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Middlesex University, UK
United Kingdom
Post Graduate(PG)
£9,250 (UK)
1 year full-time
Fall and Spring
No
The History PGCE is designed to guide you from a novice to an expert in teaching history, with a structured approach that includes:
🔍 Initial Assessment: Audit your current knowledge of history and humanities and develop an action plan to address any gaps before the course begins.
📚 Foundational Understanding: Begin by exploring the purpose and rationale behind teaching history in schools, supported by research and literature on effective history pedagogy.
📜 Key Historical Skills: Gain a thorough grounding in teaching essential historical skills and concepts, such as causation and interpretations, while also learning how to address sensitive and controversial topics.
🌍 Humanities Integration: Identify connections between history and other humanities subjects, such as enquiry-based learning and outdoor education, through individual and group work.
🤝 Collaborative Learning: Work alongside geography students to apply general humanities principles to your specialist subject, with breakout sessions focusing on history teaching techniques for Key Stage 4 (KS4).
👨🏫 Specialist Training: Participate in sessions delivered by subject specialists that cover specific aspects of teaching history effectively.
By completing the History PGCE course, you’ll achieve:
🎓 Qualified Teacher Status (QTS): Gain certification to teach in secondary schools, with a robust understanding of history education.
📚 Expertise in History Teaching: Develop a deep understanding of how and why to teach history effectively in secondary schools, alongside an appreciation of other humanities subjects.
🤝 Collaborative Learning: Benefit from dedicated subject tutors with strong ties to external specialists and partnership schools across Greater London, providing you with contemporary, subject-specific training.
🏫 Integrated Training: Experience a blend of on-campus training at Middlesex University and practical, school-based training at partner schools.
🔧 Support and Mentorship: Receive guidance from mentors, university tutors, and expert colleagues to acquire the skills needed to meet QTS standards.
🌍 Pedagogical Versatility: Cultivate a broad pedagogical approach that enables you to teach humanities subjects at Key Stage 3 (KS3) and history up to and beyond Key Stage 4 (KS4) and A Level.
1. The Alumni Postgraduate Award
2. The Commonwealth Scholarship
3. The Chevening Scholarship
4. The European Academic Awards
5. Regional or International Merit Award
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