Location
St Luke's Campus, Exeter
There is a general consensus amongst education policy makers that there is a shift towards a global ‘knowledge society’ and that this shift requires that education needs to respond by teaching those general transferable thinking and learning skills associated with communication, collaboration, and creativity.
The idea of a ‘knowledge society’ presents new challenges for educational theories and practice and it is clear that there is considerable pressure on schools and educators to meet the diverse needs of current and future learners. It is against this backdrop of global change that this MEd pathway seeks to develop a critical and reflective programme of work for educational professionals who would like to enhance their understanding and knowledge around approaches to learning which meet the needs of learners in the 21st century. This programme will provide a coherent approach to teaching for education in the knowledge age.
This programme offers a clear focus on teaching and learning skills as well as a theoretical basis in which current perspectives in the fields of educational technology, creativity and thinking will be applied. You will be given the opportunity to develop an individual research project with a strong focus on improving personal educational practice. You will be able to become a part of active research groups including New Technologies for Education and Educational Dialogues, and to become involved with the Educational Futures Research Centre.
