Course Content
First Year
Block 1: An Introduction to Education: History and Academic Discipline
Block 2: Perspectives of Education
Block 3: Childhood, Social Justice and Education OR you can select to study one route from the list below:
- Creative Writing route: Writers Salon
- Drama route: Shifting Stages
- English Language route: Evolving Language
- English Literature route: Introduction to Drama - Shakespeare
- History route: Global Cities
Block 4: Contemporary and Evidence-Based Issues in Education
Second Year
Block 1: Ways of Learning and Wellbeing
Block 2: Research Methods in Education
Block 3 Select one of:
- Applied Performance
- Preparing for Professional Practice (placement module) and Cultural and Educational Transformations
OR continue with the route selected in the first year:
- Creative Writing route: Story Craft
- Drama route: Theatre Revolutions
- English Language route: Sociolinguistics
- English Literature route: Text Technologies
- History route: Humans and the Natural World
Block 4: Inclusion and Diversity
Third Year
Block 1 Select one of:
- Creativity in Education
- Radical Education
- Global and Comparative Education
- Music in the Life of the Primary School
Block 2 Select one of:
- The Practice and Policies of Primary Education
- Special Educational Needs, Disability and Neurodiversity
- Education and Equality: Class, Race and Ethnicity
Block 3 Select one of:
- Adult Learners and Life-long Learning
- Gender and Education
- Reflection on Practice: Teaching and Learning (placement module)
OR continue with the route selected in the first year:
- Creative Writing route: Uncreative Writing, Creative Misbehavior
- Drama route: Performance, Identity and Activism
- English Language route: Language and Identity
- English Literature route: World Englishes: On the Page and Beyond
- History route: The World on Display
Block 4: Dissertation
