The Degree Structure and Degree Programme Tables below provide an overview of the compulsory courses and credit points in each year of study. Students will exit at the end of Year 5 with the award of MA (Hons) in Primary Education with Gaelic. Year 6 is the Induction year during which probationer teachers are placed in a Local Authority which provides Gaelic-medium education.
M.A. Primary Education with Gaelic (LEARNERS) |
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Semester 1 and 2 |
20 credits |
20 credits |
40 credits |
20 credits |
20 credits |
Year 1 |
Educational Studies 1a |
Primary Studies 1 |
Gaelic 1A or 1B |
Educational Studies 1b
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Primary Literacies 1 |
Professional Experience & Practice: 8 Serial Days in Primary School Context |
Opportunity to transfer to ‘with’ School |
Year 2 |
Linguistics and English Language 1A
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Mathematics in Primary Education |
Gaelic 2A or 2B |
Linguistics and the Gaelic Language |
Primary Studies 2 |
Professional Experience & Practice: 8 Serial Days in Primary School & Other Relevant Professional Contexts |
Year 3 |
AN CÙRSA COMAIS SABHAL MÒR OSTAIG, UHI |
Professional Experience and Practice: Serial Days in Gaelic-medium School |
Year 4 |
Professional Experience and Practice Gaelic-medium education: Year-long Placement (August to June) (80 credits) |
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Primary Studies 3 (Gaelic)– constructed as a blend of university recall and outreach sessions (20 credits – assessed across Semester 1 & 2) |
Education and Gaelic in Scotland – constructed as university recall sessions (20 credits – assessed in Semester 2) |
Year 5 |
Primary Literacies 2 |
Option Course |
Education Studies 4 |
Child Bilingualism:
Language and Cognition |
Theory and Pedagogy of Bilingual and Immersion Education |
Professional Experience and Practice: Serial Days in Gaelic-medium School |
Year 6
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Induction (arrangements to be agreed in partnership with Local Authorities) |
YEAR |
SEMESTER
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COURSE NAME |
CODE |
LEVEL |
CREDITS |
1 |
1 & 2 |
Gaelic 1a OR Gaelic 1b |
CELT08004
CELT08005 |
8 |
40 |
1 |
2 |
Educational Studies 1b: Teaching, learning and the Curriculum for Excellence |
EDUA08100 |
8 |
20 |
1 |
2 |
Primary Literacies 1: Developing literacy in the early stages |
EDUA08097 |
8 |
20 |
1 |
1 |
Educational Studies 1a: Introduction to Education and Education Research |
EDUA08105 |
8 |
20 |
1 |
1 |
Primary Studies 1: The Nature of Knowledge |
EDUA08106 |
8 |
20 |
2 |
1 & 2 |
Gaelic 2a OR Gaelic 2b |
CELT08006
CELT08007 |
8 |
40 |
2 |
2 |
Linguistics and the Gaelic Language |
CELT08019 |
8 |
20 |
2 |
1 |
Primary Studies 2: Learning and Integrating the Curriculum |
EDUA08111 |
8 |
20 |
2 |
2 |
Mathematics in Primary Education |
EDUA08096 |
8 |
20 |
2 |
1 |
Linguistics and English Language 1A |
LASC08016 |
8 |
20 |
3 |
1 & 2 |
An Cùrsa Comais |
EDUA07002 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
1 & 2 |
Education and Gaelic in Scotland |
EDUA10187 |
10 |
20 |
4 |
1 & 2 |
Professional Experience and Practice: Gaelic-medium education |
EDUA10202 |
10 |
80 |
4 |
1 & 2 |
Primary Studies 3 |
EDUA10189 |
10 |
20 |
5 |
1 & 2 |
Educational Studies 4 |
EDUA10172 |
10 |
40 |
5 |
2 |
Option Course |
From list of 4th year option courses on ‘MA Primary with …’ programmes |
10 |
20 |
5 |
1 |
Theory and Pedagogy of Bilingual and Immersion Education |
EDUA10198 |
10 |
20 |
5 |
1 |
Primary Literacies 2: Developing literacies in the middle and upper stages |
EDUA10168 |
10 |
20 |
5 |
2 |
Child Bilingualism: Language and Cognition |
LASC10077 |
10 |
20 |
Exit awards:
On successful completion of the Programme students will be awarded with an MA (Hons) in Primary Education with Gaelic. Degree classification is based on the marks achieved on all fourth and fifth year courses. Successful completion of the Programme includes the achievement of a recognised teaching qualification which leads to Provisional Registration with GTCS. This will qualify students to teach in both the Gaelic-medium and English-medium sector.
