BA (Hons) Education Bachelor's degree at London Metropolitan University

You will think critically about what education is and what it means to become an educationist and reflective practitioner. You will interrogate assumptions underpinning educational practice, consider alternative approaches and become aware of your own educational values. Through active class participation and engagement with educational theory you will explore varied approaches to developing a range of academic practices (such as oral communication, reading, writing and referencing as well as cr

An introduction to the key concepts that underlie the study of education. It will introduce you to various ideas and theories about the role education plays in society. It will ask you to think about the meaning and purpose of education in the light of these ideas. In particular we will focus upon questions about the transmission of knowledge and culture.

The module introduces Education Studies. In doing so it draw on a wide range of intellectual resources, theoretical perspectives and academic disciplines to illuminate understanding of education and the contexts within which it takes place. It also introduces potential career pathways using Education Studies experiences and qualification.

The module encourages you to reflect on your own identity, educational possibilities and limitations in urban contexts. You will engage with key reading and relevant theories to support this exploration. You will look at how the urban environment can be used as a resource for educational enquiry, particularly concepts of place and space and how these influence the social reality of the city.

This module introduces students to the teaching profession, offering an insight into key aspects of teaching as a career - with a focus on typical practice in schools. The module provides a critical framework to examine many of the essential elements of good practice and a range learning theories and research, exploring their application in the classroom and how and why they are important.

This module enables students to undertake a period of work-based learning in relation to their course at Level 5 in an appropriate educational institution, organisation or setting and to gain credit for that learning. Students should have the opportunity to apply, to test and to extend the knowledge that they have gained at all levels of their course in order to deepen their understanding of professional educational practice and enhance employability.

This module recounts the relations between systematic studies of the mind or brain, from the close of the 19th century, and educational theory and practice. In the first part of the module, the history of psychological theories from William James to Howard Gardner are studied, for the purpose of assessing their capacity to guide learning in the classroom. In the second half of the module, the birth of contemporary neuroscience from the cognitive revolution of the 1950s is recounted.

In this module, students will be introduced to the two main traditions of social research – positivism and interpretivism. They will learn about key aspects of social research and the steps involved in developing an effective qualitative research project. They will be provided with examples of good quality educational research and will have opportunities to analyse and critique these.