Learning & Teaching in Higher Education (MA/PgCert)

The MA in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education programme is designed as a professional training for lecturers in Higher Education. The concept of professionalism lies at the heart of the programme and national accreditation for the Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (the initial stage of the MA programme) by the Higher Education Academy was achieved in 2004.

Teaching is not merely a set of practical skills but complex interaction between knowledge, theories, values and emotions demanding substantial engagement by the learner. The programme, therefore, can be seen to follow in the tradition of John Dewey, who challenged Cartesian dualism, positing instead a philosophy that puts process at the centre of education, based on a view of human potential for growth and achieved through experience and reflection.

Course details

Duration:

The MA in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education is a part-time programme which takes three and a half years to complete.

Entry requirements:

Participants will have an undergraduate degree and, usually, a postgraduate qualification. They will be actively engaged in the delivery of post-compulsory education.

Programme structure:

The modules to be studied during the course of the MA are as follows.* To gain the full MA all modules needs to be taken, although it is possible to exit with a PG Certificate or PG Diploma as indicated:

PG Cert  
2 x 30 credit modules

• Supporting Student Learning (Semester 1)
• Developing your teaching (Semester 2)

PG Dip 
2 x 30 credit modules

• Blended Learning
• Action Research and Reflective Practice in University Teaching

MA 
1 x 60 credit module

• Dissertation

* All module titles are correct at time of writing

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