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Secondary English PGCE

University of Bedfordshire

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University of Bedfordshire

Course options

3 options available

  • Qualification

    PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education

  • Location

    Bedford Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    08-SEP-25

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

This largely placement-based course focuses on building your practical teaching skills, understanding of educational theory and subject knowledge. You explore professional issues curriculum content creative teaching methods and the role of technology in English teaching. To deliver the secondary curriculum, you should be familiar with classic works of pre-20th century prose and a wide range of modern fiction, non-fiction and poetry. You are expected to stay on top of new and emerging genres while demonstrating a willingness to critique 鈥榬eceived wisdom and outdated pedagogies. There is the option to take this course part time over two years, making it easier to balance study with your other commitments.

Careers

On graduating you can apply for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) enabling you to work as an English teacher in a secondary education setting. Many of our graduates go on to rewarding employment in local schools. As well as Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) completing the course also offers you up to 60 Master's-level credits with opportunities for further study at MA/MSc MPhil PhD and EdD levels.

Teaching in the secondary sector is a constantly evolving activity, with ideas about curriculum design, subject knowledge and theories of teaching and learning all being reviewed regularly by teachers, academics and policymakers as part of their professionalism. Teacher professional values are set by the profession and this course inducts you into that notion. This course aims to develop your ability to critique contemporary and traditional ideas about teaching in general as well as subject specific ideas about teaching, alongside a strong sense of the pastoral aspects of education. In completing the course, you will develop: your understanding of teaching and learning, with a particular emphasis on the subject or cluster of subjects which you are training to teach, your application of subject knowledge and expertise to planning teaching and developing curricula, your skills of critical self-evaluation and curriculum design, your ability to lead, innovate and participate collaboratively in a school environment, your understanding of the wider educational and pastoral issues which teachers need to consider in order to develop a meaningful set of professional values.

You will be supported to demonstrate that you have satisfied the professional criteria which determine recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and, most significantly, to be able to explain and justify how you have met those criteria. Underpinning the course design is a commitment to evidence informed teaching. These principles are embedded in all aspects of the course and the teaching and assessment strategies provide continuous development of the knowledge and skills required. Throughout the course you will be encouraged to adopt an attitude of critical analysis and evaluating the impact of theory in the context of your teaching practice and analysing evidence from your practical experience to inform your future actions. The recognition that evidence comes in many forms and needs to be interrogated in order to help this informing process, is one of the key values of the course.

Tuition fees

Students living in Hong Kong
(International fees)

拢 9,250per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

University of Bedfordshire

University of Bedfordshire

  • University League Table

    129th

  • Campus address

    University of Bedfordshire, Park Square, Luton, Luton, LU1 3JU, England

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Education

    68th out of 91 2

    42nd out of 96 11

  • Entry standards

    / Max 224
    103 46%

    88th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    83.0 83%

    23rd

    2

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.31 83%

    15th

    3

  • Entry standards

    / Max 202
    n/a

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    62.0 62%

    84th

    52

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.26 82%

    26th

    25

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