Master of Science by Coursework in Teacher Education (Part-time)

1. The Course shall be under the supervision of the Academic Committee of the Department of Education.  

2. Candidates must follow for six terms a course of instruction specialising in Teacher Education. This course is available on a part-time basis only.

3. Candidates must satisfy the examiners in the following: 

Year 1 

(i) Teachers’ beliefs about teaching, learning & the nature of the subject – A submitted coursework assessment of not more than 6,000 words; 

(ii) What knowledge does a teacher need? – A submitted coursework assessment of not more than 6,000 words; 

(iii) Design, justification & evaluation of a teacher education session – An academic poster, presentation and oral examination; 

Year 2 

(iv) A dissertation of not more than 20,000 words, on a topic relevant to the course. The dissertation must be submitted no later than noon on the third Tuesday in September in the final year of the course. 

4. The written assessments, including the dissertation, the poster and presentation slides, must be submitted via the University approved online submission system, by dates and according to the instructions published in the Course Handbook. Technical information and the details of the assessment requirements for each assessment will be provided in the Course Handbook.

5. If a candidate receives a failing mark for any of the assessments, including the dissertation, they may resit the assessment on one further occasion, when this is next examined the following year, or at an earlier date which will be published in the Course Handbook. 

6. Candidates must present themselves for an oral examination for any assessment if required by the examiners.

Exit award 

7. Candidates who have failed the requirement of the MSc but have satisfied the requirements for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Teacher Education (all the requirements for the MSc, except completion of the dissertation) may be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma.

8. Candidates who have satisfied the requirements for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Teacher Education (all the requirements for the MSc, except completion of the dissertation), and who do not start or do not complete the dissertation, may end their registration and at that point be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma.

Schedule 

1. Teachers’ beliefs about teaching, learning & the nature of the subject

2. What knowledge does a teacher need?

3. Design, justification & evaluation of a teacher education session