This course is grounded in a particular form of professionalism, that of research-based teaching; it is a vision of practitioners constructing their own practical theories of the situations that confront them in their professional life and testing them in action; the programme is suitable for teachers working in primary, secondary and post-compulsory settings as well as workplace educators such as police and military trainers; the programme is designed to enhance and deepen pedagogic knowledge of learning and aspects of students� professional role in their workplace. Students build up credits by undertaking a range of optional modules allowing them to focus on issues relevant to their own professional practice; they also complete the module Practitioner Research prior to putting together a research plan as preparation for the dissertation.