Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
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University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, is a prestigious leading School of education
located in Cambridge
, UK
. It is part of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Cambridge
. Established in 2001, the School is a leading provider of undergraduate and postgraduate study in education, initial teacher education and training encouraging critical reflection and attracting the most able scholars.
Courses at the School include undergraduate programme, masters and doctroal programmes, initial teacher education and training and professional development studies:
Students at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education also join one of the Cambridge Colleges, which provides a social context for their work and an opportunity to meet students and academics from other disciplines.
The Faculty is situated on Hill's Road, near Homerton College. Its wooden fronted building is a well known landmark in the city.
The academic groups are:
The research and teaching centres are:
Notable research projects at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education include the Cambridge Primary Review.
School of education
In the United States and Canada, a school of education is a division within a university that is devoted to scholarship in the field of education, which is an interdisciplinary branch of the social sciences encompassing sociology, psychology, linguistics, economics, political science, public...
located in Cambridge
Cambridge
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, UK
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. It is part of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. Established in 2001, the School is a leading provider of undergraduate and postgraduate study in education, initial teacher education and training encouraging critical reflection and attracting the most able scholars.
Courses at the School include undergraduate programme, masters and doctroal programmes, initial teacher education and training and professional development studies:
- MPhil
- Master of EducationMaster of EducationThe Master of Education is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in a large number of countries. This degree in education often includes the following majors: curriculum and instruction, counseling, and administration. It is often conferred for educators advancing in...
- MPhil Education
- MEd Education
- PhDPHDPHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
- Undergraduate Education
- Postgraduate Professional Development
- PGCEPGCEPGCE can stand for:* Postgraduate Certificate in Education, an English, Welsh and Northern Irish teacher-training qualification that includes master's credits...
Students at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education also join one of the Cambridge Colleges, which provides a social context for their work and an opportunity to meet students and academics from other disciplines.
The Faculty is situated on Hill's Road, near Homerton College. Its wooden fronted building is a well known landmark in the city.
History
The University of Cambridge Faculty of Education was formed by the merger of three prior departments within the university, the Institute of Education, the Department of Education (initially on Trumpington Street) and the teaching interests of Homerton College. The new Faculty building was designed by Building Design Partnership, and was opened in 2005 by HRH Prince Phillip. It was named the Donald McIntyre Building in 2009.ITET rankings
Cambridge is widely regarded as one of the top initial teacher education and training centres in the UK: its MBA program was recently ranked 1st in the 2010 Good Teacher Training Guide.Research Groups and Centres
Faculty of Education has a number of research groups and research and teaching centres which bring together academics in a variety of fieldsThe academic groups are:
- Education, Equality & Development
- Leadership for Learning
- Pedagogy, Language, Arts & Culture
- Psychology & Neuroscience
- Science, Technology & Mathematics
The research and teaching centres are:
- Centre for Children's Literature
- Centre for Commonwealth Education
- Centre for Education and International Development
- Leadership for Learning: the Cambridge Network
- Centre for Neuroscience in Education
Notable research projects at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education include the Cambridge Primary Review.