Studies in Primary Education

About this course

Primary education is a discipline that takes seriously the question of how children learn and what schools are for. It draws on psychology to understand how cognitive and social development unfolds in the primary years, on philosophy to examine what counts as knowledge and what education is ultimately trying to achieve, on sociology to explore how schools are shaped by and in turn shape the communities around them, and on history to understand how educational ideas and systems have evolved over time. This multi-disciplinary approach makes it an intellectually rich field, not merely a technical preparation for teaching but a genuine academic engagement with one of society's most important institutions. At Birmingham Newman University, this three-year full-time BA in Studies in Primary Education is research-informed and designed to develop your theoretical understanding alongside critical

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