MA Jewish Education with Leo Baeck College

Aims of the course

The MA in Jewish Education provides experienced educationalists from within and outside the Jewish community with the opportunity to significantly extend their professional knowledge, understanding and expertise through sustained academic study that combines practical application and academic rigour. This award offers a unique opportunity within the UK for the study of Jewish Education to Masters level.

The overarching aim of this course is to empower you through exposure to a wide range of theoretical works and research. Local, national and international research will be subjected to rigorous exploration and analysis, consistently linking to practice within your professional context. You will be expected to undertake empirical work, initially on a small scale via one of the modules. This will be further developed at the dissertation phase, where you will have the opportunity to undertake a more extended piece of empirical work.

The Leo Baeck College — Centre for Jewish Education, which provides educational services for the Reform Synagogue of Great Britain and the Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues, delivers the course, in partnership with colleagues from Education at London Met. To find out more information go to the Leo Baeck College website.

Entry requirements

A first or second class honours degree
Completion of the Advanced Diploma in Jewish Education. passed to a good standard
Extensive relevant professional experience in an educational context

Course structure

The course is designed as a developmental process and you will usually work with others as a part of a coherent group. A sequential structure of six taught modules has been designed.

The six modules are:

Philosophy of Jewish Education
Jewish Education: from Theory to Practice
Jewish Studies: Choice modules
Foundations of Learning
Elective from MA Education
Research Methods

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MA Jewish Education Course Structure

Each module relates to and builds upon previous modules in order to broaden, deepen and enhance your understanding and knowledge. For the award of Masters you will also complete a triple-module dissertation.

Attendance

Classes will take place in the afternoon at the Centre for Jewish Education and in the evening (for one choice module) at the university. The course is offered in part-time mode only. Students will be taught through lecturers, seminars, group and individual tutorials to analyse, reflect, articulate, draw on theory of research and research literature to enhance and develop their critical thought and practice.