BEng Secondary History

Course description
On this course you can
• gain the qualified teacher status (QTS) needed to teach history in secondary education contexts
• gain a Postgraduate Certificate (PGCE) equivalent to 60 masters level points based on academic submissions
• apply for a bursary to help with course fees (UK and EU students only).
About this course
This course prepares you to become a qualified history teacher committed to the subject and able to teach it confidently to 11-18 year olds in secondary school and college settings. Your teaching and support is shared between the University its partner schools across the Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Humberside region.
You attend University based subject training days focused on teaching history, led by experienced history practitioners. These are spread over the year and help you prepare for your teaching placements.
You also focus on teaching humanities subjects RE, geography and citizenship, which broaden you skills and knowledge for a wider range of teaching in schools. Input from national providers such as UK Parliament Education Service, Holocaust Education Trust and English Heritage develops your awareness of the wider opportunities, resources and support for creative teaching. As part of this you spend a full day exploring approaches to teaching outside the classroom at Conisburgh Castle.
Through taught subject sessions and access to the University library resources, you are supported in producing two academic assignments to gain the QTS award. During the course you complete either the PGCE or the professional graduate certificate in education (ProfGCE). Both qualifications include QTS, but the PGCE also gives you 60 masters level credits, which you can use towards a full masters degree (180 credits).
Subject sessions are also very practical and you are introduced to a variety of resources, ideas and teaching techniques appropriate to the history classroom in Key Stages 3, 4 and 5. Working with other trainees...