The MA in Museum Education will prepare you to act as an educator in museums and other heritage sites. You will be exposed to ideas and trained to work with a variety of visitors to museums including school children, youth and adults. You will be exposed to such areas as research methods with regard to heritage, pedagogical theories and practice (especially through a placement), elements of educational thought, working on heritage and museum education projects with target groups, the idea of heritage and museum narrative as contested terrains, the cultural politics of museums and museum education, and different types of museum. There will be courses in research methods specifically with a cultural, environmental and scientific heritage focus, educational thought, interpretation of historical sources for school children, learning with adults, cultural politics, community education, curriculum development etc- all areas with a special focus on museums and heritage sites.
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Semester 1 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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ACA5036 | Introduction to Educational Thought | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
ACA5037 | Museums as Learning Resources | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
BLH4005 | Research Methods for Cultural Heritage | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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ACA5038 | Interpreting Historical Sources | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
ACA5039 | Learning with Adults | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
ACA5040 | Curriculum Development and Museums | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 1 | |||||
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ACA5041 | Museum Education as Cultural Politics Representation Access and Difference | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
BLH5202 | Heritage Interpretation | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
BLH5204 | Contested Heritage: Conflict, Mediation, Culture and Community | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
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Semester 2 | |||||
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Compulsory Units (All students must register for this/these unit/s) | |||||
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ACA5042 | Education and Community Museums | 5 ECTS   |   | ||
ACA5043 | Practicum | 10 ECTS   |   | ||
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ACA5044 | Dissertation | 30 ECTS   |   | ||
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This programme of study is governed by the General Regulations for University Postgraduate Awards, 2021 and by the Bye-Laws for the award of Master of Arts in Museum Education - M.A. - under the auspices of the Faculty of Education.