BA (Hons) Education Studies

Course Overview

If you’re interested in the broadest theories which impact education, the BA (Hons) Education Studies course is for you. It will give you a solid grounding in the psychological, social and political principles which underpin our education system, setting you up to either move into teaching at any age range, or else to move into educational research or management; aiming to change the world of education for all.

In order to thoroughly test your theories, you’ll have a work placement in each year in one of our hundreds of partnership schools or nurseries. During this you’ll work closely with children and staff, and see the impact of current educational issues first hand.

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This course has many module choices and research-active and practitioner tutors, giving you freedom to pursue the area of Education Studies which most interests you. Your course leaders will encourage you to experiment with your teaching style during this course. At no point will you be assessed in practice, giving you the freedom to explore a range of approaches to unearth your own personal teaching style.

Why this course at Marjon?

A thriving education department with close links to hundreds of schools and research-active staff to get to know and learn from.
We know education and have been producing outstanding educators for almost 180 years.
Our education graduates are the sixth highest earners from any university in Wales and England.*
One placement project each year, working alongside a tutor in a school.
An enrichment programme in which you work in University alongside practising teachers to learn about exciting new initiatives in the primary curriculum.

*Longitudinal Educational Outcomes data, Department for Education, July 2018

Perfect if you're curious about:

What happened before formal education? What happens without education?
Which systems of education, from our history or from other countries, have worked best? How do we measure what “best” is in education?
If education can change the world, how can you make it happen?
How should children be assessed? Who are we assessing; the child, the parent, the teacher or the government?
How does family life impact on education? How can teachers best support children when home life is difficult?
Is a classroom with very differing abilities better for children?

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Course Snapshot

Jan Gourd - Lecturer

"The first year of your studies includes topics on social development, the origins of education and sustainability. In your second year you will learn about educational theories and look at how research is carried out in education, health and welfare. This will take place alongside student selected modules on education topics. There are optional modules in the third year to suit your career plans, along with a dissertation."

How will you be taught?

Teaching takes place through lectures, seminars, workshops, visits to local schools and masterclasses.

How will you be assessed?

Assessment is through a variety of tasks including poster presentations, the making of artefacts, essays and blogs. Your teaching is not assessed at this point, allowing you the chance to experiment and reflect on what does and does not work in your teaching style.

Lecturers

Victoria Brown

Senior Lecturer

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Jan Gourd

Senior Lecturer

Jan was previously a primary head teacher in the South West and she now leads a teaching team at Marjon who together draw on decades of classroom experience and wide-ranging research specialisms to deliver Education courses.

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Miles Smith

Lecturer

Miles’ Master’s is in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics and he has twenty years of experience teaching, including to adults and children.

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