Educational Studies (Taught)

The Masters in Educational Studies is designed to deepen your understanding of education so that you can critically analyse education practice, provisions and policy in your own current or future professional context. It supports you in interrogating research literature and in undertaking educational research in your own areas of study.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

• This programmes offers you the opportunity to explore different perspectives and aspects of education through a variety of optional courses.

• The MEd Educational Studies is for you if you are a qualified teacher looking to extend and enhance your professional career. You will be given the opportunity of focusing on your own professional contexts and practices.

• The programme offers an opportunity for the advanced study of education within a broad framework of courses. The scope is broad, representing important and influential educational ideas from a range of disciplines.

• Education at Glasgow is ranked 6th in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2025.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
You will take three core and three optional courses. Courses contribute to your development of research understanding and skills that then support you in conducting your own research based dissertation. You can select areas for professional development from optional courses.

Core courses
Introduction To Educational And Social Research
Modern Educational Thought
Seminars In Contemporary Issues

Optional courses may include
Contemporary Themes in Education Policy
Evolving Concept Of Inclusive Education
Adult Learning for Transformation
Community-Based Group Work
Youth Work: Working with Young People for Positive Change
Inclusive Classrooms, Inclusive Pedagogies
Advanced Educational Research
The Impact of Drug and Alcohol Misuse on Children and Families
Educational Leadership and Management at System Level
Sustainable Development and Education
International Issues In Adult And Continuing Education
Great Thinkers on Education
Comparative Education
Education, Race, Racism and Social Justice in a Global Society
Vocational Education and Training for Development
Language and Intercultural Education for a Globalised World
Key Themes in Early Childhood Education and Care
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ES)
Working with Young People: Education and Learning for Change (ES)
Perspectives On Youth And Young Adulthood (ES)
The Learner And The Curriculum (DLS)
The Psychology Of Adult Learning
Collective Learning and Action for Social Justice
Developing Literacies: An Inclusive Perspective
Highly Able Learners, Raising Attainment & Achievement
Identities, Relationships and Behaviours in Education
Economics for Education and Public Policy

Dissertation
Major Dissertation (Education)