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PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
St John's Campus
Full Time
Sep 2027
1 Year
Our postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) will prepare you to become a further education teacher.You’ll gain experience through placement in a further education setting, whilst receiving tailored tutor support. When not on placement, you’ll be taught through a mixture of lectures, workshops and interactive lesson simulations.When you successfully complete this course, you will be eligible to apply for QTLS (Qualified Teacher Training and Skills) with the Society for Education and Training. This is an additional qualification that is undertaken after the PGCE. It is equivalent to QTS, the schools sector professional status, and is intended to further support teachers who teach in further education.
This module examines more advanced aspects of subject specialist pedagogy, curriculum theory and professionalism and how these aspects of practice are represented in research informed practice. Trainees identify an aspect of practice and work on a chosen topic using high level research skills including searching, synthesising and summarising data. Findings are discussed with peers and assessed by tutors. Trainees will also examine CPD models with particular reference to their role within their communities of practice.
This module provides essential grounding in the understanding and application and critical reflection and core principles and concepts of teaching, learning and assessment and professional values and practice in the FE and skills sector. Once core principles are understood and demonstrated, trainees are encouraged to critically analyse and evaluate learning and practice in order to establish a personal philosophy of education on which to build their practice.
The PGCE FE course will benefit those who wish to complete an Initial Teacher Education (ITE) . Over one year, alongside taught modules, a minimum of 250 hours will be spent in placement, of which a minimum of 150 must be spent teaching. The requirement to complete a minimum of 250 hours applies to all trainees and 3 days a week over approximately 8 months ( including breaks) are timetabled for this module. You will have a named subject mentor on placement and you will complete an online portfolio of evidence of professional practice. This includes 10 teaching observations, reflections and professional discussions.
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