Key Facts
- Indicative Fee
Home/EU: £5450 Part-Time: £2725
International: £12300 Part-Time: £6150 - Financial support
- Course Tutor(s):Sue Taylor
- Duration: Two years part-time. In exceptional cases you may be able to study over one year full-time.
- Study Method: Full-time, Part-time
- Department: Dept of Early Years and Primary Education
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Literacy Learning and Literacy Difficulties (academic route) MA
This masters degree will:
- impart a deeper understanding of the processes involved in learning to read, write and spell, the sources of difficulties, and approaches to intervention
- enable you to read research critically and to design and conduct your own small-scale research.
Features
This masters degree provides the opportunity to:
- draw on the strengths of a team with research expertise in literacy and experience in evaluating early literacy interventions
- investigate literacy acquisition and problems in depth, covering reading, writing and spelling.
Who is this programme for?
Literacy consultants, advisers and co-ordinators; special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCOs); and teachers wishing to improve their understanding of literacy learning. The MA will be particularly useful for those working in Key Stages 1 and 2, but those working with older children, including in secondary schools and the post-compulsory sector, may also apply. Newly qualified teachers (NQTs) are also welcome to apply.
Entry requirements
A good honours degree in a relevant subject or the equivalent.
How are you assessed?
By coursework assignments and a 20,000-word dissertation or 10,000-word report.
Attendance
Face-to-face evening sessions.
Core modules
- Literacy Development
- Reading and Spelling Difficulties
- Research Methods in Literacy
- The Production and Comprehension of Text