Graduate Diploma, PGCE Primary Full-time
Postgraduate Certificate in Education
Primary Full-time (with Masters level credits)
Graduate Diploma in
Education Primary Full-time (at level 3)
Both the primary
Postgraduate Certificate in Education and the Graduate Diploma in
Education programmes are popular choices for graduates wishing to
join the teaching profession and study on a full-time basis.
All applicants will enrol on the PGCE programme and follow the same
curriculum and school-based experiences. Student teachers
must pass the two Masters Level modules to gain 60 credits and gain
the PGCE award. Student teachers who meet the Level 3
criteria in all modules will gain the Graduate Diploma in
Education. In both cases, student teachers will be
recommended for QTS providing they pass all school placements and
module assessments.
The programme is currently
undergoing revalidation and is likely to be structured across three
modules from September 2013:
- Understanding Teaching and
Learning (child focus)
- The Emerging Professional
(teacher focus)
- Learning and Teaching in
the Curriculum
All modules run throughout
the year and are linked to school placements where student teachers
will be expected to make links to theory and practice.
Modules assessments include a research project, essays and
presentations.
Student teachers are
well-supported through an academic tutor system where they meet
regularly with an identified tutor to discuss targets and
progress.
There will be three
school-based placements: an ‘Introductory’ placement where the
student teacher plans and teaches lessons from the class teacher’s
plans, a more sustained ‘Developmental’ placement in the spring
term where the student teacher develops planning and assessing for
progression, and a final ‘Consolidation’ placement in the summer
term. This final placement expects student teachers to be
operating at a level similar to that expected of an NQT towards the
end of the sustained block.
Experiential placements will
include a private nursery placement, Settings Other Than Schools
(such as museums and galleries) or an international
placement. Student teachers may have the option of developing
a specialism within the programme and this will be discussed at
both interview and also at the start of the programme.
School Experience
Information about entry
requirements and general information about this programme »