PGCE Secondary History (Age Phase 11-16) with QTS

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

• Knowledge of essential educational theory;
• Develop an understanding of active teaching methods and the underlying principles of effective learning;
• Awareness of appropriate and innovative teaching and assessment methods, including simulations and role play;
• Strategies to develop students’ historical understanding through creative and stimulating ways, including organising fieldwork, use of ICT and museum work;
• Understanding the conceptual structure of the history curriculum;
• Ability to plan lessons effectively;
• A confident working knowledge of recent approaches to using ICT tools in the history classroom;
• Working with a range of outside speakers from the history education community;
• Greater subject knowledge and professional and academic skills;
• Wider awareness of your role within the history teaching community and the teaching profession through the study of professional values.

SHI4010 Developing Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy in History Education (30 credits)

SHI4011 Planning for Effective Teaching and Learning in History Education (30 credits)

SHI4012 Research and Practice in History Education (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.