PGCE Secondary Design and Technology

Excellent teachers make a difference to the lives and futures of the people they teach. Developed in partnership with schools and Early Years settings, this Ofsted Outstanding rated programme will support you to become an innovative and inspiring design and technology teacher.

Our full-time programmes last for approximately 40 weeks; you’ll spend about two thirds of this time in a school or educational setting. Throughout the programme there is a dynamic relationship between your training in the University and your training in schools.

The National Curriculum requires all pupils to study Design and Technology to the age of 14 with the option to continue their studies to GCSE level. Most schools employ a range of specialists to deliver the curriculum so prospective teachers need to be able to teach in one of these main Product Design specialisms and be prepared to teach the others to younger pupils:

Textiles Technology
Resistant Materials (wood, metal and plastics)
ECT (electronics and communications technology)
Food Technology
Design and Technology teachers share a common understanding of the philosophy of designing and making. This coherent approach is what makes the Design and Technology experience for pupils and teachers so exciting and rewarding. The PGCE programme develops this approach through working together, irrespective of specialism, for many components of the University programme.

Through this approach the programme provides you with the opportunity to enhance your own expertise whilst exploring a range of approaches to teaching, learning and assessment within your specialist areas.

When you graduate, you’ll be fully qualified to teach, with the essential skills and confidence that you’ll need to be successful in the classroom.