A programme of study designed for undergraduate education or licensure students
Introduction
An excellent blend of practice and theory, the St Clare's Education Studies Programme enables Education majors,
licensure students and trainee teachers to experience working in an English school setting. This link gives
full profiles of the schools we work with.
In addition, this programme will enhance your understanding of key issues in educational theory and practice, both in
the UK and internationally. You will explore and experience how we learn, how we are taught, and how educational theory
informs policy and is applied in practice. Courses are taught by DPhil and post-doctoral candidates from the Department
of Education, University of Oxford . Students enrolled on this course will have access to the Faculty of Education library
and resources.
Credits
Students following the Education Studies Programme can earn 15 or 18 units of credit as follows:
- A monitored internship (3 credits)
A weekly internship in a learning assistant role at a local school for up to one full day per week: you would be assigned
your internship on the basis of the age-range you plan to teach. You would keep a journal to track your learning and
experience which, along with the School or Department Head's assessment, would contribute to the final grade.
- Select from a menu of Education courses (3 credits)
Courses available include: Comparative Education; Multicultural and Philosophical Foundations of Education; Psychological
Foundations of Education in a Diverse Society; Philosophy of Education. These courses will explore theoretical issues in a
multidisciplinary manner, and draw on the practical experience gained as a result of your internship.
- Academic Courses (3 credits each)
You can choose two or three Liberal Arts core courses (including a language tutorial)
- St Clare's Seminar Series (3 credits)
Each semester we invite renowned academics and specialists and to present papers linked by a common theme. Themes addressed in
previous semesters have included: violence and human conflict; death and love; villains; women of power and influence and
revolutions. Students taking the series for credit must conduct some independent research which they must submit as well as
present.
