PGCE - Secondary - Art and Design

at University of Worcester

Our courses are informed by research and current developments in the discipline and feedback from students, external examiners and employers. Modules do therefore change periodically in the interests of keeping the course relevant and reflecting best practice. The most up-to-date information will be available to you once you have accepted a place and registered for the course. If there are insufficient numbers of students interested in an optional module, this might not be offered, but we will advise you as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative. 

Subject knowledge with a deep understanding
 

• Enrich your subject knowledge drawing on the expertise of tutors
• Develop confident subject knowledge and an understanding of how best to teach this
• Understand how pupils learn in art and design
• Work in partnership with school mentors with excellent current practice
• Work collaboratively with peers to explore the teaching of art and design
• Participate in focused taught sessions, suggested reading, and activities to undertake with peers
• You will be fully prepared to teach the National Curriculum at Key Stage 3, GCSE and A-Level art and design.

Specialist subject opportunities
 

• Access subject association meetings and resources
• Learn to consider innovative ways to make art and design memorable and exciting in the classroom
• Develop your skills in understanding how to enhance pupils’ learning through a range of opportunities to work with a cross-curricular approach, and with local arts organisations.
• Links to subject associations.

Pedagogy
 

• Understand and apply theory and research on how children learn and develop.
• Explore a range of teaching styles and ways to organise a classroom.
• Discover how to promote progress through observing, planning, teaching and assessing learning.

Professional Studies
 

• Develop adaptive teaching strategies to respond to the unique needs in a range of contexts, leveraging the diversity inherent in schools.
• Be informed by the research and evidence about effective teaching at a general level before applying this knowledge to subject-specific approaches
• Learn the expectations, standards and behaviours which are appropriate to the profession and the wider responsibilities of a teacher.

Enhancement activities
 

• Gain expertise through one of our unique Enhancement Activities: PSHE and Citizenship, Developing a Second Subject, English as an Additional Language, Education in Climate Emergency, Teenage Mental Health, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Research in Education or Technology Enhanced Learning.  In addition we also offer an Aspiring Leaders programme 

School Experience
 

• 120 days school experience in our partnership schools which are spread across the region. Experience in two schools.
• Be supported and challenged by our blend of school-based Mentors and Personal Academic Tutors.

Your Career
 

• Become a reflective self-evaluating practitioner.
• Enjoy great employment prospects; our support takes you from trainee to ECT (Early Career Teacher) and beyond

Academic requirements
 

• Honours degree normally (2:2) or higher from a United Kingdom higher education institution or equivalent qualification. Applicants with a 3rd class degree will be considered on an individual basis.
• All entrants have achieved a standard equivalent to a grade 4 (formerly grade C) in the GCSE examinations in English Language, mathematics and science. (for 2022 entry, applicants must have these qualifications by the start of the course). Alternatively, we offer an equivalency test if you don’t have the required GCSE grade to apply for our courses. Trainees who begin courses before providing evidence of the required GCSE standard (or equivalent) will not be eligible for financial incentives, such as bursaries or grants until they achieve the required standard.

Other information
 

• School experience is desirable, but not essential.

• Interviews will be conducted in person. Applicants will be contacted directly with more details.

UK students
The standard tuition fee for full-time UK students enrolling on a PGCE in the academic year  will be £9,250 per year.

International students
The standard tuition fee for full-time international students enrolling on a PGCE in the academic year will be £14,400 per year.

• Great employment prospects to become a teacher
• Prepare for leadership and your Masters with 60 credits and a strong research foundation
• Many University of Worcester trainees gain promotion to middle leadership and senior leadership within the first few years of teaching