PGDE Secondary (Home Economics)

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

Retraining and working as a teacher can be an incredibly rewarding experience. Not only does it offer you a quick and easy route to a new career, it offers you the opportunity to make a real difference in people's lives, whilst utilising skills and knowledge that you will have already acquired in your career journey so far. So, if you are a graduate of food, nutrition, professional cookery or textile technology courses and have studied some food science, family studies and health then this course is the first step towards a new inspiring, challenging and socially empowering career.

If you are passionate about food and textiles, sustainability, social justice and health and wellbeing then there has never been a more important time to learn the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding to enable you to transform young lives and contribute to both community and global wellbeing. As a graduate of our unique course, you will help to prepare young people to face the challenges of 21st century citizenship.

The PGDE Secondary (Home Economics) course will engage you in a critical understanding of contemporary ‘real world’ issues from ‘sustainable’ food production and consumption, through textiles consumerism issues including the impact of fast fashion on the environment.

Furthermore, with a rising demand for food banks, the impact of food poverty on society has never been more prevalent and thus you will consider critically children’s rights and how to plan for inclusive practice to enable all young people to participate and have the positive learning experiences they deserve. You will also learn about the role you can play as a Home Economics teacher to drive forward the discipline within its contemporary social, cultural, and political contexts.