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MA Comparative Education and International Development

  • DeadlineStudy Details: MA 1 year full-time

Masters Degree Description

Globally education systems are witnessing unprecedented mobility, competition and disparities.

For students interested in a career addressing global educational challenges as a teacher, policymaker or researcher this course provides engagement with crucial contemporary issues:

  • What are the key educational goals and problems the world is facing?
  • How do cultural, economic and political differences between countries shape these problems and solutions?
  • Can different countries learn from each other’s policies and pedagogies?
  • Do international development goals recognise different educational realities?

Through a discussion of such questions, this course will help you develop an understanding of comparative education and how development goals relate to education.

Entry Requirements

2:2 undergraduate degree or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant discipline such as: Education, Sociology, Humanities, Social Sciences. Some educational experience in either teaching or administration is also considered beneficial

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Fees

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Student Destinations

With its focus on policy and practice and a comparative lens this programme enables you to work in national and global education settings. The programme equips you to work in public and private sectors, for example, teaching in schools or higher education, working with local and national policy making bodies as well as international development agencies like the OECD or the World Bank.

You could also do a PhD and build a career researching education and development. Knowledge and skills gained through a range of core and optional modules allow you to select a route aligned with your individual interests and professional goal.

Career opportunities:

  • Executive for an NGO or think-tank
  • Social researcher
  • Policymaker
  • Edu entrepreneur
  • HR advisor
  • Study abroad programme facilitator
  • Editor in press

Module Details

For module information for this course please visit – https://www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/courses/ma-global-international-citizenship-education/#course-content

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