Although you will not be on campus, making you feel part of a community is important to us. You will spend time learning with our experts about social justice and education both in real time and asynchronously. We use our Virtual Learning Environment as a space to make teaching interactive, share knowledge and start lively debates. By doing this, you’ll be able to explore your interests, design research projects and prepare for your dissertation.
All teaching is online but will incorporate a range of different approaches developed by our expert team of module convenors. Across the programme, you can expect to learn through short pre-recorded lectures, guided reading activities, online discussion forums, individual or group activities, as well as online seminars, which run via video conference software. We expect that students will engage with the programme learning in a regular and meaningful way.
There are two one-hour seminars, so a part-time student can choose which to attend.
Social justice is at the heart of what we do. We recognise, value and build on the knowledge, experience and interests that students bring to their learning. To this end, we utilise the Virtual Learning Environment innovatively to engage in critical debates and develop independent learning skills. We do not assume that students are passive, empty vessels to be filled with knowledge from the teacher; rather we look for opportunities to reflect, apply and question the learning materials together with a view to transforming practices and generating more socially just education systems.
Our learning approach, however, goes beyond just the modules. Each student will be assigned a personal tutor who will support them through their own educational journey with us. Alongside this, students will be welcomed as part of the Educational Research Department community and will have opportunities to participate in research seminars, online reading groups, and events organised by the Centre for Social Justice and Wellbeing in Education.