BA (Honours) Education and Learning Support
including the BA (Honours) Education and Learning Support (top-up)
Part-time
Location • City Campus
Subject area • Education studies
Related subjects • Childhood studies
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Visit the Department of Education, Childhood and Inclusion website to view profiles of the staff who teach in this subject area.
The Government aims to improve outcomes for children, families and communities by improving the Children and Young People’s Workforce. We developed the courses in response to these aims.
National organisations including the Department for Education and the Teaching Agency are encouraging development of the workforce through to foundation degree level and on to honours degree level.
You need to be employed in a children and young people’s setting during the course as emphasis is placed on work-based learning.
This degree provides a foundation for progression to qualified teacher status (QTS). One current option is to progress on to a two year BA course with QTS at the end of your third year. There are some other progression routes are still being developed by the government and Sheffield Hallam is working in collaboration to help develop these routes.
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Part-time – typically four and a half years. You normally attend on Monday afternoons from 2–5pm.
Starts January
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Typically £14,940 for the course (typically £3,320 a year for years one to four and £1,660 for year five)
You may be eligible for pre-2012 fees if you are joining directly from a foundation degree. For further information please contact us.
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
All modules use continuous assessment.
You complete a range of assessments including • presentations • essays • reports • portfolios • posters • blogs • Blackboard conferencing • annotated bibliographies • creation of artefacts, for example a picture / word bank for key stage 2 children with learning difficulties.
This course has received endorsement by the Department for Education Teaching Agency for meeting their sector requirements for school support staff training and development.
Steve Green
FdA Education and Learning Support, second year
'The course content is excellent and very relevant to the work I'm involved in.
'It has provided me with more knowledge about how education works. It has also given me the confidence to reflect and evaluate my role within school.'
Shireen Green
FdA Education and Learning Support, second year
'Since taking this course, I now have the confidence to put forward my thoughts and ideas in the staff room. I don't feel like I'm just a teaching assistant, I'm actually proud to be a teaching assistant.
'I'm confident that I have the knowledge to support my actions and I love sharing stories and ideas with people on my course. It's great being surrounded by people who can relate to me and my job.'
Maureen Osborne
FdA Education and Learning Support, second year
'As a higher level teaching assistant working across Key Stages 3 and 4 in special needs, I've found the course pertinent to crucial everyday issues.
'I continue to develop as a reflective practitioner and to be increasingly pro-active in the education of young people.'
Profiles
Steve Green
FdA Education and Learning Support, second year
Shireen Green
FdA Education and Learning Support, second year
Maureen Osborne
FdA Education and Learning Support, second year
Staff profiles
Visit the Department of Education, Childhood and Inclusion website to view profiles of the staff who teach in this subject area.
