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PGCE Secondary - Chemistry

Different course options

Full time | Main Campus | 1 year | SEP

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education

Subject areas

Chemistry (General) Teaching In Secondary Schools

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

The Science PGCE is offered in three specialisms. You will need to apply for one of the following:

  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics

The Science PGCE course aims to:

  • Develop your understanding of the role of science teachers both within their departments and in their wider professional responsibilities
  • Introduce you to current theories and practice in science teaching
  • Help develop your academic and critical thinking skills to support effective science teaching and learning for all your students
  • Help you set high expectations for yourself and your students
  • Help you to understand what contribution science education can make to the wider education of young people

The Science course supports the core PGCE course through:

  • Specialist sessions to develop your curriculum subject knowledge
  • Exploring effective teaching and learning in science classrooms
  • Consideration of the role of practical work and your responsibility for safe classroom practice
  • Developing reflective practice to support your planning, delivery and evaluation of lessons
  • Developing an understanding of recent curriculum change

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

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International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£17,500

Entry requirements

Applications are welcome from students with good Chemistry qualifications at honours degree level, and from those with joint or combined honours degrees in which Chemistry or a degree related to the life sciences is a major subject. In line with the majority of employment opportunities, applicants need to be prepared to teach across all the main sciences to GCSE level if they join the PGCE course. Applicants without Biology or Physics at AS/A-level would be expected to undertake essential background reading before the start of the course.

University information

The University of Leicester has a distinguished history of excellence in education for more than a hundred years. It has been a crucible in which great minds and mentors have come together to break new ground, develop fresh ideas and invent useful methods of understanding the world. Research has always been a driving force behind the university’s success, and Leicester’s postgraduate community engages with some of the most significant social,...more