BSc (Hons) Education Studies with Psychology Bachelor's degree at De Montfort University

This module provides historical context to the major aspects of primary, secondary and tertiary education, as well as education in informal settings. Focusing primarily on England, the module will focus on the development of education in the 19th, 20th and 21st era. The module will integrate the study of the contextual history of education with the 'Self as Academic Student'. As a result, you will use your study of primary and secondary materials, formative and diagnostic reflections, and assess

This module is structured around two key questions; 'What is learning and how do we learn?' and 'What is the role, purpose and function of education?' Question one is addressed primarily through the examination of a range of key psychological theories of learning and cognitive development. You will also examine how these theories have impacted on educational practice. Question two will be considered via contemporary issues relating to educational experiences and how sociological perspectives can

Introduces students to the discipline of psychology, an overview of five core areas: biological, cognitive, developmental, personality and social psychology.

This module looks at who is included and excluded within education in the UK and internationally. Using critical theory and lived experience, it encourages you to reflect on political, economic, social and cultural contexts to understand how and why inclusion and exclusion take place. Using concrete examples and contexts, you consider how educational inclusion can be created and the barriers that stand in the way.

This module aims to support you intending on going into both teaching and non-teaching-based careers. It will equip you to make informed, critical, and confident assessments of the opportunities, debates, and challenges that are presented by the graduate landscape. In this module, you will consider what it means to develop your 'employability', identifying personal strengths, areas for personal and professional development, and opportunities by which this development might be achieved.

Working with the pedagogic framework of problem-based learning, the module explores different strands of Sustainable Development Goals at local, national and international levels.

This is an important module on the programme. It has been carefully designed to introduce you to the various approaches and methods that can be used to carry out research into the lives of both those giving and receiving education. You will be introduced to the process of conducting educational research in its entirety: the initial stages of thinking about research questions; designing a project; choosing particular methodologies and methods; and finally analysing your data. You will be encourag

This module has been designed by disabled and neurodivergent students and teachers so that the issues important to them are accurately depicted and taught. It explores the big issues in Special Educational Needs (SEND): key theories, disability activism, the neurodiversity movement, current law and policy, and the barriers that disabled students continue to face in education. You will learn to identify and critically assess the academic, professional and lived experience resources that support i

An independent study on a topic of your choice, agreed with the subject team. It provides an opportunity for you to design and undertake a small-scale study and receive feedback from your tutor.

This module equips you with an understanding of arts and creative education policy, pedagogy, curriculum design, and assessment in a time of educational, economic, technological and social change. We will explore the place of the arts and creativity in the evolving English education system and in the early years, informal, community, training therapy settings and for employability and sustainability goals. We will consider the various motivations for the inclusion of arts in education and key co

This module gives you the opportunity to consider possibilities for radically different educational structures, meanings and practices. We develop Critical perspectives on education and explore alternative conceptualizations through theories of Critical pedagogy and the development of Critical Consciousness. You will be encouraged to think critically and creatively, to challenge and debate, and will have the chance to produce and defend your own educational innovations.

This module encourages you to look beyond UK borders by examining education systems outside the UK, utilising comparative frameworks and considering global conceptualisations of education. The module will deepen your understandings of contemporary issues and key debates with reference to evidence-based education practice, the humanities, culture, and policy.

This module explores the relationship between contexts, theories and methods of adult education as a lifelong activity. Focusing on real-life educational sectors, such as prison, community and museum education, the module seeks to promote theoretical and practical criticality, while highlighting alternative educational settings beyond primary and secondary schools.

This module considers national perspectives on primary education and provides an insight into teaching and learning in contemporary primary classrooms. By investigating primary education, this module will not only allow you to look at pedagogical approaches, but allow you to investigate the perspectives of some key issues, theoretical perspectives and research findings into teaching and learning in this particular sector. You will be encouraged to understand what researchers are suggesting and e

This module is an interdisciplinary module which incorporates historical, sociological and psychological understandings concerned with issues of equality; equality of opportunity and justice in education. The module discusses current debates concerning social class and educational outcomes and explores the consequences of the social class divide in education, for individuals and society as a whole. Constructions of race and culture are very relevant to a wide range of educational issues such as

Your dissertation enables you to evidence your levels of understanding of the research process and your ability to initiate, undertake and successfully conclude a research project. The dissertation is an independent study on a topic of your choice, agreed with the subject team and supported by tutorial advice. You will be given the opportunity to engage in sustained independent study, resulting in a 6,000-8,000-word extended essay which can be presented as either a Critical Review or a Fieldwork