PGCE in Secondary Education with Art and Design
Plymouth Marjon University
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Course SummaryOur specialist PGCE in Secondary Education with Art and Design is a direct route to a career of which you can be proud. Art and Design impacts on our lives and this course aims to produce dynamic, confident, and innovative teachers who are committed to developing life skills.Art and Design develops a passion for visual knowledge and understanding and the use of technology. Our PGCE Art and Design develops a range of teaching styles appropriate to the delivery of Art and Design ...Read more

Course Summary

Our specialist PGCE in Secondary Education with Art and Design is a direct route to a career of which you can be proud. Art and Design impacts on our lives and this course aims to produce dynamic, confident, and innovative teachers who are committed to developing life skills.

Art and Design develops a passion for visual knowledge and understanding and the use of technology. Our PGCE Art and Design develops a range of teaching styles appropriate to the delivery of Art and Design within the National Curriculum and GCSE/A Level specifications.

Our PGCE Art and Design prepares trainee teachers for a first appointment as a teacher of Art and Design in a secondary school and assess current developments in the subject and their possible effect on teaching in schools. To develop as a teacher, you will be learning about how pupils develop their art and design skills and knowledge, and how they can be helped to a better understanding of themselves and the world through Art and Design. Furthermore, our PGCE Art and Design trainees can take up ‘enhancements’ linked to other curriculum subjects.

The trainees themselves are the most valuable resource on the course and we will be giving you the opportunity you to share your specialisms with the other trainees, and you will develop essential components of creativity and imagination such as determination, hard work, observing, thinking, experimenting, investigating, making, evaluation.

What might you become?

Plymouth Marjon University is widely renowned for producing excellent teachers. We have superb links with over 300 partnership schools throughout the South West, London and overseas and our graduates teach in schools across the country.

How will you be taught?

Collaborative learning, critical reflection and a strong culture of support underpin the PGCE Art. You will have a minimum of 120 days in school in 2 block placements and 12 weeks in University undertaking a range of activities, teaching includes lectures, practical activities, seminars, workshops, conferences, tutorials, independent study or research and school based training.

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60/101
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61st
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115th
What students say
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Isla
28 Nov 24

I like the supportive community at Plymouth Marjon, it feels like a tight-knit family...Read more

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Joshua
28 Nov 24

The campus is good. I like the fact that its far from the town and to the side. More peaceful...Read more

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Entry requirements

A degree at 2:2 or above. GCSE English and Mathematics at grade 4 or grade C or above (or an equivalent qualification). Experience of working with young people.

Tuition fees

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£9,250 per year

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£14,600 per year

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£14,600 per year

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Isla
28 Nov 24
PGCE in Secondary Education with Art and Design
I like the supportive community at Plymouth Marjon, it feels like a tight-knit family....
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Joshua
28 Nov 24
PGCE in Secondary Education with Art and Design
The campus is good. I like the fact that its far from the town and to the side. More peaceful....
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Plymouth Marjon University
Derriford Road Plymouth Devon PL6 8BH United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Plymouth  2.1 miles away

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