I really appreciate all of your replies, guys. This is something that has been bothering me for a while now and it's good to have a little clarity from more experienced teachers.

A bit more info:

My PGCE is broadly in Philosphy. Obviously, this isn't a highly prosperous subject in terms of opportunities, but I would love to get back into it. I am currently teaching Humanities, a very low-demand subject. I also have no ability/interest in teaching Maths/Sci/ICT. I'm going to continue down the humanities/philosophy route. My undergrad minor is also (broadly) psychology; that is to say I have enough credits (but not the in-classroom hours of teaching for it) to fulfill British requirements for a certified second teaching subject. I'd be potentially interested in coming round to psych, but again I haven't taught it before so my options would be limited (although an MA [Psychology-related] sounds interesting)

I don't see myself doing a PhD, and I've no *huge* interest in leadership (although I see myself essentially as a career-teacher, so I should keep that option open - who knows how I'll feel when I'm 35). I'm going to look more into MA Ed Leadership.

I think the most interesting thing for me would be something like an MA Ethics (phil/psyh combo) but not sure of the value on that. Would you be able to comment specifically on that? I want to do something interesting, but it also needs to be marketable...

Thanks again for the time. Appreciate your help.

Thanks PsyGuy. Nice response.

How do you feel about MA (Subject) vs MA (Education-related)?

Hey guys,

I've been looking ahead a bit at further education, but I'm finding it quite difficult to sift through the masses of courses. I was just wondering if anyone had completed any MA courses that they found particularly good, useful, high quality, good value, interesting - whatever, just anything that can be a start.

I'm also keen to find out if some MA subjects have more value than others, both professionally and in gaining employment at increasingly higher quality schools. Again, with so many options it is almost impossible to differentiate between any of them.

A few options I thought looked potentially interesting:

- MA Teaching (Secondary)
- MA (Subject Area)
- MA Teaching (Subject Area) (My BA is in my current teaching subject, but my PGDE is in the subject I ultimately would like to teach, although it's incredibly specific and jobs are gold dust so I understand I need to be flexible here)
- MA Curriculum Design

Etc.

Thanks to the guys who post here - I've been a year-long lurker now and this forum has given me a lot more info and confidence than the other entry-ITs around me

I work in Egypt at the moment.

Option 2.