Curriculum Outline on Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Education

The three-year BA (Hons) in Education degree combines ideas and research from education, psychology, sociology, philosophy and history. It has been designed for both UK based (the University of Birmingham) and international students who have academic interests in education or aspirations to work with children and young people in a variety of fields. There is a compulsory vocational placement during the second year.

The modules on the BA (Hons) Education course explore how people, and especially children, develop and learn in their social and cultural contexts. They are constantly updated to include new research, which meets the needs of the sector and recognizes the UK’s evolving education policy and practices.

You will have the option to join the Education Society, run by students, which aims to bring together people with a common interest in Education. They host a number of social and career opportunity events throughout the year.

1. DEGREE CONFERRED

  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Education (B.Ed.)

2. SCHOOL FEES

  • Enrolment Fees is US$ 100 (non-refundable)
  • School fees is US$ 13,000 for (3) years.

 

Payment Plan US Dollar Currency
First Year 6000
Second Year 4000
Final Year 3000

 

3. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Joseph Education University (JEU) confers the degree of Bachelor of Education upon students who meet all of the following requirements:

  • Have completed of the total number of credits of the curriculum.
  • Have obtained a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00.
  • Have participated in 16 sessions of the Professional Ethics Seminar
  • Have obtained library and financial clearance from the University.
  • Have demonstrated good behavior and discipline.
  • Have to meet the minimum English Proficiency requirement specified in one of the following criteria.

 

Test Instruments Required Passing Scores
JEU English Proficiency Assessment
or		 70%*
TOEFL (iBT)
or		 90
TOEFL (P)
or		 575
IELTS 6.5

*70% = Level B2 in Common European Framework of Reference for Language (CEFR)

 

4. COURSES

General Education Courses 30 Credits

  • Language
  • Social Science
  • Humanities
  • Science and Mathematics

 

5. Modules

Unless indicated otherwise the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2023.

First year modules

Compulsory

  • Introduction to Developmental Psychology – Part 1
  • Schooling: a social and cultural history
  • Philosophy of Education
  • Equality and Diversity: Children, Families and Society
  • Contemporary Issues in Education: learning communities in higher education.
  • Contemporary Issues in Education: engaging with research.
  • Introduction to developmental psychology – Part 2
  • Young People and Social Change

Second year modules

Compulsory

  • Education Policy and Social Justice
  • Researching Childhood and Education
  • Placement

The Placement

To prepare for the placement you will attend workshops in the Spring of the previous academic year and then negotiate your own placement in an educational context or setting.  A minimum of 70 hours of placement learning is expected, although many students do significantly in excess of this.  The placement is undertaken at the end of the summer term of the previous academic year to when the module is assessed, over the following summer holiday period or in the early autumn term of the year in which the module is assessed.  The assignment is a 4000-word reflective learning journal, and you are carefully prepared for writing this.

Recent and past placements have been undertaken in a range of settings, for example: as voluntary teaching assistants in schools; shadowing an education professional; working on an educational research project; leading educational activities on a summer camp or language school; shadowing a prison educator; working in a tutorial school and helping in an outdoor education centre. Placements can be based in Myanmar or in another country overseas.  A risk assessment process will help you plan safely for your placement.

You will also choose 60 credits from a list of optional modules including:

  • Changing Behaviours: A History
  • Ethics in Education
  • Individual Differences and Learning
  • Social Psychology and Learning
  • Study Abroad
  • Primary and Early years education: theory and practice

Third year modules

Compulsory

  • Dissertation

Choose 80 credits from a list of optional modules including:

  • Critical Approaches to Educational Psychology
  • Children as Citizens
  • Identity Politics and Everyday Life
  • Professional Development
  • Reclaiming Education: past, present and future
  • The Development of Anxiety in Childhood and Adolescence and Applications to Education

 

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