MA Teaching
The Programme
Additional Information
Start Date
September
Period of Study
Part-time: 3 years
Entry Requirements
Click here for detailed entry requirements.
Fees:
2009/10 £765 New-starters (with 60-credit APL from M-Level PGCE)
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"I thoroughly enjoyed the Saturday school. The sessions were not only thought provoking but provided some real ideas that can be taken away and used in the classroom."
David Johnson
3rd Year MA Teaching
"My Masters has kept me in touch with the bigger picture in education, given me higher level insights and kept me focused on what is important – the pupils!"
Claire Mantle
3rd Year MA Teaching
The MA in Teaching is an innovative programme of professional development for newly qualified teachers. It is constructed around key themes and ideas in education, with a particular focus on teaching, learning and assessment.
The course will introduce you to a range of classroom research tools and includes structured, school-based learning allowing you to draw from your experiences as a beginner teacher and to relate these insights to your analysis of current theories and research.
The MA is designed with the demands on beginner teachers firmly in mind and makes direct links to the TDA's Core (Induction) Standards and the priorities identified in the National Strategies.
Who is the course for?
The course is specifically designed for newly qualified primary and secondary teachers at the start of their careers who want to broaden their career opportunities and enhance their prospects of early promotion. It also provides a pathway to higher-level research degrees.
We welcome applications from any candidate who is currently following a PGCE course - please see How To Apply for specific entry requirements.
Latest information
From 2008/09 students can apply to transfer 60 credits from an M level PGCE to count towards this programme. These, together with two further 30 credit modules and a 60 credit critical study, make up the 180 credits of the MA Teaching degree.
To take account of the pressure of work in school each module is taught in a series of four Saturday Schools over the course of a year. The Critical Study is completed in a further year making a total of 3 years part-time study for the degree. In actual terms this means that, where 60 transfer credits have been approved, the two taught modules require only four days attendance at the University each year, and in the final year the Critical Study is completed in the student’s own time with tutorial support which may be provided face-to-face, online or by phone, or by a combination of these methods.
See Also
- Scholarships, Bursaries and Finance
- Fees
- How to Apply
- University Catalogue Entry for MA Teaching.
- Get the key facts about studying at the University of Leeds
This page last updated by Ross Featherstone on 5th May 2009.