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MA - Education Professional Practice (with pathways)


Are you ready to take your teaching career to the next level? Our MA in Education Professional Practice is designed for educators who want to deepen their expertise, enhance professional skills, and respond effectively to the evolving challenges in education. Delivered entirely online, this programme offers the flexibility to study at your own pace while applying your current experience to advanced theoretical learning.

With a wide range of specialist pathways, you can tailor your learning to your interests and professional context:

  • Teaching and Learning – for educators in diverse UK and international settings
  • Educational Leadership – for leaders and managers across educational contexts
  • SEND and Inclusionary Practice – for those supporting learners with additional needs
  • Early Years Education – for practitioners working with young children
  • Teaching & Learning in Higher Education – ideal for those building on a PGCert in Higher Education
  • Charlotte Mason Studies – for those interested in this distinctive educational philosophy

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Course Overview

Our MA in Education Professional Practice is designed for educators who want to advance their knowledge, refine their skills, and make a lasting impact in their field. This flexible, online programme combines academic rigor with practical application, enabling you to integrate your current experience with deeper theoretical insights.

You’ll benefit from the guidance of our research-active academic team, who will support and challenge you throughout your learning journey. Whether you choose to complete the full MA or start with a single stand-alone module, you’ll enjoy the freedom to progress at your own pace. Plus, our instalment payment options make balancing study and finances easier.

On this course you will...

  • Enhance your current professional learning.
  • Experience high standards in teaching, learning and assessment.
  • Achieve an MA in a specialist educational pathway.
  • Enjoy a wide range of module choices for learning and leadership.
  • Bring existing PGCE/M Level credits with you from prior learning.
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Course Structure

What you will learn

Specialist Pathways Include:

Teaching and learning
Early Years
Inclusionary Practice
Education Leadership
Higher Education
Charlotte Mason Pathway

Modules

In this MA Education Professional Practice, you will be able to accumulate credit through the successful completion of stand-alone modules which are geared to your needs and appropriate to your stage in terms of career and practice. You will be able to register for one module at a time and bank the credits as you successfully complete each module. If you wish you may ‘cash in’ credits for a University Award (20 or 40 credits) or a PGCert at 60 credits. On the other hand, you can continue to bank your credits before opting for your choice of award. When you have reached a total of 90 credits you will be required to determine your named pathway on the MA (180 Credits) or opt for the PGDip 5 (120 Credits). For a named pathway you will need to ensure that a total of 60 credits (not including the dissertation on the MA) relate directly to the focus of your pathway specialism. It is likely that in many cases students will want to determine a named pathway at 60 credits and not wait until 90 credits.

Modules
  • MAPP7104 Methodology and Methods
  • MAPP7105 Practitioner Enquiry
  • MAPP7103 Case Study
  • MAPP7106 Negotiated Learning
  • MAPP7107 Planning Enquiry: Research Methods and Ethics
  • MAPP7042 Practitioner Research
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  • Location

    Online Learning

    Online learning at the University of Cumbria is an interactive experience that makes use of a range of technologies and media types to provide a rich learning environment.

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