Drop in to one of our dedicated Open Evenings where our staff will be on hand so you can find out all you need to know about our PGCE courses including how the course is structured, entry requirements, skills tests, bursaries and funding and student loans. Dates are 10th November, 8th December 2017, 9th February, 9th March, 20th April, 15th June 2018 but drop in as soon as you can as our courses fill up quickly.
Drop in to one of our dedicated Open Evenings where our staff will be on hand so you can find out all you need to know about our PGCE courses including how the course is structured, entry requirements, skills tests, bursaries and funding and student loans. Dates are 10th November, 8th December 2017, 9th February, 9th March, 20th April, 15th June 2018 but drop in as soon as you can as our courses fill up quickly.
The PGCE is an intensive programme, which combines an exploration of principles and methods of teaching and learning with practical school-based teaching placements. It lasts for 36 weeks from early September to late June.
The Secondary programme prepares you to work with pupils aged 11-16. At the heart of our programmes is a vision that our student teachers’ teaching will impact positively on pupil progress over time in schools and that our Partnership activities with schools will contribute to school improvement. We aspire for all our students to be outstanding teachers.
The PGCE Secondary courses are structured around three modules, which share a generic General Professional Education (GPE) component. The GPE programme involves an enquiry based learning approach, which combines taught sessions with independent professional learning activities (PLAs). These PLAs require independent research, which is either school-related or school-based. The three PGCE modules are:
This module covers the following GPE themes:
You will also focus on teaching and learning issues of particular concern to your phase or subject specialism.
This module covers the following GPE themes:
You will also continue to focus on teaching and learning issues of particular concern to your phase or subject specialism.
This module focuses specifically on supporting student teachers to make an effective transition into their first post and examines the following themes in GPE:
The Science with Physics PGCE programme at Brunel aims to facilitate your transformation into a well-educated, confident and motivated science educator. Once qualified, you are likely to teach National Curriculum general science in Key Stage 3, and you may also be required to teach general science to Key Stage 4, as well as teaching physics to A level.
Along with English and mathematics, science is one of the three core subjects of the National Curriculum and since all pupils have to study a broad, balanced curriculum in science there is a demand for well-qualified and skilled physics teachers. Most pupils entering secondary school are excited at the prospect of working in a fully equipped laboratory, and secondary school physics teachers have to build upon and sustain this interest for the subject.
To meet this challenge we need capable, skilled and enthusiastic teachers who are able to motivate young people and lead them to discover the wonders of science.
The Brunel Science with Physics Postgraduate Certificate (PGCE) is an M level course with 60 credits that can contribute to further Master's level study in Education, subject to approval. The course will equip you with the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to teach physics such that you are able to: