Pgde (secondary) in University of West of Scotland, UK

Pgde (secondary) in University of West of Scotland

PGDE (SECONDARY) OVERVIEW

Our Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) Secondary course provides the formal teaching qualification for provisional registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), preparing you for a career in secondary / high school teaching.

The PGDE is carried out in partnership with schools and you will spend half of your time on the course (some 18 weeks), in real school placements. University-based study focuses on: curriculum, methods of teaching, learning and assessment alongside theoretical and practical aspects of professional studies in education. 

PGDE teaching qualifications are offered in the following areas (you may select one or two of the following ten subject areas, depending on your qualifications):

• Art & Design
• Biology with Science / Chemistry with Science / Physics with Science
• English
• French / German / Spanish
• Mathematics
• Physical Education

MORE INFORMATION

Successful completion of all elements of the course means that you receive the formal teaching qualification necessary for provisional registration with the GTCS, a requirement for entry into the guaranteed one-year Teacher Induction Scheme in Scotland.

Eighteen weeks are spent on school experience placements in at least two schools; a two week introductory placement followed by five weeks in the same school; then six weeks in a second school and a final five week placement in the second school.

Jobs

Most UWS graduates remain in mainstream teaching in the UK or abroad. Others work with children with additional learning support needs, in adult training, educational aspects of charities, science centres, the commercial sector and public sector, and social services.

COURSE DETAILS

Teaching qualifications are offered in the following areas*. You will select one or two of the following subjects, depending on qualifications:

• Art & Design
• Biology with Science
• Chemistry with Science
• English
• French
• German
• Mathematics
• Physical Education
• Physics with Science
• Spanish

Our course currently consists of three compulsory modules, one of which is taught in conjunction with PGDE (Primary) and is offered at both SCQF levels 10 and 11, giving the option of 40 credits of internationally-recognised Master's level study. You will develop an understanding of the curriculum and a range of approaches to teaching, learning and assessment in your chosen subject discipline(s).

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