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The Dartington Hall Trust: Transformative Education

Institution The Dartington Hall Trust
Department Schumacher College
Web https://www.dartington.org/
Study type Taught

Summary

This postgraduate degree opens up our distinctive learning model here at Schumacher College to train educators, teachers and curriculum designers in the principles of an ecological approach to education.

For too long mainstream education systems have been outdated and in crisis – what we need are new more nimble models rooted in experience, working in collaboration with communities, and reigniting widespread attempts to resolve our environmental and social issues.

Here at Dartington we have developed a holistic approach to learning which we believe turns the mainstream upside-down, incorporating head, heart and hands to help students work out how they can act, and crucially empower others to act, towards a regenerative, more hopeful and inclusive future. This new course offers postgraduate students the chance to investigate this model for themselves, honing their own practice as an educator and developing new paths towards the kind of education systems and curricula contemporary society needs to flourish and heal.

Students will explore diverse learning approaches from the mainstream to alternatives, including: -On Country Learning / culturally responsive pedagogy -First Nation and Sámi learning communities -Scandinavian folk schools and tradition of friluftsliv -Czech turistika -Integrative nature/arts education -Sustainable and regenerative models -Adventure and outdoor learning

Learning at Dartington is: -practice-led -experience-based -immersive -transformative -culturally and environmentally sensitive -founded in nature connection -interdisciplinary

Progressive education has been trialled and practiced on the Dartington estate for 100 years, and as such the place and its legacy offer an inspiring and very tangible case study for students interested in exploring the sociohistorical context of education in England. The course is intended to draw on this legacy, but with a focus on how this can help inform new approaches and develop and enhance existing pedagogies. ology, psychology and socio-political economics. It aims to provide a tool-kit for change makers at the forefront of our transition to sustainable societies.

Careers: We have developed this programme with a sensitivity to those working or aspiring to work both within the mainstream education system and outside of it.

The types of roles that an MA can help you to attain include more senior, higher-paid roles such as: -Head of year -Head of department -Deputy head -Head teacher

Taking this course can also help you secure more specialist roles working in curriculum development, pastoral care and SEN, or project-based sustainability work.

In broader terms this course is a great way to expand your options, opening up a range of career alternative pathways such as: -Head of learning at a cultural institution -Director of education for a local authority or conservation organisation -Teacher trainer or trainer of trainers -Education consultant -Roles in outdoor education

Another career route through this degree would be to open up a more entrepreneurial/activist path through funded community-focused and/or land-based projects or developing new educational businesses.

This programme can be taken full-time or part-time. PGCert and PGDip study options are also available.

Find out more about the programme structure & Modules on our website.

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