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PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
University of Oxford
Full Time
OCT
1 Year
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PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
University of Oxford
Full Time
OCT-26
1 Year
PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
University of Oxford
Full Time
OCT
1 Year
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The Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) is a one-year course that offers you the opportunity to train to teach the secondary age group in one of the leading educational establishments in the country.
The department works in partnership with over 37 secondary comprehensive schools in Oxfordshire and neighboring counties, with most being within 30 miles of Oxford. The programme has been developed with colleagues from Oxfordshire partnership schools and covers the key professional skills of:
lesson planning and preparation
assessment, recording and reporting
responding to individual learning needs
classroom and behaviour management.
The course works on an internship model (the Oxford Internship Scheme) which recognises the different roles of university and schools in teacher education and the need for a truly collaborative partnership. Such collaboration involves joint responsibility within the partnership for the planning, delivery and assessment of the programme. Student teachers are known as interns during the PGCE course.
In addition to being awarded the PGCE qualification, successful interns are also recommended for Qualified Teacher Status, which indicates that they have met the requirements of the Government’s Teachers’ Standards.
The course aims to produce high quality teachers of the sciences across the 11-19 age range who will not only become competent teachers but will quickly become innovative leaders in their field. Interns will gain expertise in the different strategies for teaching science, and will get insights into the way that pupils learn across the whole range of attainments, aptitudes and pupil differences.
Interns will learn how to turn their own subject knowledge into a form that can be appreciated by pupils and will think critically about the aims and practicalities of teaching science in schools. To attain these goals, interns work with each other, the University tutors and their mentors in schools as adult learners, motivated to take responsibility for their own learning. The learning is structured through workshops, seminars, discussions, focussed assignments, school-based activities and sympathetic, expert, supervision and support
You will need an undergraduate degree at class 2:2 or above, or equivalent.
It is important that your degree is directly related to the PGCE subject you wish to teach.
We will also consider applications from candidates who have Third class Honours degrees if they also have extensive UK classroom experience (for example employment as a Teaching Assistant) or have a subsequent higher qualification e.g. a masters.
You will also need a Grade 4 (C) or above in English and maths, or equivalent qualification. We will consider candidates with pending GCSEs and candidates who need to take a GCSE equivalency test in English or maths.
Students living in
Domestic
£9,535 per year
Students from Domestic
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£38,410 per year
Students from EU
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£38,410 per year
Students from International
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