MEd Learning and Teaching in the Arts – Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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MEd in Learning and Teaching in the Arts
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Join a vibrant online community from across the world, sharing in a journey of professional enquiry and development designed to enhance your practice as an arts educator.
Shape the Future of Arts Education – Wherever You Are
Join a dynamic, international network of arts educators through our part-time, hybrid MEd in Learning and Teaching in the Arts course – a flexible, master’s programme designed to fit around your professional life and arts education practice.
Whether you’re teaching in a studio, classroom, rehearsal space, or community setting, this three-year programme invites you to critically explore and evolve your approach to arts education. Through a blend of online and in-person sessions, one-to-one tutorials, and collaborative learning, you’ll engage with a diverse community of peers who share your passion for teaching and the arts.
During the course you’ll design research projects that reflect your unique interests, context, and learners – building a strong evidence base that connects your practice to educational theory, discipline-specific discourse, and professional standards. In your final year, you’ll carry out a self-directed project that makes a real impact in your educational setting.
Wherever you’re based, this programme is built to support your growth as an educator, artist, and researcher.
Ready to innovate, collaborate, and elevate your practice?We warmly invite you to join us.
Subjects
Explore, Create, Transform: A Deep Dive into Arts Education
Our MEd in Learning and Teaching in the Arts supports arts educators in a sustained journey of enquiry across three interconnected strands:
Teaching Practice Enquiry
Delve into the art of teaching within an arts context. You’ll explore learning theories, design impactful learning experiences that meet quality standards, and develop the skills to critically evaluate and enhance your own teaching practice.
Arts Practice Enquiry
Engage with the wider conversations shaping your discipline – social, political, economic, cultural, and sustainability debates – and design a personalised programme of learning that nurtures your growth as an artist.
Professional Enquiry
Lead a major-scale project in an area where you see potential for innovation and transformation. This is your opportunity to generate new knowledge, challenge assumptions, and shape future practice in arts education.
Across all three strands, you’ll build confidence in academic writing, research, and scholarship – equipping you to share your insights with wider professional and academic communities.
Flexible, Blended Learning That Fits Your Life
Delivered part-time over three years, the programme combines hybrid sessions (with options to join in person or online), online seminars, one-to-one tutorials, and independent study. Whether you’re based in the UK or internationally, the structure is designed to support your professional commitments and local context.
The programme is designed to appeal to individuals anywhere in the world who have a role as an arts educator –
Within a formal education context such as:
- An early years nursery or kindergarten
- A state or private primary, secondary or ASN school
- An International School
- A Further Education College
- A Higher Education University, Art School, or Conservatoire
Or within a non-formal education context, such as a:
- Community Arts Centre
- Professional Arts Organisation
- Public Arts Organisation
- Participatory Arts Organisation
- Private practice
