The MA in Academic Practice was developed in response to the Dearing Report (1997) which identified the need for accredited programmes of study which recognised the importance of developing university teachers’ knowledge and skills in their roles as teachers. Teaching is not merely a set of practical skills but complex interaction between knowledge, theories, values and emotions demanding substantial engagement by the learner. The programme, therefore, can be seen to follow in the tradition of John Dewey, who challenged Cartesian dualism, positing instead a philosophy that puts process at the centre of education, based on a view of human potential for growth and achieved through experience and reflection. For more information, you can download the Academic Practice MA Leaflet Key Information Mode of study: Part time Study pattern: Award MA/PGCert - See more at: http://www.hope.ac.uk/postgraduate/postgraduatecourses/academicpracticemapgcert/title,3843,en.html#sthash.0crh5Jby.dpuf

to offer a professional programme that develops university teaching practitioners’ theoretical understanding, knowledge and practice of learning and teaching in higher education to enhance the quality of the participants’ learning experiences and to provide a basis for their continuing professional development as practitioners to enhance the participants’ employability in the field of learning and teaching in higher education to promote and champion the importance of a sound pedagogical understanding of learning and teaching in a higher education context. - See more at: http://www.hope.ac.uk/postgraduate/postgraduatecourses/academicpracticemapgcert/title,3843,en.html#sthash.0crh5Jby.dpuf