MASTER OF ARTS EARLY CHILDHOOD LEADERSHIP AND PRACTICE (University of East London)

The Master of Arts Early Childhood Leadership and Practice programme provides a critical, comprehensive and interdisciplinary preparation for multi-professional work in the early childhood sector. This programme aims to develop your knowledge of early childhood practice in a range of contexts and your research skills. Assignments provide opportunities for you to apply advanced knowledge and research skills in practice in the context of employed or voluntary work.

PROGRAMME AIMS

The programme is designed to give you the opportunity to:

• Enable students to develop an advanced knowledge of leadership and practice in the discipline of early childhood and apply in local, national or global contexts.
• Enable students to plan and implement an advanced research project in the field of early childhood
• Enable students to extend and apply a range of academic skills to support criticality, integrity, ethical practice and reflection in early childhood research and scholarship

The overarching learning outcomes for the programme are:

KNOWLEDGE

• Demonstrate in-depth and advanced knowledge and understanding of early childhood leadership and practice in local, national and global contexts.
• Develop advanced knowledge of research methods in the field of early childhood.

THINKING SKILLS

• Demonstrate criticality, independence and reflection as learners.
• Demonstrate critical awareness of issues and developments in the field of early childhood in local, national and global contexts.

SUBJECT-BASED PRACTICAL SKILLS

• Plan and implement an ethical research project within the field of early childhood leadership and practice.
• Apply theory relevant to early childhood in practice contexts in order to develop insight into contemporary issues within the field of early childhood in local, national and global contexts

SKILLS FOR LIFE AND WORK (GENERAL SKILLS)

• Evaluate the implications arising from research for leadership and practice in the field of early childhood.