PGCE Secondary Design and Technology (Age Phase 11-16) with QTS

Postgraduate

In Ormskirk

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Ormskirk

  • Duration

    1 Year

This programme will equip you with a range of academic, professional and vocational knowledge, understanding, skills and values necessary to become a high quality and skilled teacher of Design and Technology. It will develop reflective and analytical skills as well as providing practical experience in planning effective lessons and learning strategies, hands-on classroom experience, and opportunities to further your own subject knowledge.

Expert tutoring, excellent placement support and a wide range of high quality on-campus facilities will enable you to gain up-to-date expertise in both your subject knowledge and teaching skills, to make you an innovative and successful secondary Design and Technology teacher.

You can choose to specialise in Food Technology, Resistant Materials, Textiles Technology or Systems and Control. Specialist subject teaching during the programme will enable you to develop your expertise in at least one further area of Design and Technology, which you will teach at Key Stage 3. This will enable you to develop your skills and knowledge in two relevant areas, enhancing the skills that you have to offer within the school curriculum.

If you have a degree in a specialist area of Design and Technology, or a related area such as engineering or food/hospitality/catering, and want to help develop the creativity and practical skills of secondary school pupils aged 11 to 16, this is the programme for you.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Ormskirk (Lancashire)
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St Helens Road, L39 4QP

Start date

On request

About this course

Successful completion of this programme will allow you to gain QTS status and progress onto employment as a Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) at secondary school level in Design and Technology.

Our proactive careers advisory service can help you to find job vacancies and offers in-depth advice on teacher job applications and interviews, to help you secure work.

GCSE English Language and Mathematics at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent qualification); A first or second class Honours degree from a UK university (or equivalent qualification); Satisfactory levels of Information and Communications Technology competence and an appropriate range of practical skills related to your specialist subject; A demonstrable interest in teaching within the curriculum area. You could show this in a number of ways – time spent in schools, knowledge of the chosen curriculum area, relevant practical experience.

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Subjects

  • Design
  • Teaching
  • Secondary
  • Materials
  • School
  • Quality
  • Quality Training
  • Textiles
  • Secondary Design
  • Technology
  • Educational
  • Design and Technology
  • Educational Setting
  • Teacher
  • Pedagogy
  • Learning
  • Planning
  • Education

Course programme

You will start with an extensive subject knowledge and understanding audit, to identify your main strengths and weaknesses, and enable your tutor to focus on your individual development needs. You’ll also have the opportunity to develop your expertise in at least two areas of Design and Technology, in line with the Design and Technology Association/TDA recommendations.

During 12 weeks of study on campus, you’ll develop:

  • Knowledge of essential educational theory;
  • Awareness of appropriate and innovative teaching and assessment methods, including various practical activities;
  • Strategies to develop students’ abilities to work with a wide range of equipment and materials, such as wood, metal, plastics, textiles, modelling materials, computers and electrical and mechanical components;
  • Understanding of the curriculum
  • Ability to plan lessons effectively;
  • Excellent working knowledge of the latest ICT tools and software used in schools;
  • Greater subject knowledge and professional and academic skills;
  • Wider awareness of your role within the teaching profession through study of professional values.

SDT4010 Developing Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy in Design and Technology (30 credits)

SDT4011 Planning for Effective Teaching and Learning in Design and Technology (30 credits)

SDT4012 Research and Practice in Design and Technology (30 credits)

SRP4001 Reflective Professional Practice (30 credits)

SRP4002 Professional Practice 1 (30 credits)

SRP4003 Professional Practice 2 (30 credits)

120 academic credits are studied on the programme in total, in addition to 60 ungraded credits for the Professional Practice modules.

Additional information

International students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18 are £12,500.

How will I be assessed?

A balanced combination of coursework and observed classroom experience will be assessed against academic criteria at Level 7 and the QTS Standards. Various other tasks will enable you to show your competence in ICT and other areas of Design and Technology. Before the end of your PGCE you will need to complete a Career Entry and Development Profile (CEDP) which acts as a useful bridge between your initial teacher training programme and your Induction Year as a Newly Qualified Teacher.

Who will be teaching me?

All tutors on the programme are educational practitioners with a vast range of experience working in secondary schools and in local education authority advisory service.

PGCE Secondary Design and Technology (Age Phase 11-16) with QTS

£ 9,250 + VAT