How we teach you

During the PGCE course you will learn in many and varied ways. In schools you will be involved in:

• observation of other teachers
• planning and teaching parts of lessons/small groups
• planning and teaching lessons and sequences of lessons
• reflecting on and evaluating your teaching
• receiving feedback on your teaching
• gaining experience of the range of responsibilities of classroom teachers

In university sessions you will undertake a wide variety of learning activities which demonstrate good classroom practice. Examples of which might include:

• participating in workshop style sessions with your peers
• attending presentations by subject experts
• working on tasks in groups
• having individual tutorials
• visits to schools or other education settings
• visits to theatres, museums, galleries or sites of educational interest
• writing assignments on aspects of subject teaching and Professional Studies