Education

About this course

Education as an academic discipline goes well beyond preparing people to teach. It examines how learning happens, how educational systems are structured, what purposes schooling serves in society, and who benefits from particular ways of organising knowledge and its transmission. It is a field that draws on psychology, sociology, philosophy, history, and policy studies, approaching questions about human development and social inequality with intellectual seriousness. Studying education at degree level means learning to analyse the institutions and experiences that have shaped your own life, and developing the capacity to think critically about how they could be different. At the University of Gloucestershire, this three-year full-time programme gives you a broad grounding in the theories and practices of education. You will study child and adolescent development, the sociology of educat

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 55% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 45 / 100Media Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Teaching Professionals · 20% of graduatescards →
• 18 / 100Other Educational Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 15 / 100Welfare and housing associate professionals · 20% of graduatescards →

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