Educational Studies (Hearing Impairment) - 2012 entry

MA / PGDip

Successful candidates will achieve recognition from the Department for Children, Schools and Families as having achieved mandatory status as qualified teachers of the deaf.


Overview

The Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies (Hearing Impairment) has been designed for candidates wishing to train as teachers of the deaf. The course is provided in partnership with Mary Hare School which caters for deaf children and is delivered at the school's base in Newbury, Berkshire. For those teachers who are not currently working with pupils who are deaf, individual arrangements are made to provide opportunities for further teaching experience with such pupils.

You will be enrolled for the full MA, with the option to finish your studies after the initial 2-year mandatory diploma qualification. The additional MA dissertation must be submitted within five years of registration.

Teaching takes place on six weekends each year, and is also supported by a range of e-learning opportunities and materials. These teaching weekend sessions are a compulsory part of the course. 

Why Brookes?

You will be based at Mary Hare School in Berkshire but will have full access to Brookes' facilities and will be working with highly regarded academics who are at the forefront of their subjects.

In detail

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Andria Thomas, Mary Hare School
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Course content

The Diploma course is made up of the following six modules:

  • Language Development studies recent research in the acquisition of language and explores strategies for investigating and supporting the language development of hearing-impaired children.
  • Audiology examines the hearing process and the ways in which this can be enhanced for children and young people with hearing impairment to ensure maximal use of residual hearing.
  • Curriculum Access explores curriculum design and delivery with particular emphasis on the implications for the teaching, learning and assessment of hearing-impaired pupils.
  • Legislation and Provision outlines the current range of provision for hearing-impaired pupils, including approaches to communication, placement and relevant legislation.
  • Family Support and Professional Liaison explores the practical advice and counselling support provided by the teacher of the deaf for families and other professionals, including issues related to Early Support, Every Child Matters and the integrated working agendas.
  • Practical Experience includes visits and two blocks of assessed practical teaching experience.

To enable you to build on your prior knowledge of these components, lectures are arranged so that the key areas of audiology and language development are addressed simultaneously during the teaching weekends. The Core Standards and Competencies for specialist teachers of the deaf are incorporated into this course. The lecture programme and, where deemed appropriate, tutorial sessions and discussion during school experience supervision visits also ensure all the standards and competencies are addressed and assessed.

Students who register for an MA will follow the course identified above, but will also complete a Research Methods module and submit a dissertation in Year 3.

As our courses are reviewed regularly, course content and module choices may change from the details given here.

Teaching, learning and assessment

Students achieve the award through completing assignments, preparing and delivering seminars, undertaking a child study, two periods of school experience, a practical audiology test and a written audiology examination.

Teaching and learning draws on a lecture programme staffed by experienced and nationally recognised practitioners and researchers, and is supported by them. The course opens with an introductory day at the Arlington Centre of Mary Hare School and continues with a further 11 residential weekends, spread throughout the two-year duration of the course. The professional resources of the school are available to course participants.

A variety of assessment modes are employed; these are appropriate to the topics of study and the range of academic and professional skills that the course is designed to develop. Assignment tasks will also be congruent with the variety of approaches to assessment now found within education and specifically used within support services for hearing impaired children. Assessed work will therefore include evaluative reports, critical essays, practical projects, seminar presentations, group work, portfolio collections and investigative research. You are required to undertake two periods of practical experience, one of which is at your own workplace.

Quality

The high quality of the course is evidenced by the Ofsted inspection survey of the training leading to mandatory qualifications for teachers of pupils with hearing, visual and multi-sensory impairment:

'The Mary Hare/Oxford Brookes partnership makes a significant contribution to the training of teachers for the mandatory qualification in hearing impairment in the southeast region of the country, with heads of schools and services actively involved in contributing to, supporting, and benefiting from the provision. The provision is of high quality. The course is highly valued by participants and their line managers who consider that the course meets their needs well. Line managers speak highly of the clear focus given to developing the skills required to work with families and the range of associated professionals. Participants report that the course has improved their confidence, knowledge base and skills. The number of participants gaining promotion following attendance on the course reflects these good features.'

Key facts

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Faculty

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department

School of Education

Course length

Part-time: The course comprises an introductory day, 11 residential weekends and two periods of school experience spread over two years.

Teaching location

Mary Hare School

Start date

September 2012

Apply / Entry reqs

CONTACT US

Andria Thomas, Mary Hare School
a.thomas@maryhare.org.uk
+44 (0) 1635 244224

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Entry requirements

 Candidates must hold qualified teacher status. Acceptance on the course of candidates who are not currently teaching hearing-impaired pupils is subject to suitable arrangements being made for them to gain experience of teaching such pupils. Other candidates may be considered at the course leader's discretion.

English language requirements

Please see the university's standard English language requirements.

English language requirements for visas

If you need a student visa to enter the UK you will need to meet the UK Border Agency's minimum language requirements as well as the university's requirements. Find out more about English language requirements.

International applications

Please note that fees are higher for international students - please contact the school secretary for details:

Andria Thomas
Telephone: +44 (0) 1635 244224
Email: a.thomas@maryhare.org.uk

How to apply

You should apply directly to the Mary Hare School.

Conditions of acceptance

When you accept our offer you agree to the conditions of acceptance. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.

Credit transfer

Oxford Brookes operates the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). All postgraduate single modules are equivalent to 10 ECTS credits, double modules to 20 ECTS credits, and treble modules to 30 ECTS credits. A full master's course will carry 90 ECTS credits. More about ECTS credits.

Fees / funding

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TUITION FEES

For fee information relating to this course please contact Mary Hare School.

Questions about fees?
Contact Student Finance on:
+44 (0)1865 483088
finance-fees@brookes.ac.uk

Scholarships and funding

For general sources of financial support, see:

Support

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Andria Thomas, Mary Hare School
a.thomas@maryhare.org.uk
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How Brookes supports postgraduate students

Supporting your learning

From academic advisers and support co-ordinators to specialist subject librarians and other learning support staff, we want to ensure that you get the best out of your studies.

Personal support services

We want your time at Brookes to be as enjoyable and successful as possible. That's why we provide all the facilities you need to be relaxed, happy and healthy throughout your studies.

Research

CONTACT US

Andria Thomas, Mary Hare School
a.thomas@maryhare.org.uk
+44 (0) 1635 244224

RELATED COURSES:

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