PGCE Secondary Education: Social Sciences

Entry requirements

You will have to possess a real interest and aptitude for social sciences and an ability to think creatively about presenting the subject to others. Candidates will be expected to teach from potentially any area of sociology; health and social care; and personal, social, health and economic education, as agreed between you, the placement school and the University tutor. Above all, you will need a real commitment to the education of young people.

Also you will need:

• To hold a first degree of a United Kingdom higher education institution or equivalent qualification.

• To have achieved a standard equivalent to a grade 4 (previously Grade C) in the GCSE examinations in English and Mathematics.
• To have taken part in a rigorous selection process designed to assess your readiness to train to teach, which will include as a minimum both an interview and audit of your subject knowledge.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Our Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in Secondary Education provides a high standard of training for those preparing to take up a teaching post in the secondary school sector. The course complies with the statutory guidance from the Department for Education for Initial Teacher Training courses.

• sociology (socialisation, culture, identity, social differentiation, power, stratification, education, family, health, work, poverty, welfare religion, globalisation, media, crime, research methods)
  
• health and social care (human growth and development
• communication and values, positive care environments,
• social aspects and lifestyle choices
• activities for health and well-being
• public health
• meeting individual needs
• promoting health and well-being
• investigating disease
• using and understanding research,
• social issues and welfare needs, understanding human behaviour)
• personal, social, health and economic education