Progression requirements:
Any student who is unable to continue on the Programme in the usual way may apply for Interruption of Studies. Students in this position are encouraged to re-join the Programme the following year.
To gain an M.A. in Primary Education with Gaelic, students are required to pass all courses within the School of Education and in the Linguistics strand at level 8 and 10 and all courses within the Celtic strand at level 8. Four resits per course are permitted for all level 8 courses across the Programme, and one for level 10 courses in Education. Where a student resits a level 10 course in Education, the original fail mark will be used for degree classification. A supporting document is provided by the professional body, GTCS to indicate the requirement to allow students resit opportunities for all courses in Education, rather than progression via an aggregated average grade. This allows students to evidence that they meet, not only the academic requirements of courses, but also the Standard for Provisional Registration, as required by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) in respect of courses within the School of Education. Achievement of the M.A. in Primary Education with Gaelic is considered at the final board of examiners.
The regulations relating to assessment for all students undertaking Years 4 and 5 of the M.A. in Primary Education with Gaelic (learners) are therefore as follows:
7) In each of Years 4 and 5 (i.e. the honours years), students must attain 80 credits and achieve an aggregate pass for the full 120 credits.
8) Subject to these conditions being met, one resit opportunity will be offered for a failed course assessment in courses within the school of Education but the first (failed) mark will be used for degree classification purposes with any successful resits recorded simply as ‘Pass’.
Articulation of learning Outcomes and Assessment Practices
Details of the assessment practices relate directly to the learning outcomes for each course within the Programme can be found in the Programme and Course descriptors.
Modes of study:
The MA in Primary Education with Gaelic is a full-time taught programme. Students are expected to attend all university classes and all placements. It is taken as an indication of emerging professionalism that students attend all classes and placement commitments unless there are medical or personal reasons that make this impossible or inadvisable. Professional experience and practice placements are also an integral part of the Programme. Students will have serial days placement experiences in years 1, 2 and 5. In Year 4 they will spend one full year in a placement school. This satisfies the GTCS minimum requirements for school experience.
Social responsibility, sustainability, equality and diversity
Through the provision of this professional programme, the MA in Primary Education with Gaelic contributes to the realisation of the strategic goals and themes of the School of Education as outlined in the Moray House School of Education Strategic Plan 2013/14:
Enhancing the student experience in learning and teaching
Engaging with our wider community
Building strategic partnerships and collaboration
Promoting equality, diversity, sustainability and social responsibility
One of the core aims of the Programme is to develop the professional values of trust, respect, integrity, and a commitment to the principles of social justice. The Professional Values and Personal Commitments that underpin the SPR are embedded in the design of the Programme. Where appropriate, across the Primary Studies, Educational Studies, Education and Gaelic in Scotland and Professional Experience and Practice courses, course content will foreground issues of equality, inequality and diversity, and will equip students with the conceptual tools to identify and address issues of accessibility and inclusion in their personal and professional lives, in their studies and in their future practice as teachers. Also underpinned within the Professional Standards is Learning for sustainability and this is embedded within the MA curriculum to ensure students have the opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills, values and practices necessary to understand and promote principles of sustainability in practice. The Programme design also ensures that assessment practices enable students to demonstrate achievement in a number of ways, taking account of diverse learning preferences.
Student diversity is considered as a positive strength. Within the Programme an inclusive and enabling environment will be promoted. Unnecessary barriers to entry and progression on the programme will be identified and removed. The Programme will continue to seek to widen access to University. For example, our relationship with the Scottish Widening Access Programme will continue, and College admissions procedures will continue to give concession to students from areas of social deprivation.
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