BA (Hons) Education Studies Bachelor's degree at Middlesex University

This module introduces you to the importance of inclusive practice in diverse learning environments. It enables you to explore contemporary and historical examples of policy and practice relevant to the field of equity, diversity and inclusion in educational contexts. You'll explore a variety of learning resources and be encouraged to evaluate these in the context of learning experiences and practice. This will help you to develop skills in critical analysis, reflexivity and resource design that

This module explores key issues in education policy and practice within a socio-political and historical context, promoting an understanding of key principles and concepts in education policy and practice. The module enables you to develop an appreciation of the impact of policy on practice and the relevance of historical learning and teaching contexts. It enables you to consider the varied purposes and goals of education and how these underlying values impact on education policy and practice. I

This module enables you to critically evaluate how children's language and communication skills develop and how adults can support this development. It explores theories regarding how various social contexts/ factors influence development and learning across the lifespan. The module also enables you to examine the impact of contemporary policies and their implications on learning through the lifespan.

To consider how psychological approaches to human learning and cognition have shaped our ideas of learning and development by exploring key learning theories and how these theories relate to practice in educational contexts; To encourage understanding of learning processes and to explore influences and impact of socio-emotional and cultural factors on development, educational experiences and achievement; To consider how the cognitive, social and emotional realms of individual development are all

This module enables you to develop a critical awareness of educational experiences of national curricula and alternative provision. It examines how teachers make space for their own pedagogy while also meeting the expectations of accountability and inspection. You'll reflect on historical, contemporary and future practice in primary education, exploring how 21st century primary education can best meet the holistic needs of communities. The module also enables you to plan and deliver a classroom

This transformative module enables you to develop as an education professional through gaining invaluable real-world experiences in an educational setting of your own choice. An individualised placement plan enables you to focus your experiences on the development of skills, experiences and knowledge that are tailored to your own career goals.

This module develops your critical understanding of social justice issues in education and enables you to engage with the values, processes, and practices underpinning educational institutions. A decolonised curriculum, exploring multiple perspectives and diverse experiences of learners in educational settings, from young children to university students, will enable you to challenge racism, injustice, and prejudice in education.

Recognising that social research is of fundamental importance within the fields of education, this module enables you to gain critical understanding of and practical experience of the research process. This enables you to become an intelligent user of research, and confident to conduct research for your independent dissertation topic in year three, and for your career as an education professional.

The Independent Research Project will allow you to integrate knowledge and skills acquired across the degree, to design and manage a small-scale research study based on a chosen topic of relevance in contemporary Education Studies. Using skills of primary research acquired in module EDU2201 (or equivalent research methods module), you will carry out an individual research project, designed and managed by themselves on a relevant topic of your choice. You will identify relevant information on a t

This module enables you to explore and analyse a range of theoretical perspectives and concepts which enable critical investigation of contemporary issues and policies relevant to childhood, youth and families. Using the insights and understanding you will develop, you will choose one of your possessions to apply critical insight into your own academic trajectories and family biographies, and your own stories of struggle and success.

This module enables you to integrate knowledge and skills acquired across your degree, to design and manage a small-scale research study based on a topic of you choice which is relevant to contemporary Education Studies. You'll identify relevant information, critically review previous research in the field and present this in a literature review. You'll undertake small-scale research design, data collection and analysis, culminating in a report in which demonstrates knowledge of the research pro

This module encourages you to engage with fundamental questions concerning the aims, purposes, values and outcomes of education and its relationship to society in different countries worldwide, so encouraging the interrogation of learning and educational processes in a variety of contexts. This will help you to reflect critically on your own experiences of education, compare educational processes, policies, practices and philosophies, and take principled positions regarding different perspective

This module enables you to engage with the value of the creativity and the arts in the learning and wellbeing of children and adults. You'll explore what creativity is and how it flourishes through the arts in formal and informal educational processes. You'll consider the role of creativity and the arts in various educational philosophies and approaches, and through this, you'll critically examine the place of creativity and the arts in current mainstream education.

This module provides you with an understanding of the historical evolution of policy and practice relating to special educational needs, disability and inclusion, and the legislative framework within which inclusive provision for special educational needs and disability is made. This module also enables you to explore and examine various theoretical perspectives and discourses within which the debate about SEND and inclusion have taken place, and the implications for children, young people, pare

This module encourages you to evaluate social and emotional support for promoting learning and well-being in early years and educational contexts. It explores the child's social and emotional developmental needs, and the strategies used by early years settings and schools in attempting to meet these needs. It considers the many social and emotional influences on the child's well-being and mental health, and how these affect their learning and educational experience. You'll have the opportunity t