Programme summary for Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Secondary Geography

Programme content aims

The PGCE Secondary Geography programme is designed to meet the Standards required for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and to develop secondary teachers with a specialism in Geography

It aims to do this in the context of our Secondary Partnership schools many of which are situated in east London where skills of educating children in a multi-cultural, multi-lingual urban environment are paramount.

Overall the programme aims to produce effective teachers who are able to operate as reflective practitioners. To fit this description you should:

develop your knowledge, skills and understanding of what it means to be a professional in school
engage in practical and theoretical enquiry as a key element in your development as teachers. Whereby you are expected to:
be able to critically review, using a range of research and scholastic skills, a systematic and coherent body of knowledge related to education and subject pedagogy
be able to evaluate critically new information, concepts and evidence from a range of sources
be able to exercise appropriate judgment, by applying appropriate diagnostic and creative skills, in a range of situations
be able to accept accountability for determining and achieving personal and/or group outcomes by reflecting on and taking responsibility for your own professional development
develop your ability to read and write critically at Masters level