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EDUCATION
Postgraduate
Certificate in
Education
(Academic Award)
Overview
The Keele PGCE Academic
Award is part of a new approach
to initial teacher education.
It is an academic postgraduate
qualification offering up to 60
credits at master’s level, giving
opportunity to progress to a full
MA in Education. It complements
and adds value to the Qualified
Teacher Status (QTS) professional
qualification in England and
Wales, or to the Contract Duration
Indeterminée (CDI) in France.
The programme is aimed at
enabling course participants to
achieve the academic award at
the university at the same time
as they follow a school-based
programme, e.g. for Qualified
Teacher Status (QTS). It is also
open to those not currently
on a QTS route, but who have
access to school experience. The
programme is delivered either at
Keele or in a training provider’s
setting by a team of tutors
with a track record as expert
practitioners in schools and with
established names in education
scholarship. It is normally run
between October and May in
each academic year.
Additional information
The award has been designed
to deepen pedagogical skills
and understanding gained
from practical work in teaching
experience. It complements and
builds on the subject knowledge
and practical elements of school
placements, supporting students
to become effective teachers of
their specialist subject. It does this
by helping develop:
• Knowledge and understanding
of the theory and practice
of teaching and learning
(pedagogy)
• The capacity to apply that
knowledge and understanding
to classroom practice
• The ability to think, talk and
write fluently about the
processes underlying pedagogy
• Master’s level thinking, reading
and writing skills
• Critical insight into the
educational system in order to
thrive in the culture of schools
Key Information
Course type
PGCE
Mode of study
Part-time
Entry
requirements
Entry to our PGCE is
conditional upon holding
a recognised degree,
and on having access to
secondary school practice.
It is available to individuals
who have the consent
of their school-based
training organisation in a
recognised institution in
the UK or Europe.
Individuals who have been
accepted on to The OAKS
(Ormiston and Keele
SCITT) one year full-time
programme will undertake
the Keele PGCE alongside
the school-based
programme, which leads
to the recommendation
of Qualified Teacher
Status (QTS).
www.keele.ac.uk/
education/
teachertraining/pgce
Contact email
[email protected]
• A robust professional identity
which will equip you to be
critical, collaborative, creative
and caring teachers with a
developing career profile
Module titles
The following is a list of
indicative modules:
• Learners, Learning
and Assessment
• Subject Identity and Pedagogy
• Effective and
Outstanding Practice
Good to know
The Keele PGCE is
unique nationally,
offering the
scholarship aspect
of the PGCE as a
free-standing award.
www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses/pgce-secondaryteaching
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