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Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Scotland)
Queen Margaret University
Full Time
AUG-25
1 year
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Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Scotland)
Queen Margaret University
Full Time
AUG-25
1 Years
Are you are a graduate in a related degree to Accounting, Economics or Business Management? Are you looking for an inspiring, challenging and socially empowering career? Our one-year PGDE Secondary (Business Education) course will prepare you to teach Business Education in Scottish Secondary Schools and beyond, providing you with an internationally recognised Secondary teaching qualification.If you are passionate about Business Education especially with a social justice, sustainability and health and wellbeing agenda, then there has never been a more important time to learn the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding to enable you to transform young lives as you learn how to evaluate the social, ethical, and global factors that affect local, national, and multinational organisations.As a graduate of our unique course, you will help to prepare young people to face the challenges of 21st century citizenship in these fast-changing times. The PGDE Secondary (Business Education) course will engage you in a critical understanding of contemporary ‘real world issues. You will learn how to underpin your inclusive practices with key themes of social justice, sustainability and health and wellbeing and consider critically childrens rights and how to plan for inclusive practices which enable all young people to participate. More generally, you will learn how to engage young persons in ICT for business contexts, in effective communications strategies, develop their financial awareness and understanding of human relations strategies as well as developing their knowledge of enterprising life and employability skills all necessary for participation in twenty-first century global citizenship. Researching theories of leadership and organisational learning and change will also enable you to engage young persons in the skills of independent learning, research, critical analysis and problem solving. You will also learn about the role you can play as a Business Education teacher to drive forward the discipline within its contemporary social, cultural, and political contexts.Professional enquiry is an important aspect of the teachers role. On our course we will teach you how to conduct research in your classroom to enable you to make evidence-based decisions in support of pupils learning.
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Successful applicants must, as a minimum, meet the requirements as set by the Memorandum on Entry Requirements to Courses of Initial Teacher Education in Scotland produced by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), which specifies general entrance requirements for all applicants and subject specific requirements for Secondary applicants.Minimum entry requirements:• a degree validated by a higher education institution in the United Kingdom or a degree of an equivalent standard from an institution outside the United Kingdom• the degree should normally contain 80 SCQF credit points relevant to the teaching qualification being studied, including 40 credits at SCQF level 8.• The degree must contain 80 credits in two subjects from Accounting, Economics and Business Management.PLUS• A National Qualification in English at SCQF Level 6, for example:- Higher English Grade C or;- A Level English, Grade D or;- GCSE English Language AND English Literature, at 4/C IN BOTH or;- Irish Leaving Certificate Higher English at Grade H4/C2.AND• A National Qualification in Mathematics at SCQF Level 5, for example:-Standard Grade/Int 2/National 5 Mathematics Grade C or;-GCSE Mathematics at 4/C or;-Irish Leaving Certificate Mathematics Ordinary Grade O3/B3.Please note National 5 Lifeskills/Applications Mathematics is accepted in place of National 5 Mathematics.
Students living in
England
£9,250 per year
Students from England
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£1,820 per year
Students from Scotland
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£9,250 per year
Students from Wales
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£9,250 per year
Students from Northern Ireland
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£9,250 per year
Students from Channel Islands
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£9,250 per year
Students from International
£9250 Per year
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