Primary (PGCE)

<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 PGCE Primary course is achieved through the following ways:</p> <p>Award of Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Education - made upon successful completion of the formal subject based assignments at Masters level and successful completion of the two teaching placements. This provides a recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and 60 Masters credits.</p> <p>Award of Professional Certificate in Primary Education - made upon successful completion of formal subject-based assignments at least at Honours level but below Masters level and successful completion of two teaching placements for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).</p> <p>The PGCE Primary course lasts 38 weeks, of which you will spend approximately 20 weeks gaining practical experience in schools. &nbsp;School experience is divided into periods of serial attachment (one or more days per week). &nbsp;During these periods you will work in primary classrooms with the guidance of trained mentors. School and University-based elements of the course are interlinked.</p> <p>By studying PGCE Primary you will:</p> <ul> <li>Develop a curriculum specialism that will support leadership and co-ordination of the subject in the primary school.</li> <li>Aim to be intellectually challenging whilst fully preparing you for the demands of teaching. &nbsp;It takes full account of current national developments in primary education.</li> <li>Include in-depth study of all National Curriculum subjects and you will have the opportunity to specialise in one aspect of the primary curriculum or national policy.</li> <li>Promote your understanding of the nature and theories of learning as well as of child development. &nbsp;</li> <li>Challenge you to become a creative classroom practitioner in all subject areas and give you the skills to respond to the challenges of being a primary teacher.</li> </ul> </div>