Global Education and International Development MA

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¿Qué aprenderé?

Course Overview

MA Global Education and International Development addresses a complex array of interconnected challenges and issues in relation to education understood in its broadest sense. The programme brings together theoretical and conceptual challenges with applied considerations for education practitioners and development interventions. The MA includes an option to take a placement module which enhances your professional skills and employability. The course is aimed at those working in the education sector who hope to increase the global reach of their work and people who have an international development background and want to specialise in education issues.

Teaching and Assessment

Depending on which term modules run you'll attend one or two 3-hour taught sessions for your module/s each week during the Autumn and Spring Terms plus research methods training lectures and seminars throughout all three terms. If you are a part-time student the number of modules you take each term will depend on the length of your course. All students will have two optional modules (60 CATS) to select in total with the placement module being a strongly recommended option. Depending on the modules you select sessions consist of presentations group discussions a variety of interactive activities and self-study. Some modules are available online. Seminar group numbers vary depending on the modules that are selected. Assessment types vary depending on modules selected but may be a mixture of written assignments taking a variety of forms and oral presentations. You’ll also complete a dissertation based on an individual research project with support from a member of academic staff.

Skills from this degree

  • Critically appraise ideas and engage with academic debate on issues related to globalisation international development and education
  • Develop your capacity for advancing evidence-based arguments and drawing conclusions that are supported by in-depth data analysis
  • Expand your intellectual worldview with regard to the role of education in and the connections between globalisation and international development
  • Develop the critical skills and intellectual rigour required to review diverse bodies of research and analyse/ synthesise their findings. Learn to choose appropriate methodologies and engage in academic writing at a dissertation level
  • Understand past current and future academic and policy discourses around ‘what works’ in education and development with particular reference to the Sustainable Development Goals
  • Enhance your breadth of knowledge of education systems and contexts

Careers

Graduates from these courses have gone on to work for employers including: Academy 360; Ark Schools; British Council; Department of Education; E-Act; Oxfordshire County Council; PricewaterhouseCoopers and Royal Academy of Engineering. They have pursued roles such as: actors entertainers and presenters; business research and administrative professionals; chief executives and senior officials; education advisers and school inspectors; further education teaching professionals and vocational and industrial trainers and instructors.

¿En cuál departamento estoy?

Centre for Education Studies

Opciones de estudio

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Costos de estudio
£13.055,00 (US$ 16.441) por año
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Fecha de inicio

30 Septiembre 2024

Lugar

University of Warwick

Coventry,

CV4 7AL, England

Requerimiento de entrada

Para estudiantes internacionales

Minimum requirements 2:ii undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a related subject. (IELTS score to 7 overall two at 6.0/6.5 & rest 7.0+). Overall Score of 92 (Reading 22 Listening 21 Speaking 23 Writing 21);

Puede haber diferentes requisitos de IELTS en función del curso elegido.

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