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PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
City South Campus, Edgbaston
Full Time
23-SEP-24
1 year
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PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
City South Campus, Edgbaston
Full time
23-SEP-24
1 year
Select a an exam type
This course will enable you to use your degree level skills in the teaching of history so that the young people you work with can explore and engage with the history and cultures that have helped shaped our present.
We believe that history is a crucial element in the education of all pupils, and will work with you to enable you to become the inspirational secondary school teacher that today’s young people deserve.
What's covered in the course?
Our course provides you with the knowledge and understanding that will enable your current creative skills to grow into exciting and engaging teaching for the classroom. The course is a practice-based programme that will fully support you into becoming a confident, dynamic and creative teacher committed to making history accessible for all.
Central to the curriculum is the study of history pedagogy and professional practice, which you will access through a synthesis of practical workshops, lectures, seminar groups and individual study.
Curriculum workshops are a key element of your course. Dedicated, full-time history lecturers and teachers deliver these in our specialist education classrooms and lecture theatres. The workshops enable you to experience and develop your understanding of subject pedagogy through topics such as: History and British values, teaching controversial issues, teaching the Holocaust, using the National Archives as a teaching resource, learning outside of the classroom, use of artefacts inside the classroom, as well as Key Stage 3 National Curriculum topics, GCSE and A Level History topics.
At least two thirds of the course takes place within school. You will be placed in a minimum of two history departments.
Students must have a good degree (minimum 2:2) in a relevant subject from a UK higher education institution or equivalent. You must have a GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent) in both English language and mathematics prior to enrolment and if you are offered an interview you will take a written test to assess your standard of English.
Students living in
Domestic
£9,250 per year
Students from Domestic
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£16,085 per year
Students from EU
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£16,085 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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