PGCE English with Drama and Media
(7-14 and 11-18)
FAQs
Level:
PGCE
GTTR Codes:
7-14: XQC3
11-18: Q3X1
Duration:
One year full-time
Location:
The programme is taught at the Canterbury Campus but a
significant amount of time is spent in school.
All PGCEs include the option of studying for a
Postgraduate Certificate with Masters Level Credits or a
Professional Graduate Certificate
Open Events
Subject Studies in English aims to equip student teachers with an understanding of the processes which drive the English curriculum in schools: speaking and listening, reading and writing. This understanding is used to underpin the development of the practical ability to devise and teach imaginative, integrated schemes of work which challenge pupils across the age and ability range to find, make and respond to meaning using language.
The course covers: the teaching of literature and non-literary texts; the theory and practice of teaching oracy and writing; the teaching of language, and the knowledge teachers need themselves to plan and evaluate effectively. It also places emphasis on the strategies that can be used to support individual learners. As student teachers move through the year, there is an increasing emphasis on differentiation strategies, progression and assessment in teaching and learning and equal opportunities.
All student teachers attend sessions that aim to promote the use of Drama and Media methods in the English classroom, and also to provide a base for the teaching of Drama and Media Studies as discrete curriculum subjects.
Course members are expected to read widely in theoretical and practical texts, and are required to develop their familiarity with literature for teenagers. In Subject Studies sessions there are frequent opportunities to model ideas for lessons, to share school experience, and to contribute short presentations. English recruits a large number of student teachers each year, and teaching is organized so that there are opportunities to benefit from the expertise of several tutors, including visitors from partnership schools, and for student teachers to work collaboratively in different groups. Student teachers’ subject knowledge is audited before entry to the course, and each course member is supported at University and school in following an individualised programme designed to meet identified development needs.
How to Apply
Applications for the full-time PGCE 7-14 and 11-18 are made electronically via the Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) www.gttr.ac.uk
There is no general closing date, but each programme or subject pathway is closed when it becomes fully subscribed. Early application is strongly advised, both because some subject programmes fill quickly, and because it will help you to plan for your PGCE course if you can get early confirmation of a place.
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