Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary) PGDE

The Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) Secondary is for graduates who want to become subject-specialist teachers in the secondary sector. This programme is the Scottish route to qualified teacher status.<br/><br/>This is an intensive programme of study, divided equally between University-based and school-based activities.<br/><br/>We designed the programme to prepare you for the range of roles that teachers are expected to play:<br/>- competent, reflective classroom practitioner<br/><br/><br/>- collaborator who contributes to the wider informal curriculum of the school<br/><br/><br/>- subject specialist and curriculum developer<br/><br/><br/>- a teacher in society, whether building strong relationships with parents or contributing to national policy debates<br/><br/><br/>You will develop the capacity to become a transformative teacher, making a positive impact on the outcomes of learners, with the capacity to become a future leader in the profession. To this end, we focus on teaching student teachers to use their powerful subject knowledge to create interesting, relevant and progressive teaching.<br/><br/>We currently offer our secondary programme in the following subjects:<br/>- Art and Design<br/><br/><br/>- Biology<br/><br/><br/>- Chemistry<br/><br/><br/>- Design and Technology<br/><br/><br/>- Drama<br/><br/><br/>- English<br/><br/><br/>- Geography<br/><br/><br/>- History<br/><br/><br/>- Mathematics<br/><br/><br/>- Language Education (Chinese, French, German)<br/><br/><br/>- Music<br/><br/><br/>- Physical Education<br/><br/><br/>- Physics<br/><br/><br/>**Dual Qualification status**<br/>Dual qualification means that a teacher is qualified to teach two different subject areas within schools, such as Mathematics and Physics.<br/><br/>We welcome applications for dual subject qualification and can accommodate the following combinations:<br/><br/><br/>- Geography and History<br/><br/><br/>- Mathematics and Physics<br/><br/><br/>- any two science subjects, for example, Physics and Chemistry<br/><br/><br/>- two Language Education subjects, such as:<br/><br/><br/>- any two from French, German and Chinese<br/>- French and Spanish<br/>- German and Spanish<br/>- Chinese and Spanish<br/>- French and Italian<br/>- German and Italian<br/>