Masters in Education Special Option Educational Disadvantage

 

 

 

 

 

Closing date for applications for the 2012 Masters in Education is Monday 2nd April 2012. Click here to download application forms from the Admissions Office

 

Masters in Education Theses - Special Option Educational Disadvantage

2003 - 2007

2009

2011

Selected abstracts:

Mullan, Y; Mulkerrins, D; Redmond, B; Crawley, E; Larkin, J; Odidi-Jibson, T; O'Neill, U; Henry, S; McCafferty, K; McCauley, S; McDonagh, S; NíBhroin, S; Reilly, S; Ward, D; Weldon, N.

Aims

This course seeks to familiarise students with current thought and research in the area of educational disadvantage, to explore the development of policy in relation to disadvantage and to investigate a range of approaches to tackling disadvantage at a national, local and classroom level. International best practice and research of the College’s Educational Disadvantage Centre will also be examined to facilitate the development of a critical and informed understanding of the key issues in this area.

Module 1: Critical approaches to Equality in Education

This module seeks to develop your potential as an agent of change with regard to strategic policy making concerning equality in education at the school level, local community level, regional and national levels and to develop awareness of the importance of a community development approach to relations between the school and local community. A critical approach will be developed to understanding the various ideologies underlying terms such as ‘educational disadvantage’, while the Educational Disadvantage Centre’s recent research will be examined with a view to future progress and models of good practice in this area.

Module 2: Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Education

We will examine the conceptual underpinnings for the practice of ‘educational equality’, with a view towards encouraging educational actors to use a common language based on a shared understanding. The course will also encourage participants to consider the changes required to work towards educational equality, changes needed from teachers, children, families and the education system itself to shift the systemic patterns of inequality in the process and outcomes of education. We will look at the resources, attitudes, and relationships required to establish learning environments where all children and young people have an equivalent opportunity to release their unique power and potential.

Module 3: Future Directions in Moving Beyond Educational Disadvantage

Course participants will be invited to dialogue with a range of speakers on key issues relevant to moving beyond educational disadvantage. Each presenter on this module will be engaging with their personal view of a priority area to ensure that present and future generations maximize their potentials in the education system in moving beyond educational disadvantage.

Coordinator: Paul Downes email: paul.downes@spd.dcu.ie ph: +353 1 8842156

 

Last Updated: Friday March 23 2012