About Education Studies (primary) - BA/ba (hons) in Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
The course offers an approach to teaching that is founded in evidence-based research in the social sciences. If you want a career as a primary school teacher where you will genuinely make a difference in the world and inspire our future citizens, this course is for you.
This course is about more than simply preparing you to inspire a class of young learners; it will engage you in the wider socio-political issues that affect education on every level and how this in turn influences educational outcomes for children.
Placements form a large part of this course and are integral on your journey to become a teacher.
You will graduate fully qualified to work as a primary school teacher. By law graduates must register with the GTCS before they can be employed as a teacher in a Scottish education authority nursery, primary, secondary or special school. A teacher’s fitness to teach (ie in terms of conduct) will be considered at the point of application for registration. Graduates will be provisionally registered with GTCS, and Home/RUK/ROI students will be eligible to join the Teacher Induction Scheme and undertake a one-year induction in a Scottish primary school to become fully registered with the GTCS.
