Further and Post-Compulsory Education (PGDE)

Postgraduate

In Liverpool

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Liverpool

  • Duration

    12 Months

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Overview
The PGDE in Further and Post-Compulsory Sector provides a recognised teaching qualification for those who wish to teach post-14 students. The course provides a route to Qualified Teacher in Learning and Skills Status (QTLS), which is equivalent to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
The course is worth 120 credits at Master’s level. This reflects the course’s high level of engagement with educational research, theories of learning and the philosophy of teaching. As well and developing practical teaching skills, the course encourages students to engage with their practice and the sector in a critical and reflective fashion.
The PGDE provides the opportunity to follow a specialist route which gives you a named award in English Language, Mathematics or SEN.
The course offers excellent employment opportunities, particularly for those specialising in shortage subjects.
All teacher education courses at Liverpool Hope offer students the opportunity to combine a programme of theory with real world experience. Classes at the university campus focus on what underpins the work of an effective and successful teacher, while the educational placement offers you the opportunity to put theory into practice.
UCAS Course Codes
2NJR - Further and Post-Compulsory Education
2NJQ - Further and Post-Compulsory Education (English)
2NJS - Further and Post-Compulsory Education (Mathematics)
2NJT - Further and Post-Compulsory Education (SEN)

Facilities

Location

Start date

Liverpool (Merseyside)
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Hope Park, L16 9JD

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

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Experience
Liverpool Hope University is one of the country’s leading providers of Initial Teacher Education. The PGDE in Further and Post-Compulsory Sector is a Master’s level qualification which is aimed at high quality graduates wishing to pursue a teaching career in further education colleges, work-based learning, adult education, community education, offender education and the charitable sector.
It is an intensive, demanding, yet very rewarding programme running from early September. Students will be on teaching placement at local...

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Subjects

  • Teaching
  • GCSE Mathematics
  • Mathematics
  • English
  • Teaching Skills
  • English Language
  • Philosophy

Course programme

<div id="tab2" class="tab grid_8 alpha hide-on-small" style="display: block;"> <div class="courseLinks hide-on-medium-down"> <img src="/media/liverpoolhope/styleassets/cssimages/media,975,en.gif" alt="print Icon" style="width : 24px; height : 24px; "> <span><a href="javascript:window.print()">print this page</a></span> <span class="st_sharethis_custom" st_processed="yes"><a href="#">share this course</a></span> </div> <h2>Curriculum</h2> <p>Successful completion of this PGDE course is achieved through the following ways:</p> <p>Award of a Postgraduate Diploma of Education in Further and Post -Compulsory Education is made upon successful completion of all four modules at masters level.</p> <p>The PGDE in Further and Post-Compulsory Sector provides a recognised teaching qualification for those who wish to teach post-14 students.&nbsp; The course provides a route to Qualified Teacher in Learning and Skills Status (QTLS), which is equivalent to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).&nbsp;</p> <p>The course is worth 120 credits at Master’s level.&nbsp; This reflects the course’s high level of engagement with educational research, theories of learning and the philosophy of teaching.&nbsp; As well and developing practical teaching skills, the course encourages students to engage with their practice and the sector in a critical and reflective fashion.&nbsp;</p> <p>The PGDE provides the opportunity to follow a specialist route which gives you a named award in English Language, Mathematics or SEN.</p> <p>The course offers excellent employment opportunities, particularly for those specialising in shortage subjects.</p> </div>

Further and Post-Compulsory Education (PGDE)

Price on request