Early Years (PGCE)
Postgraduate
In Liverpool
Description
-
Type
Postgraduate
-
Location
Liverpool
-
Duration
12 Months
-
Start date
Different dates available
Overview
The PGCE Early Years course is particularly intensive. Students are timetabled for study across a number of areas including initial professional development covering principles of education and curriculum areas such as English, Mathematics, Science, ICT, History, Geography, Art, Music, P.E and R.E. Approximately half of the course is spent in school where the training continues and students are given opportunities to develop and extend their skills. Both within university and in school, time is built in for students to meet with their tutors on a one-to-one basis to discuss their professional development.
As part of the course, students are expected to engage, on a variety of levels, with the course content and materials. Many of the sessions require active participation in early years approaches to teaching. In contrast to this, you will be expected to have some familiarity with accessing library and online resources to support your research into different aspects of Early Years education in preparation for the completion of the assignments.
Formal assessment of the course takes place through observations of students' teaching, and their successful completion of assignments based on Learning Theories. Linking theory and practice is a key feature of the course. Students also undertake a number of curriculum and wider professional-based tasks.
School experience covers block placements in a 0-3 years setting and an Early Years foundation setting.
All Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) courses at Liverpool Hope offer students the opportunity to combine a programme of theory with real world experience. The initial professional development focuses what underpins the work of an effective and successful teacher, while school placements offer you the opportunity to put theory into practice.
Initial Professional Development (IPD): This part of the programme covers general aspects of becoming a teacher. It is largely lecture-based supported by...
Facilities
Location
Start date
Start date
About this course
print this page share this course
Experience
Liverpool Hope University is one of the country's leading providers of Initial Teacher Education. In the most recent National Student Survey 99% of our undergraduate QTS students expressed overall satisfaction with provision, placing us top among the fifty largest providers of teacher training in the UK and 16% above the national average.
The PGCE Early Years course is a postgraduate qualification aimed at high-quality graduates wishing to pursue a career in Early Years teaching. It is an intensive, demanding yet very rewarding...
Reviews
Subjects
- Early Years
- School
- Teaching
- Primary
- GCSE Mathematics
- University
- Music
- Materials
- English
- Mathematics
- Art
Course programme
Early Years (PGCE)