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Brunel University of London

PGCE in Secondary Education (English) with recommendation for QTS

Name: PGCE in Secondary Education (English) with recommendation for QTS
Price: £9250 GBP

BRUNEL UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

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Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP-25

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Qualification type

PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education

Subject areas

Teaching In Secondary Schools English Language Teaching

Course Summary

English is one of the three core subjects within the UK curriculum, making English teachers in high demand with good opportunities for promotion. Learning English can be simultaneously fascinating and challenging, but pupils achievement in both English Language and Literature can be strongly linked to how the subject is taught. This is where you can truly make a difference. Brunels PGCE in Secondary Education (English) is designed to prepare you to teach pupils aged 11 to 16 with a focus on developing their aptitude for English. You will teach them English, not only in preparation for compulsory exams but also for life beyond school. Whether it is helping someone to have the confidence to analyse more challenging texts, inspiring a budding writer or engaging communicator, or enabling your pupils to look beyond the surface and become increasingly knowledgeable and critical readers, your English teaching will leave a strong legacy.Careers and your futureA Brunel PGCE with recommendation for QTS is a recognised symbol of high quality Initial Teacher Education (ITE). This is demonstrated by Brunels outstanding employment rates over time and feedback from Brunel alumni student teachers, our partnership schools and Ofsted inspectors.Brunel PGCE graduates have gone on to work in our Partnership schools, and many in schools where they undertook a placement experience. This allows the department to retain links with former students and often they become school-based mentors for Brunel PGCE students. The department also has a network of alumni in positions of responsibility in schools across the country.

Modules

ED55019 - Education Studies I - Core

This module aims to enhance students? understanding of reflection as part of professional practice, considering particularly the concept of the ?Reflective Practitioner?, to develop students? ability to analyse their own values, beliefs and ideologies and the influences that have shaped these, to enhance students? understanding of a range of general professional issues connected with schools and their communities, the curriculum and teaching and learning, to develop an awareness of the importance and implications of safeguarding needs within the remit of statutory provision, including knowledge of E-safety, and to understand various aspects of the school curriculum, including the National Curriculum.

ED55020 - Education Studies II - Core

ED55021 - Education Studies III - Core

ED5622 - PGCE Secondary Education Teachers? Standards for Qualified Teachers Status - Core

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£9,250

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£19,430

Entry requirements

Our conditions of entry to the PGCE Secondary Education (English) programme require that applicants have: An undergraduate or postgraduate degree. Normally this should be a 2.2 classification or above in preparation for Masters level professional study. A-level or equivalent in an English subject: English Literature, English Language or Creative Writing. English and Maths Grade 4 (C) or above, or equivalent at GCSE level. Applicants would normally be expected to meet the GCSE requirements at the point of application.

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Brunel University of London, founded in 1966, is a leading technology university renowned for its education and research, as well as its spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. Based in a single, leafy campus in west London, it provides outstanding sports facilities, easy access to central London, and a friendly, vibrant, and strikingly international community. Research forms the foundation of its teaching. Brunel University of London...more

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