This course provides an opportunity to engage in current debates on education by focusing on the contemporary approaches, skills and methods used in teaching, learning and educational wellbeing, and looking at how childhood is shaped by culture and society. Our students explore how people develop through education and, by taking part in placement and volunteering opportunities, gain a broad range of skills that are transferable to careers in socially orientated professions. Recent graduates have gone on to work in teaching, education practice, early years childcare, youth work and educational publishing or choose to progress to postgraduate level courses, such as our Education Practice MA. You’ll cover topics including perspectives on education, thinking and learning in higher education, historical and contemporary issues, teaching diversity, how people learn, and special educational needs. You’ll also have the opportunity to choose from elective modules in years two and three that include global comparative education, technological transformations in learning, education and equality, and education and the arts. Key Features • Choose to study Education Studies as a single honours programme, or in combination with French, Mandarin, Spanish or Psychology. • Centred around the five key pillars; sociology, philosophy, psychology, history and economics students will develop their understanding of the wider context of; and the reasoning behind current educational decisions and explore what it means to be a child in the UK in the 21st century. • Gain international experience related to your studies through our DMU Global programme*. Education Studies students have considered inequality and segregation in New York, explored museum education in Amsterdam and supported refugees in Berlin. • Integrated placement module opportunities throughout your three years ensures you tailor your learning to fit your chosen career path. • Tailor the modules to your areas of interest; whether its Forest School and outdoor learning, or learning core practical skills in primary music education – you’ll be supported by our experienced team of academics. **DMU’s careers and employability service, known as DMU Works, was awarded the Best University Careers/Employability Service at the National Undergraduate Employability (NUE) Awards in February 2021. We understand university is a huge investment, and our careers commitment to you is not simply to help you secure a job, but to equip you with the skills to thrive, adapt and innovate in our ever-changing world.**

FIRST YEAR: Historical and Contemporary Issues; Teaching and Learning in the Primary Sector; Children and Social Justice; Thinking and Learning in Higher Education. SECOND YEAR: Researching Education and Learning; How People Learn; Teaching Diversity: Inclusive Education Internationally; Optional Modules. THIRD YEAR: Education Dissertation; Special Educational Needs in Education; Optional Modules.

A variety of teaching methods are employed, including: lectures, seminars, workshops, placement supervision, independent research, self-directed study. Assessment tasks include: presentations, micro-teaching sessions, contributions to electronic discussion boards, creating wikis and lesson planning, in addition to written assignments. There is one examination in year two. These will allow you to develop transferable skills relevant to a career working with children, including critical and reflective thinking and communicating ideas to a group. Students will typically have up to 8 contact hours of teaching per week.

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26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: X300

Institution code: D26

Campus Name: Leicester Campus

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

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Student satisfaction : 75%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 65%

Go onto work and study: 85%

EU	9250.0	Year 1
England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
International	13250.0	Year 1

For students registering in the 2022/23 academic year, the fees for this programme are yet to be confirmed. Please note that fees are subject to an annual review. Any increase in fees for Home students would be based upon a review of our provision and in line with the fee cap set by the government. For EU and Overseas students such reviews will be based on a market assessment and communicated to students at least 6-months before any programme commencing. Please visit the tuition fees pages of our website for further information: dmu.ac.uk/funding.

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