Masters Degree Practical Skills Therapeutic Education

The MA will critically explore and examine the function and impact of the Seven Fields of Practice. It will be a taught course of conventional structure (part-time over three years), aligned with the UK Framework for Higher Education Qualifications: 180 credits at Level 7, six 20-credit taught modules and a 60-credit dissertation or research and practice project.

The Ruskin Mill Centre for Practice MA: Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (MA PSTE) will provide you with an opportunity to:

• learn about the provenance and development of PSTE

• experience/appraise/develop/contribute to the theory and practice of PSTE

• apply the method to your own professional practice and/or context

• appraise your own personal development in relation to PSTE

For over 30 years, using its approach Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE), Ruskin Mill Trust has provided specialist independent education to children and adults with complex needs including learning difficulties, autistic spectrum conditions and disabilities. Ruskin Mill Trust promotes research into the practice and development of education in the areas of arts, crafts, agriculture and environmental sciences, with particular reference being given to the indications and insights of Rudolf Steiner in these areas.

With this degree, Ruskin Mill Trust is inviting Master’s level research into Practical Skills Therapeutic Education. The theories and practices of Practical Skills Therapeutic Education are open to comparison, appraisal and development by Ruskin Mill Trust staff and other practitioners in the fields of education, special education, or health and social care.

The MA in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education is an award of the University of Huddersfield.