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What you will study
EDUCATION
The Education component of
the programme seeks to equip participants with the competence
to teach all levels of primary school (4-12 year olds). Given the structure of primary school provision, the teacher is required to have a mastery and competence in all the curricular areas of the primary school, inclusive of Art, Drama, English, Gaeilge, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Religious Education and Social and Environmental Studies (which includes Geography, History and Science). The foundation studies, professional studies, the school placement and the subject disciplines are carefully planned in light of changing understandings
of the nature of learning and the theory-practice relationship.
There is an appropriate balance
in the programme provision
for these areas and their inter- relationship is made explicit.
PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology is studied throughout the four years. Modules will include Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Research Methodology, Personality & Individual Differences, Information Technology & Psychology, Biological Basis of Psychology, the Psychology of Special Educational Needs and Abnormal Psychology. Students
are also required to undertake
an undergraduate dissertation in Psychology in their final year.
CAO CODE MI008
Patrick Burke
B Ed in Education and Psychology
The B Ed in Education and Psychology programme prepared me well for the classroom while psychology has more classroom applications than one might think. It complements the education part of the programme in many ways, but is an incredibly interesting and useful subject in its own right. It has both consciously and unconsciously influenced the way I teach. What’s great about the programme is that you might only ever want to
be a teacher, but the option
to do further study in clinical psychology, educational psychology, sports psychology or any other branch of psychology still stands when you graduate. Whether you end up working with paying clients, clinical patients or troublesome junior infants, the B Ed in Education and Psychology should give you a great starting point for each!
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