BA (Hons) Education Studies

This Education Studies course is excellent preparation for those who wish to take a primary PGCE, providing they have an A level in a national curriculum subject.

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BA (Hons) Education Studies at University of Winchester

Education Studies at Winchester specialises in looking at educational themes, ideas and practices in the widest possible sense through theories of education. Students explore a range of contexts from classroom practice and the learner’s experience through to education as a lever for social and political change. Theoretical perspectives are drawn from themes which include gender, citizenship, representation, childhood, technology, truth and power.

Fact File

SINGLE/COMBINED HONOURS

UCAS codes: X300 BA/Ed

Typical offer: 280-320 points

International Baccalaureate: 26 points

Degree duration:
3 years full-time 6 years part-time

If English is not your first language:
IELTS 6.0 (including 6.0 in writing) or a TOEFL iBT score of 87 or equivalent

Course Enquiries and Applications
Telephone: +44 (0) 1962 827234
Email: course.enquiries@winchester.ac.uk

For Combined Honours UCAS codes and entry requirements

Programme Content

The Single Honours programme is an excellent preparation for those who wish to take a primary PGCE, providing they have an A level in a national curriculum subject. It is advisable for Single Honours students to contact PGCE providers to confirm their particular entry requirements. The Combined Honours is appropriate for those intending to take a primary or a secondary PGCE at the end of their degree, and it is usual for these students to choose another National Curriculum subject as their other field of study.

The programme offers in-depth theoretical perspectives on educational ideas and practices. Modern, philosophical, cultural, social, psychological and historical perspectives are all used as analytical tools to help examine educational debates and a wide variety of educational themes and concepts. Students interrogate the educational process as a whole, and seek answers to questions about the purpose, value, misuse and difficulties of education and learning.

Modules

Year 1
• Principles in Education
• Great Educators (double module)
• 1944 and 1988 Education Acts
• Reflections of Autobiography

Year 2
• Education: Social and Political Thought (1)
• Education: Social and Political Thought (2)
• Power of the Teacher
• What is a Child?

Year 3
• Education Policy
• Construction of Gender Roles in Schools
• Philosophy of the Teacher
• Dreamworld Children

Careers

The programme provides good training for any educational role within business, the service industries, personnel, libraries, museums, galleries or charities. Many graduates undertake postgraduate study or further training; a large number become teachers by doing a PGCE.

Combinations

BA (Hons) Childhood Youth and Community Studies
BA (Hons) Drama
BA (Hons) English
BSC (Hons) Health Community & Social Care Studies
BA (Hons) History
BA (Hons) Modern Liberal Arts
BSc (Hons) Psychology
BA (Hons) Sports Studies
BA (Hons) Theology and Religious Studies

Combined Honours programmes enable you to study two subjects, jointly (50% / 50%) and it is possible to transfer to a Single Honours programme at the end of Year 1.