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PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
Whiteknights Campus
Full Time
Feb 2027
10 Month
Develop your teaching skills, and qualify as a secondary geography teacher, with our PGCE Secondary Education with Geography course. At the Institute of Education, you’ll be trained to teach children from secondary school intake at the age of 11 to the end of their A-levels. Our PGCE Geography course combines theory, research and practical classroom experience with children of different ages. You’ll explore a range of pedagogical approaches to geography teaching – physical, human and environmental. You will learn through a series of seminars and workshops in a well-resourced campus environment, as well as in the field. You’ll also have the opportunity to use GIS software during your training, and to conduct and reflect upon fieldwork. Throughout your course, you will: attend presentations by subject experts, work on tasks in groups, have individual tutorials, write assignments on aspects of teaching and professional studies, visit schools or other education settings, as well as museums and other sites of interest.
Accommodation costs will vary depending on whether you choose standard, premium or private accommodation, and how long you are staying. Prices can vary from around £160 to £350 per week.
