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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)

It forms the third stage of the leadership and management route.

Some postgraduate qualifications allow study to be chosen from other subject areas. We advise you to refer to the relevant qualification descriptions for information on the circumstances in which this module can count towards these qualifications because from time to time the structure and requirements may change.

Postgraduate Loans

If you study this module as part of an eligible qualification, you may also be eligible for a Postgraduate Loan available from Student Finance England. For more information, see Fees and funding.

Module

Module code: EE813
Credits: 60
Study level: Postgraduate
Study method: Distance learning
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Module cost: See Module registration
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 be as follows;

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

Focus 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

The details given here are for the module that starts in October 2017. This module is expected 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 Essential Documents website.

Entry requirements

You should have successfully completed Stage 1 or you have been awarded credit transfer and joined the Masters in Education (F70) at Stage 2.

You should also have completed or be studying the Stage 2 module Educational leadership: exploring strategy (EE812) from the Masters in Education (F70).

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

Start	End	England fee	Register
07 Oct 2017	Oct 2018	£2000.00	Registration closes 21/09/17 (places subject to availability) Register
This module is expected to start for the last time in October 2023.

Future availability

The details given here are for the module that starts in October 2017. This module is expected to start for the last time in October 2023.

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

You will need a device with internet access to study this module as a web browser is used to access learning materials and activities. Any other computer-based activities you will need to carry out, such as word processing, using spreadsheets, taking part in online forums, and submitting files to the university for assessment, are specified in the module materials. If any additional software is needed for these tasks it will either be provided or is freely available. You may need administrative privileges to install software required for this module. Windows 10 S is not suitable as it restricts software installation to software available in the Windows Application Store.

Suitable devices are:

A Windows desktop or laptop running Windows 7 or later operating system
A Macintosh desktop or laptop running OS X 10.8 or later operating system.

Some software will not run on Linux, iOS or Android devices.

A netbook, tablet, smartphone or Linux computer that supports one of the browsers listed below may be suitable. However, these devices may not be suitable for some activities. If you intend to use one of these devices please ensure you have access to a suitable desktop or laptop device that uses the Windows or OS X operating system in case you are unable to carry out all activities on your mobile device.

Recent versions of the following browsers are suitable for carrying out web-based activities:

Safari
Chrome
Firefox
Edge

Or Internet Explorer 9 and above.

Using a browser upgraded to the latest version will maximise security when accessing the internet.

Using company or library computers may prevent you accessing some internet materials or installing additional software.

To be able to talk and listen in our online discussions you will need both a microphone and speakers/headphones.

Devices with small screens may make it difficult to view the material provided and carry out the activities. However, a device that has a resolution of at least 1024 pixels horizontally and also at least 768 pixels vertically should be adequate.

See our Skills for OU study website for further information about computing skills for study and educational deals for buying Microsoft Office software.

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. Find out more about our services for disabled students.

MA Ed dissertation: leadership and management

Qualifications

Postgraduate Loans

Module

What you will study

Teaching and assessment

Support from your tutor

Assessment

Course work includes

Future availability

Regulations

Entry requirements

Register

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

Register

Future availability

Additional costs

Study costs

Study materials

What's included

Computing requirements

If you have a disability

Bachelor degrees

Masters degrees

Degree subjects

Change language

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Masterstudiengange

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