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PGCE Secondary Education: Engineers Teach Physics

  • DeadlineStudy Details: PGCE 1 year full-time

Course Description

In our long-standing tradition of providing teacher education in the West Midlands, the University of Wolverhampton offers this initial teacher course to support trainees with a background in engineering and material science. Training, based on leading education research and administered by teaching experts, will prepare you for work in various settings. Our learning facilities include teaching rooms, learning spaces, lecture theatres and a social learning environment. You will have access to high-quality, bespoke subject knowledge enhancement courses and free professional skills test support. With these resources and support with your workload and wellbeing, we intend that you graduate as a committed, reflexive practitioner of teaching in practical environments.

Entry Requirements

You will have interest in all aspects of science along with a particular aptitude for physics, along with an ability to think creatively about presenting the subject to others in original and practical ways. Candidates will be expected to teach the whole science curriculum, but with a particular focus on physical processes. 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.

For example Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of science (BSc) etc. or similar . They are sometimes known as 'undergraduate' or 'firstdegrees.

  • 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.

Please note we do NOT accept GCSE Short Courses OR GCSE Equivalent Tests from other institutions or organisations, Key Skills Level 2 or Functional Skills Level 2.

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