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Postgraduate Certificate
Harcourt Hill Campus
Part Time
SEP-25
12 months
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Postgraduate Certificate
Harcourt Hill Campus
Part Time
SEP-25
12 months
Postgraduate Certificate
Oxford Brookes University
Online
SEP-25
12 months
Select a an exam type
Overview
Our PGCert Education - Children's Literature course gives you an overview of the turbulent and unique journey that children's literature has taken since its earliest days to the present from a range of theoretical perspectives.
You will acquire the understanding of how texts are constructed using a range of narrative modes. And how this aspect of your subject knowledge can be used in the primary classroom to develop children’s abilities to read a range of texts for pleasure.
You will also explore a variety of texts currently available including:
Our teaching staff are experienced and active in researching and teaching in the area of children's literature.
You will have access to our Oxford Brookes specials collections, a new collection of rare and antiquarian children's books and, when onsite, specialist-trained drama sessions.
Career prospects
Your learning on the course may lead to better prospects for career advancement.
Students frequently change role / direction as a result of developing new understandings and skills from their work on the course.
Students should normally have a first degree.
Students living in
Domestic
Students from Domestic
£980 per single module
Students from EU
To be confirmed
Students from International
To be confirmed
Based in the historic student city of Oxford, Oxford Brookes is one of the UK’s leading modern universities....