BA (Hons) Education and Community Development

What Education and Community Development involves

The BA (Hons) Education and Community Development is designed to help you understand the educational system. It will give you a strong, thorough foundation – whether that’s for immediate employment, professional or further academic study. The combination of modules has been specifically designed to address the diverse and plural nature of communities.

Gain a wider understanding of education

This course takes a broad view of education as a process.  After all, learning takes place in many situations, and various people, organisations and social institutions have influence over it.  On your course you’ll also gain the knowledge, skills and understandings needed for successful citizenship.

What’s different about studying with ICS?

As well as helping you understand the theoretical aspects of education, this course focuses on real-world issues in the community from the very start – and all the course materials are designed by experts in education and community studies. 

You don’t need entry qualifications to start a module.   And because your degree is built up by individual modules, you could achieve your goal step by step – whether you want to do it quickly or take your time.  And that’s not all:

• There are no set term times and no classes to attend
• There’s a choice of flexible, affordable ways to pay
• Help and guidance from your mentor and ICS student advisers
• Academic support from your tutor
• Access to the ICS Online Student Community for support and networking

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Is this the right degree for you?

If you can answer yes to the questions below, then you’ll find that studying for an Education and Community Development degree could be the right move for your career:

> Are you interested in education and the educational system?

> Would you like to know more about learning theories and personal development?

> Does the idea of carrying out fieldwork in the community interest you?

> Are you fascinated by problem solving and creative thinking?

> Would you like to dramatically improve your communication abilities?

> Would you like to develop skills that apply to education as well as a wide range of other careers?

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Where could an Education and Community Development degree take your career?

Once you’ve successfully completed the Education and Community Development degree you’ll have the personal and intellectual qualities needed for a career in school teaching, employment within the community or PCET training.

If you’re interested in school teaching, the degree could lead to the one-year Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in primary years. But this is a degree that can also be valuable in areas outside teaching, too.

What this course can do for you

The BA (Hons) Education and Community Development is designed to open up a wide range of options for you, giving you more choice and control over your future career.  What you learn on this course will allow you more freedom to decide what’s right for you:

• Choose a successful and useful career in education, or many other areas within the community
• Move on to further study
• Use your skills in other, unrelated fields

How this course will build your skills

As with any degree, your course will do more than increase your understanding of issues in Education and Community Development.   As well as building your specific skills and knowledge, you’ll find it helps in broader areas too – for example, improving your thinking and communication abilities.

Gain specialist knowledge

• Gain knowledge and understanding of how individuals are educated, influenced, informed and trained.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the structural, institutional, personal and cultural systems and ideas affecting the education of individuals and groups.

Improve your thinking skills

• Analyse practical and theoretical educational situations
• Be able to arrive at considered solutions, showing original and creative thought.

Learn specific education-related skills

• Plan, manage and reflect on your own learning and progression
• Gain the specific attributes expected of a graduate
• Have the skills needed to enter a career in education or training
• Develop the foundation knowledge needed for PGCE teacher training

Enhance your general life and work skills

• Develop both your oral and written communication skills
• Be able to work effectively in groups
• Increase your computer literacy, including word-processing, e-communication, database and internet searching skills
• Improve your planning and time-management
• Demonstrate autonomy, self-reliance, teamwork and leadership

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