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MA Ed dissertation: leadership and management

The dissertation or professional project builds on your previous learning from Stages 1 and 2 by extending your repertoire of skills in empirical research design. It offers you the opportunity to carry out a professional project in your workplace (or approved setting) that contributes to organisational development and/or effectiveness or conduct a small scale empirical study in an area of interest to you. The topic is chosen in consultation with your tutor, and must be within the practical scope of the degree programme. On completion, students will be in a position to progress to EdD programmes.

Qualifications

EE813 is a compulsory module in our:

Masters degree in Education (F70) (Leadership and management)

Module

Module code

EE813

Credits

Study level

OU	Postgraduate
FHEQ	7

Study method

Distance learning
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Module cost

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Entry requirements

Find out more about entry requirements.

Module details Entry requirements Module registration Study materials

What you will study

You will be given the opportunity to explore the full repertoire of a small-scale investigation at your workplace or a relevant setting. Therefore you will need access to an educational setting that can be linked to your study in order to collect data for your dissertation.

The nature of the final dissertation will either involve;

Planning, conducting and reporting on a small-scale investigation within a professional setting to develop, or enhance the understanding of, practice within that setting.

Focusing on the critical analysis of an extended project that contributes to personal and organisation development. This will require generating and analysing data as well as critically reflecting on what evidence means.

In both cases you will be expected to provide a thorough and critical review of literature relating to the area under investigation. Full ethics clearance will be required as well.

Teaching and assessment

Support from your tutor

You will have a tutor who will help you with the study material and mark and comment on your written work, and whom you can ask for advice and guidance. You and your tutor will primarily communicate with each other through email and tutorials. Tutorials are offered via online meeting rooms and support is also facilitated asynchronously in tutor group forums.

Assessment

The assessment details can be found in the facts box above.

You must use the online eTMA system to submit your tutor-marked assignments (TMAs).

Course work includes

2 Tutor-marked assignments (TMAs)

End-of-module assessment

No residential school

Future availability

MA Ed dissertation: leadership and management (EE813) starts once a year – in October. This page describes the module that will start in October 2019. We expect it to start for the last time in October 2023.

Regulations

As a student of The Open University, you should be aware of the content of the academic regulations which are available on our Student Policies and Regulations website.

Entry requirements

You must have passed or be waiting for your result from Educational leadership: exploring strategy (EE812).

You need to be able to spend approximately 12-15 hours per week on studying for this module.

If you have any doubt about the suitability of the module, please speak to an adviser.

Register

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This module is expected to start for the last time in October 2023.

Future availability

Additional costs

Study costs

There may be extra costs on top of the tuition fee, such as a laptop, travel to tutorials, set books and internet access.

Study materials

What's included

All study materials are provided on the module website.

Computing requirements

A computing device with a browser and broadband internet access is required for this module. Any modern browser will be suitable for most computer activities. Functionality may be limited on mobile devices.

Any additional software will be provided, or is generally freely available. However, some activities may have more specific requirements. For this reason, you will need to be able to install and run additional software on a device that meets the requirements below.

A desktop or laptop computer with either:

Windows 7 or higher
Mac OS X 10.7 or higher

The screen of the device must have a resolution of at least 1024 pixels horizontally and 768 pixels vertically.

To join in the spoken conversation in our online rooms we recommend a headset (headphones or earphones with an integrated microphone).

Our Skills for OU study website has further information including computing skills for study, computer security, acquiring a computer and Microsoft software offers for students.

If you have a disability

Written transcripts of any audio components and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) versions of printed material are available. Some Adobe PDF components may not be available or fully accessible using a screen reader. Alternative formats of the study materials may be available in the future.

If you have particular study requirements please tell us as soon as possible, as some of our support services may take several weeks to arrange. Visit our Disability support website to find more about what we offer.

MA Ed dissertation: leadership and management

Qualifications

Module

What you will study

Teaching and assessment

Support from your tutor

Assessment

Course work includes

Future availability

Regulations

Entry requirements

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Future availability

Additional costs

Study costs

Study materials

What's included

Computing requirements

If you have a disability

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What you will study

Teaching and assessment

Support from your tutor

Assessment

Course work includes

Future availability

Regulations

Entry requirements

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Future availability

Additional costs

Study costs

Study materials

What's included

Computing requirements

If you have a disability

Bachelor degrees

Masters degrees

Degree subjects

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