Course options
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Qualification
PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
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Location
Francis Close Hall - Cheltenham
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
01-SEP-25
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Duration
1 year
Course summary
We offer our students an exceptional training experience – if youre looking for a lifelong, challenging and exciting career, teaching may be for you.
During the training year you will engage with and be exposed to a range of different pedagogical approaches to enable you to become an outstanding history teacher. As a part of our distinctive and ambitious curriculum you will understand and apply your knowledge of:
- Enquiry-Based Learning in History.
- Scholarship in History Education.
- The use of Initial Stimulus Material to promote curiosity and a love of learning.
- The importance of providing all young people with a rich and diverse history curriculum to enable them to make personal connections to the past.
The PGCE will provide you with the opportunity to gain a deep understanding of key stage 3, 4 and 5 and will prepare you to adopt a range of assessment and behavioural strategies to support pupil progress.
Your subject knowledge workshops will support you to expand your history knowledge and develop a teaching toolkit to support effective learning. You will master skills to be able to teach key historical concepts such as: change and continuity cause and consequence interpretation and source analysis. You will also explore contemporary issues such as decolonising the history curriculum. You will be encouraged to reflect on up-to-date research on the latest pedagogy, making critical evaluations and considering how it might influence your ongoing practice.
Youll be supported by a range of experienced professionals, both during school placements and by academic staff at the university. The programme aims to help you become an engaging and effective teacher within the 11–16 age range, and provides the input and opportunities that could enable you to teach post-16.
We were founded as a teaching college 175 years ago, and following the introduction of new quality requirements, our Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), have successfully achieved reaccreditation in 2022 by the Department of Education.
Our ITT courses have also recently been rated ‘Good by Ofsted, with inspectors highlighting their ‘unique emphasis on sustainability and the Universitys strong partnership with schools.
Modules
Tuition fees
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£ 16,600per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
University of Gloucestershire
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University League Table
88th
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Campus address
University of Gloucestershire, The Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 2RH, England
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Subject ranking
48th out of 91 3
81st out of 91 6
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Entry standards
/ Max 224120 53%72nd
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10081.0 81%33rd
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 43.16 79%37th
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Entry standards
/ Max 204100 49%86th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10056.0 56%79th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 43.41 85%10th
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