MA/PGDip Applied Music Education

TDA funding: find out if you are eligible

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General programme information

This new postgraduate programme offers you the opportunity to work towards the degree of MA in Applied Music Education or through one of two pathways leading to the award of:

MA in Applied Music Education (Psychology)
MA in Applied Music Education (Special Educational Needs).

Depending on the pathway selected, the programme is designed to enhance your professional knowledge, skills and understanding of the respective subject area within a broad educational context.

Key areas of study

Developmental psychology of music
Comparative and international music education
Music and special educational needs
Curriculum theory, context and practice in music
Dissertation/performance project
Learning and cognition in music
Social psychology of music
Using and learning ICT in music education.

TDA funding

Teachers with QTS and who are resident in England are eligible to apply to Roehampton for funding to undertake their Masters level study. Funding recently made available by the Training and Development Agency may support up to 50% of the cost of tuition fees for students who commit to 60 credits of Masters level study during an academic year. Participants will then have the option to proceed either to one of the MA awards in the School of Education or to any one of the interim awards such as a Postgraduate Diploma, for which similar funding is available.

These awards cover a diverse range of areas such as Education Leadership and Management, Special and Inclusive Education and Theory and Practice of Mentoring as well as individual curriculum areas such as ICT and Multimedia, Physical Education and Religious Education.

For further information please contact Elaine Hilides (email: e.hilides@roehampton.ac.uk, tel: 020 8392 3382).

Special features

This is the first graduate programme of its type in the UK and it attracts students from all over the world.
The programme benefits from the specialist expertise available in the University’s Centre for International Research in Creativity and Learning in Education (CIRCLE) under the direction of Professor David Hargreaves.
There is also an excellent opportunity to embark on further study up to PhD together with a range of professional development courses.
The programme operates in full collaboration with Roehampton's Department of Psychology.