Staff of the School of Education have specific expertise in Art and Design Education and have extensive experience in research, consultancy and in-service education for professional groups and in higher and further education both at home and internationally. Applicants should contact the Customer Services Division in the Academic Registry for exact fees. Students are required to consider a variety of approaches to conceptualising and evaluating art and design curricula, theories and practices using their own professional experience. Students are expected to be actively involved in sessions where they may typically present oral reports in seminars or report on developing research. Assessment of modules is typically the submission of the equivalent of a 5000 word assignment, essay, paper or report or a seminar or other presentation, exhibition or teaching and learning materials supported by a shorter report.
Assessment varies according to particular module requirements.
A supervised individual enquiry in depth into an issue or topic of importance in the field of Art and Design education normally arising out of the course work modules and leading to the submission of a dissertation or project report of not less than 20,000 words is required for students progressing to Masters level. The course is presently undertaken at the School of Education which is situated in Gateway House on the City Campus, Leicester. It includes a specialist Art and Design Education Research Resources Room where students can use a variety of facilities to pursue their studies, including examples of research in Art and Design Education at PGCE, PGD, MA, MPhil and PhD levels and computer access to electronic research database facilities. The course is also run at Kents Hill on the Milton Keynes Campus in the newly appointed Professional Development Centre.