Education [Accelerated] BA (Hons)
Bath Spa University
Key Information
Campus location
Bath, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
Education [Accelerated] BA (Hons)
You'll gain knowledge and understanding of:
- Aims, values and outcomes of formal and informal education in local to global contexts
- Education as a vehicle for social change through different disciplinary perspectives
- The creative role of an educator in promoting social and educational change
- Educational, societal and organisational structures and how they impact learning and wellbeing for individuals, groups and communities.
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Curriculum
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Program Outcome
Program Intended Learning Outcomes
Systematic understanding of the wider social, cultural, historical, political and economic contexts of formal and informal education, and the interrelationships between these fields of study.Conceptual understanding of the multidisciplinary nature of knowledge shaping formal and informal education practices, and of the uncertainty and ambiguity of knowledge.Systematic evaluation of detailed knowledge about formal and informal;education policy and practice locally, nationally and globally.Systematic evaluation of how the diversity of participants in informal and formal education influence the learning process, and sustain convincing arguments and solutions.Conceptual understanding of key concepts for social transformation, and critically evaluate how they impact educational practices.Systematic evaluation of detailed knowledge about the main methods of enquiry in educational research, and apply methods to research in real-world contexts.
Work Experience and Placement Opportunities
This degree offers you opportunities to engage in work-based learning during Level 5 and 6.
In the module EDU5200-40 Exploring and Evaluating Change, you will examine how education can & make a difference through exploration and evaluation of change in formal and informal educational contexts such as schools, industry-based organisations and community-based initiatives. You will have the opportunity to engage with professional mentoring and gain transferable employability skills such as listening and critically comparing perspectives, asking open questions and evaluating the pros and cons of different approaches when problem-solving. During the module EDU5204-20 Research Challenge 1: Project Design, you will develop partnership and team relationships in an education context. You will continue to engage with professional mentoring and be supported to develop team working skills such as taking personal responsibility, collaboration and inclusive decisionmaking.
During EDU6201-40 Research Challenge 2: Live Project, you will engage in intensive fieldwork to enact a research challenge and collect data, gaining a deeper understanding of an educational context. You will build a relationship with research challenge team partners, lead an aspect of a project in collaboration with your peers, and engage in peer to peer mentoring. You will have the opportunity to develop employability skills such as thinking creatively and creating different possible solutions when problem-solving, time management, flexibility and appreciation for group decisions. In the module EDU6203-40 Research Challenge 3: Research Knowledge Mobilisation, you will be further supported to develop transferable employability skills such as generating innovative ideas and combining different concepts by mobilising the research knowledge that you have established and applied in an educational context.
Career Opportunities
This degree will prepare you for a career in a number of education-related roles or further study either in the school sector, as a teacher, or in other industries (for example Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), consultants in museum/heritage organisations, local government policy development, and rehabilitation services/prison education).
Program delivery
Teaching is through a mix of lectures, seminars, online directed tasks and individual tutorials. Seminars provide opportunities for you to discuss, ask questions and get involved in activities and debates. You'll also have the opportunity to gain practical experience working on real-world problems.
You'll be taught by experienced university staff, many of whom publish and are actively engaged in academic research, which informs their teaching.
You'll also benefit from visiting speakers these include head teachers, educational advisers, professionals from a range of informal and formal education-related organisations, specialist researchers and international visitors and our careers advisors and experts in academic skills based in the Writing and Learning Centre.
English Language Requirements
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