This course is designed for teachers within the broad field of English studies, including media and drama. Updated annually, a carefully balanced course of core and optional modules explores a wide range of contemporary topics relating to English as a curriculum subject; interactive seminars are designed to draw on participants’ own experiences and increase awareness of the richness and scope of English as a field of study including media and drama .
This course is designed for teachers within the broad field of English studies, including media and drama. This includes teachers of English literature, literacy and language, in primary, secondary, further and Higher Education.
You will develop an academic understanding of the field of English as a curriculum subject, enabling you to weigh up developments in the field from a critical and theoretical perspective. You will participate and engage in debates about English teaching, reflecting on your own practice and experience, whilst thinking through ideas and considering how they may be materialised in your classroom practice.
The course develops your ability to evaluate empirical and theoretical claims and arguments about the teaching of English. You will learn to organise, evaluate and present data and arguments in robust and critically informed ways. You will also read, design, and conduct research in English education, considering relevant practical, theoretical and ethical issues.
Many of our English Education MA students are already employed as practising teachers and are thinking about the next steps in their professional careers, for example as Heads of Department or taking up whole-school literacy development posts. Students on the full-time route find employment in a range of international English teaching contexts as well as other roles within the field of education.Graduates of this course work across a broad range of areas. Some may work as teachers of English (including media and drama) in the UK and internationally, while others may have senior roles in English departments or work as education advisers.
Over 76% of MA English Education alumni have found employment in teaching and other educational activities across 7 countries. Over 9% of alumni are engaged in academic research and HE.
Normally a minimum of a second-class UK Bachelor’s degree in English or a related area (e.g. media or drama) or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Knowledge and experience of teaching English literature, literacy and/or language as a curriculum subject (primary, secondary or tertiary) is essential.