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PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
Leeds Trinity University
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
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PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
Leeds Trinity University
Full Time
SEP-25
1 year
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Course overview
Business is fundamental to many aspects of our lives and although not all 14 - 19-year-olds will go on to work in business, all require a deep understanding of business knowledge and skills to navigate the world we live in.?Business teachers, in both the academic and vocational classroom and through extra-curricular activities, help prepare all students for life. Business is a subject that motivates and engages many students and you are in an excellent position to harness this enthusiasm, bringing the subject to life with well-chosen case studies that ‘hook’ students into learning.
The Leeds Trinity PGCE utilises the latest research to enable you to understand and develop the key pedagogical knowledge and skills essential for excellent teaching and learning in business education enabling students to appreciate its importance and relevance to them.? This is achieved through rigorous, subject-specific professional training.
All our PGCE Secondary courses lead to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and the award of a level 7 Postgraduate Certificate in Education.
Assessment
At the end of each placement your school mentor, who will have supported you throughout your time in school, will assess your practice, using evidence from the whole of your time in school, including observations, lesson plans and marked work.
You’ll complete a progress portfolio to collate evidence of your teaching practice. At the end of the course, we will use this evidence to show that you have met the Teachers’ Standards.
You’ll also complete two level 7 Master’s assignments to test your ability to be critically reflective and research-led in your approach to teaching.
Students need a good honours degree with a significant proportion in Business. Please note that applicants with third-class honours degrees will be considered on an individual basis, and normally only if applicants have additional qualifications and/or significant relevant professional experience. GCSE Grade 4 (or C or accepted equivalent) in English Language or English Literature and Mathematics. In addition to the above essential entry requirements, successful applicants also tend to have: advanced level qualifications (or equivalent) in Business, experience of observing the teaching in a secondary school in this country.
Students living in
Domestic
£9,250 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£15,000 per year
Students from EU
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£15,000 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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