PGCE Primary 5-11 (With QTS)

Overview

Great teachers make a difference to the lives of every child they teach everyday. Crucially, they have the knowledge, skills and understanding to teach excellent lessons - that have a positive impact on all pupils.

By developing your knowledge and understanding of research, with an unrelenting focus on what makes a difference in the classroom, you will develop a strong theoretical framework to your practice. Your practice, refined both on-campus and on-placement, will draw directly on this research. 

When you train to teach at Oxford Brookes, you will join a course whose graduates inspire thousands of children and lead in hundreds of schools across Oxfordshire and beyond.

School leaders know our graduates are well-prepared to meet the high standards expected of them in our schools, with a broad range of on-campus and on-placement teaching and learning preparing them to make a difference in the lives of every child they teach, every day.

Learning and assessment

At Oxford Brookes we are passionate about excellence for all in education. Discover what this means and how this is delivered across all of our ITE programmes in our curriculum map.

On this course you’ll:

• enter teaching with the knowledge, skills and understanding to improve the prospects for every child

• develop layers of complex knowledge and skills

• use interleaving and retrieval practice to ensure your learning is established, remembered and applied

• be exposed to strong models of teaching in your provider-led and placement experiences

• experience practice and theory - relevant to your classroom practice learn to deliver a rigorous and carefully sequenced curriculum to your pupils have the support to develop resilience as a teacher

• make a sustained impact on the teaching profession

• critique and deconstruct knowledge, models and teaching practice to establish the thinking behind outcomes.

Study modules

Through the course we’ll:

• train you to hold high expectations for every child you teach by including social justice throughout the course

• provide you with the knowledge, skills and understanding required to be recommended for qualified teacher status

• train and support our mentors - so that they know how to help you make progress

• assess and support you to become a teacher that makes a positive difference.

Compulsory modules

Equity in Education (20 credits)

In this module, you’ll develop your knowledge and understanding of the causes and impact of inequity in education. Through reviewing recent research and policy developments, you will consider examples of inequity and the implications of these for pupils and schools.

Develop vital skills as a classroom practitioner that support you to challenge assumptions and viewpoints, understand the notion of possibility, and present arguments and critiques through exploring the issues and themes of;

• The attainment gap

• Mental health and wellbeing

• English as an additional language

• Special educational needs and disabilities

• Technology in education

• Early years

• Transitions

• Assessment

• Bias in education

Evidence Informed Practice (20 credits)

In this module you’ll explore the links between evidence and classroom practice. Through the lens of a national curriculum subject, you’ll examine the connections between evidence, policy and classroom practice and how this has been interpreted.

Through lectures, research and discussion you’ll develop the skills to;

• identify the pertinent knowledge that informs current teaching policy and consider the extent to which this is achieved in practice

• consider the purpose of studying foundation subjects in Primary Education

• consider the importance of developing secure concepts of knowledge for all pupils

Professional Practice

In this module you will develop the skills, understanding and knowledge to become an effective classroom teacher. You will learn how to:

• Develop a secure climate for learning

• Plan rigorous lessons which support pupils to learn

• Understand how learning happens and how you can ensure this happens in your classroom

• To make assessments of pupils learning and to respond to what they have learnt

• To maintain excellent professional conduct.

English

You will develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to design and implement effective English lessons in the primary classroom. You will learn to:

• Engage pupils in ambitious classroom talk

• Ensure pupils have access to high quality Systematic Synthetic Phonics lesson that enable them to become fluent readers

• Provide pupils with opportunities to develop a broad and rich knowledge of language and vocabulary

• Expose pupils to high quality and diverse literature

• Teach pupils to write with confidence and rigour

• Design opportunities for English across the primary curriculum

• Develop your own subject knowledge.

Mathematics

Here you’ll develop your knowledge, skills and confidence in mathematics. You’ll gain the grounding you need to help children progress and enjoy maths across the Foundation Stage and primary years. You’ll enhance your understanding with cross-curricular work linking mathematics with other subjects. 

You’ll improve your own knowledge and confidence in mathematics and your understanding of number, algebra, geometry, measures and data handling, as well as exploring topics such as:

• applying mathematics across the curriculum

• understanding how children learn mathematics, and how to address their misconceptions

• the role of reasoning and communication in teaching, learning and doing mathematics 

• developing creative, inspirational and challenging approaches to teaching mathematics across the attainment range.

Science

In this module you will develop your subject knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes and confidence in science. You will acquire knowledge and understanding required to secure the progress and engagement of all your pupils in science across the primary years.

Humanities

Here you’ll gain a foundation in the three humanity subjects: RE, geography and history. Practical workshop sessions and project-based work will help to build your confidence and enjoyment of these subjects. We’ll investigate topics like: 

• national and local initiatives to support humanities teaching

• learning outside the classroom

• using the expertise of educational officers and tutors in a variety of venues

• embedding active citizenship, cultural diversity and cultural heritage

• using ICT effectively in the humanities

• cross-curricular approaches.

Arts

You’ll gain a grounding in the two arts subjects: art and music. You’ll take part in practical workshops, aimed at building your enjoyment of art and music and your confidence in teaching them. You’ll explore topics such as: 

• aspects of learning outside the classroom

• using the expertise of educational officers and tutors in a variety of venues

• embedding global citizenship, cultural diversity and cultural heritage

• Introducing cross-curricular approaches

• the effective use of ICT in arts.

PE, Health and Wellbeing

You’ll draw on your own experiences and gain a grounding in Physical Education and Health and Wellbeing. Practical workshops and lectures will help you build your confidence and enjoyment of these aspects of the curriculum.

We’ll investigate topics like:

You’ll also have the voluntary optional residential visit to an outdoor centre in South Wales - cost details can be found in the additional costs section above.

• national and local requirements for Physical Education

• local and national initiatives for Physical Education

• using the expertise of educational officers and tutors in outdoor venues

• develop an understanding of relevant cross-curricular links

• the effective use of ICT in PE