos of lifelong learning in those involved in leading and supporting education, the programme will equip you with skills, knowledge and understanding to evaluate existing practice, develop practice and immerse yourself in enquiry-based research.

Entry Requirements

To join the full-time programme, you should be an experienced practising teacher, lecturer or educational practitioner and have an undergraduate degree or equivalent in any subject. For international students, a minimum IELTS score of 6.0 is also required.

All applicants for the full-time programme will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS, previously CRB) Enhanced Disclosure indicating that you meet the mandatory criteria of 'Clearance to Work with Children and/or Vulnerable Adults'. Candidates should not seek to obtain this before applying to the course.

To join the part-time route,you should be a practising professional, working as a teacher, lecturer or practitioner within an educational setting, and have an undergraduate degree or equivalent.

Applicants who do not meet these requirements, may also be considered on an individual basis, in consultation with the Programme Leader

Other Fees

Notes

Only part-time course is available for online study.

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