Graduate Studies Prospectus - University of Oxford

Education (continued)Social SciencesϐϐTaught ProgrammesMSc in Educational Research MethodologyThe course aims to give prospective educational researchers andresearch students the comprehensive, systemic and wide-rangingfoundation of knowledge, understanding and skills that they willneed to undertake research competently and flexibly. It is plannedso that it can be taken either as a free-standing one-year courseor as the first stage of a programme leading to a higher researchdegree such as a DPhil. A major part of the course, occupyingover one third of the student’s time, will be spent on working withan individual supervisor to plan the best way of investigating aresearch topic of the student’s choice.The course is assessed through three papers. The first paper,Foundations of Educational Research, is assessed by two essays;the second paper, Strategies of Educational Research, is assessedby an unseen written examination; the third paper consists of aportfolio of reports of quantitative and qualitative data analysis.This course and the Department have been recognised byESRC, and award ESRC studentships.|| Length of programme: One year full-time or two years’part-time|| Core and optional courses and programme specification:www.education.ox.ac.uk/courses/masters/ermmaster/index.phpMSc in Education (Comparative and International Education)This is a course leading to a post-experience degree inComparative and International Studies in Education. The courseconsists of three papers and a dissertation. The three papers areon Theoretical, Methodological and Systemic Studies; Education inDeveloping Countries; and Foundations of Educational Research.These papers are assessed after Easter after which studentscontinue with work on their research-based dissertation which issubmitted in September.|| Length of programme: One year full-time|| Core and optional courses and programme specification:www.education.ox.ac.uk/courses/masters/ciemaster/index.phpMSc in Education (Child Development and Education)The programme combines a strong research basis withrecognised expertise in policy and applied research offered bythe staff. It aims to promote students’ critical understandingof developmental theories and research and the use of thisknowledge in the design and evaluation of programmes aimed atpromoting children’s development. A core objective is to promotereflection and discussion about how theories of child developmentinform practice and how challenges faced in educational and caresettings call for further theoretical and research enquiry. Thecourse consists of three papers and is examined by long essays.MSc in Education (e-Learning)This one-year, full-time course consists of three papers and adissertation. The three papers are on Historical, Theoretical andTechnological Foundations of e-Learning; Practical Applicationsof e-Learning; and Foundations of Educational Research. Thethree papers are assessed by long essays. After Easter studentscontinue to work on their research-based dissertation which issubmitted in September.|| Length of programme: One year full-time|| Core and optional courses and programme specification:www.education.ox.ac.uk/courses/masters/eLearnmast/index.phpMSc in Education (Higher Education)This one-year, full-time course consists of three papers and adissertation. The three papers are on Theoretical, Historical andInternational Perspectives on Higher Education; Management,Teaching, Learning and Professional Development in HigherEducation; and Foundations of Educational Research. The threepapers are assessed just after Easter, after which studentscontinue with work on their research-based dissertation which issubmitted in September.|| Length of programme: One year full-time|| Core and optional courses and programme specification:www.education.ox.ac.uk/courses/masters/hemaster/MSc in Applied Linguistics and Second Language AcquisitionThis one-year, full-time or two-year, part-time modular courseaims to: provide students with the intellectual challenge ofsituating second language acquisition and language pedagogyfirmly in an internationally recognised field of research, namely,Applied Linguistics; develop critical analysis, problem solving skillsand research skills; encourage cross-fertilisation of knowledgeand experience between English as a foreign language and othermodern foreign languages. The course offers an additionaloptional module in English Language Teaching, thereby linkingthe overall qualification to the professional world as well as theacademic. Assessment is by end of module assignment and bydissertation.|| Length of programme: One year full-time or two yearspart-time|| Core and optional courses and programme specification:www.education.ox.ac.uk/courses/masters/apLingmaster/index.phpϐ ϐGraduate DestinationsPast students from the Department of Education have goneon to careers both in the UK and other countries in teachingand research in universities; careers in policy for governmentdepartments and NGOs; and careers in administration at local andnational levels.||||Length of programme: One year full-timeCore and optional courses and programme specification:www.education.ox.ac.uk/courses/masters/index.php124LLEnquiries:elaine.sherrott@education.ox.ac.uk pgce.office@education.ox.ac.ukHow to apply: www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/