MA Education and Social Justice | Part-time

This module introduces key debates, theories and research in the study of education and social justice. The module will introduce academic convention s and will develop critical reading to critical writing skills as a basis to support student assessments across the MA.

This module explores pedagogies of hope, including those referred to in the Dublin Declaration 2020 and from Global South (e.g., peace education, human rights education, climate justice education) used by educators to teach and act for a just and sustainable world.

Making use of multiple disciplinary frameworks by introducing debates in class, this module will examine educational settings as a site where racial and ethnic inequalities are simultaneously sustained and resisted. The module syllabus will consider the history of exclusion of racially minoritised groups, and how educational researchers have utilised various conceptual frameworks to understand the negative and limiting school experiences of children from racially oppressed communities. It examines possible counternarratives and interventions created through educational research, policymaking and social activism that may resolve, repair and redress long-term racial bias and inequalities

This module explores key themes within childhood, youth and community education research, policy and practice. This includes developing an understanding of some of the challenges faced by children, young people and communities including exclusion, rights and representation, safeguarding, non-formal approaches to education and social justice.

This module will explore theoretical frameworks in relation to gender, sexuality and disability (e.g., disability, difference, diversity, rights, capabilities, neurodiversity, crip). It will also examine educational experiences and outcomes at various intersections including curriculum, options and attainment.

This module develops skills to recognise and evaluate core research strategies and methods in educational research. A compulsory element is passing LJMU Research Ethics Module online. This will include exploring ontological (worldview) and epistemological (knowledge) perspectives, research approaches, methods and tools. These will be considered in the context of research ethics and contexts for wider educational research topics. This will culminate in the development of proposal for a small-scale research project that can be empirically and or theoretically informed.  This will form the basis of the dissertation. This module must be passed before taking the dissertation.

The module will provide orientation to students on how to address different aspects/stages of dissertation writing. The module requires significant independent study.  Students will have an opportunity to work closely with allocated dissertation supervisor to produce their dissertation.