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Primary Teaching Leading to Qualified Teacher Status
Kingston University
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 3,770 - ≈ € 12,280 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Kingston University
Our PGCE course in Primary Teaching provides an intensive, highly challenging and rewarding programme that will enable you to qualify as a primary teacher for Key Stage 1 and 2 at the end of a year of training. You will also receive the award of PGCE with 60 credits towards a masters degree. School experience in our excellent range of partnership schools is an integral part of the course, helping you relate theory to practice.
What will you study?
The course will equip you with a sound knowledge of the core subjects of English, mathematics, ICT and science, along with a broader understanding of subjects such as art, geography and physical education. You will study your chosen specialist subject in further depth, and develop the essential skills of communication, planning, teaching and assessment that you will need in practice.
You will spend 18 weeks of the 36-week course on school placements, supported by a school-based mentor and/or a university tutor.
What students say
"The well-designed course structure enabled me to plan ahead and it made a big difference to me that my school experience placements could be located close to my home." Christine Briggs
"Leaving my first placement class knowing that I'd actually taught them something was a great feeling and showed me that coming to Kingston to do a PGCE was a fantastic decision." Claire Saul
Contents
Modules
* Core National Curriculum areas: English, Maths, Science and ICT
Modules in the core curriculum subjects (English, maths and science) develop your own subject knowledge and give you the confidence and competence to teach all aspects of the National Curriculum in these subjects at primary level.
A module in ICT considers how it can be used to support and enhance teaching and learning in all curriculum areas.
* Broader curriculum subjects: Art, Design Technology, History, Geography, Expressive Arts, Physical Education and Religious Education
The Broader Curriculum module gives you an introduction to the foundation subjects, along with a basic knowledge and understanding of their teaching and learning. The foundation subjects are:
* art;
* design technology;
* history;
* geography;
* music;
* performing arts;
* physical education; and
* religious education.
* Teacher as a Researcher/Subject specialism
For your Subject Specialism module, you choose a primary National Curriculum subject, usually closely related to your degree profile or A-levels, to study more broadly. You consider:
* the subject's importance in the primary curriculum;
* content and teaching approaches across Key Stages 1 and 2;
* the leadership and management of the subject; and
* its relation to the broader issues of special educational needs, inclusion, citizenship and English as an additional language.
If you decide to focus on Foundation/Key Stage 1, then you study early years education as your specialism. You develop your knowledge in key areas such as:
* the Foundation Stage curriculum;
* early childhood development;
* teaching and learning; and
* home-school partnerships.
If you decide to focus on upper primary teaching, you can choose to study French, German or Spanish as your subject specialism. You develop your own subject knowledge, enabling you to teach language in a lively and creative way at primary level. You also take part in a four-week placement in a school in France, Germany or Spain.
* Foreign Language Specialism
You may choose to study French, German or Spanish as a subject specialism. You will develop your own subject knowledge, enabling you to teach language in a lively and creative way at primary level. You will also take part in a four-week placement in a school in France, Germany or Spain.
* The Reflective Professional
Within this module you will develop the skills to reflect critically on your professional and pedagogic knowledge, understanding and practice.
You will consider professional aspects of your practice, such as social, cultural, linguistic, religious and ethnic diversity within the classroom; positive values and behaviour management. You will study child development and theories of teaching and learning, and will be introduced to the skills of planning, effective assessment, teaching and class management.
* School Experience (18 weeks)
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Typical offer
- A 2:2 honours degree relevant to your subject specialism.
- GCSE (A-C): English Language, Mathematics and Science.
- Proficiency in chosen language if applicable.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
Accreditation
Many of the courses that we run are accredited and recognised by relevant professional bodies within their respective fields. As part of our commitment to providing quality, relevant courses we seek accreditation and recognition wherever possible. In fact the Higher Education Funding Council of England awarded us a quality rating for 'Excellence in teaching'.
Kingston Business School is also one of an elite number of UK business schools with Association of MBA accreditation of our MBA courses. Plus we have received EPAS accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development for several of our postgraduate and undergraduate business programmes; only the second UK business school to receive this accreditation.
To view a full list of our accreditations, please visit our website.
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