PGDip (In Service / Pre Service) Professional Graduate Certificate in Education - PGCE (Professional)

Learning in the module is based on a range of strategies including taught classes modelled by teacher educators, tutorials, student presentations, micro-teaching activity, small-group work and the use of digital technologies, including for pre-session activities and research. There will be lectures and seminars on key topics; work-based learning; critical engagement with mentors and other learners through group work, work-based support groups or electronic communications.\
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Trainees will be expected to use of the College’s and University VLEs (and library resources) and complete elements of independent study, supported by blended learning.\
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Trainees will take part in experiential learning. They will receive constructive feedback on observed teaching sessions from experienced practitioners approved by the University. They will engage in critical dialogue around their specialist subject and its pedagogies with teacher educators and mentors. Trainees will learn how to observe subject-specialist delivery in practice and interpret how others teach/train. There will be professional discussions and opportunities to engage in collaborative planning and teaching with a subject-specialist mentor. Students will take part in peer-to-peer support and do presentations for fellow trainees. A key element to the course is assessing personal development planning against the appropriate professional standards. A key element of the learning strategy is attendance at a Subject Specialist Conference, during which trainees take part in specialist group activities led by tutors with appropriate expertise.