PGCE - Secondary - Mathematics

Age phase: 11-16 with post-16 enhancement

The course here at Worcester aims to train maths teachers who are skilled, reflective and critically evaluative.

Unique opportunities to:

• Explore mathematical concepts by engaging with a range of mathematical activities
• Consider what effective learning and teaching looks like in a mathematics classroom
• Reflect on your own learning and explore research evidence
• Discuss the place of mathematics in the curriculum and current issues within mathematics education
• Continue to develop your own subject knowledge and reflect on what it is to be ‘mathematical’
• Engage with the Further Maths Support Programme and the Royal Institution Masterclasses Programme
• Develop an understanding of the post 16 mathematics landscape including the specific pedagogies and their place in the qualification framework

Key features

• explore mathematical concepts by engaging with a range of mathematical activities
• consider what effective learning and teaching looks like in a mathematics classroom through reflecting on your own learning, exploring research evidence and observing mathematics classrooms at work
• discuss the place of mathematics in the curriculum and the current issues within mathematics education
• further develop your own subject knowledge throughout the course and reflect on what it is to be ‘mathematical’

NB Mathematics is offered through both Core and School Direct routes.

Academic requirements: Honours degree normally (2:2) or higher from a United Kingdom higher education institution or equivalent qualification, in a relevant subject area. Applicants with a 3rd class degree will be considered on an individual basis. All entrants have achieved a standard equivalent to a grade 4 (formerly grade C) in the GCSE examinations in English Language and mathematics (or equivalent) (for 2022 entry, applicants must have these qualifications by the start of the course). Alternatively, we offer equivalency test if you don’t have the required GCSE grade to apply for our courses. Trainees who begin courses before providing evidence of the required GCSE standard (or equivalent) will not be eligible for financial incentives, such as bursaries or grants until they achieve the required standard.