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Postgraduate Prospectus 2017

PGCE Academic Award
Key Information
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. 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
September and June in each academic year.
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:

Course type
PGCE

Mode of study
Part-time

Indicative entry
requirements

Entry to our PGCE is
conditional upon holding
a recognised degree, and on
having access to secondary
school practice.
For a list of full entry
requirements please visit
www.keele.ac.uk/pgtcourses

Contact email

[e-mail]

• 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
• A robust professional identity which will equip you to be critical,
collaborative, creative and caring teachers with a developing
career profile

Indicative modules

• Learners, Learning and Assessment
• Subject Identity and Pedagogy
• Effective and Outstanding Practice
We also currently run the PGCE award in partnership with Keele and
North Staffs Primary SCITT (KNSPS) and Ormiston and Keele Secondary
SCITT (The Oaks).
If you are interested in School-centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT),
please see the links below:
www.keele.ac.uk/sspp/postgraduatestudy/education/teachertraining/
www.theoaks.org.uk
www.knsps.uk

For more information please visit

keele.ac.uk/pg/
keele.ac.uk/pg/pgce
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Barrie Saxon
PGCE, 2014/15

I have found the PGCE element of the
course informative and inspirational.
You cannot develop outstanding
practice by reading, researching
and being taught alone. However,
without an understanding of the
latest thinking and pedagogical
research, you enter the teaching
profession without the necessary
foundations in place. The PGCE
has constantly challenged our core
pedagogical values and inspired
us to be the very best teachers
we can be. I have thoroughly
enjoyed researching and writing the
assignments and these have directly
helped me to improve my teaching.