Máster Universitario en Didáctica de la Biología y la Geología en Educación Secundaria y Bachillerato
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Stimulating young minds and watching pupils grow in confidence and achieve their full potential – that’s what secondary education is all about. It can be a challenging profession, but also one of the most rewarding.
Our PGCE Master’s programme closely interweaves school and university-based training. Over 38 weeks, you’ll spend at least 120 days (minimum 24 weeks) on school placement and 60 study days in structured learning at UEA.
Our course will provide you with the opportunity to research and evaluate the latest thinking in good teaching practice, helping you understand the optimum ways pupils learn.
You’ll discover how pupils best learn English, and how to best support and guide them. You’ll also develop your own strategies to make learning English a satisfying, engaging and challenging experience.
Degree Subject English.
Degree Classification 2:2 or above.
Applicants are required to have achieved a degree or its equivalent* in an English discipline by the beginning of the PGCE programme in September. We will also consider applicants with degrees in related fields such as American Studies and Linguistics. As a general guideline, approximately 50 per cent of the degree should be relevant to the subject you will teach.
If you´ve got a 2:2, you´ll need an A level in either English Literature or English Language at grade B or higher. If you have a relevant drama or media degree, you´ll need an A or B in English Literature or English Language at A level.
We welcome applications from students whose first language is not English. To ensure such students benefit from postgraduate study, we require evidence of proficiency in English. Our usual entry requirements are as follows:
IELTS: 6.5 (minimum 6.0 in all components)
PTE (Pearson): 62 (minimum 55 in all components)
Test dates should be within two years of the course start date. Other tests such as the Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English are also accepted by the university. Please check with the Admissions Office for further details including the scores or grades required.
This course gives you the chance to consider and develop realistic ideas about what to teach, how to teach it, and why. You will often take part in workshops, where you and your fellow students assume the roles of both pupil and teacher.
At the University, and during your two school placements, you’ll develop a repertoire of teaching strategies. You will gain insight into pupils’ learning and motivation. You will become skilled in long-term planning, the practicalities of assessment and, of course, classroom management. You will always have mentors, other colleagues and your tutor to guide your progress.
The programme is wide-ranging, including topics such as making progress in literacy, spoken language, creative writing, the reading process, children’s literature, developing pupils’ response to texts, language and technology, grammar, language variety and development, and media in English.
You will also be guided in the requirements of the National Curriculum, planning lessons and planning schemes of work, ensuring pupils’ progress and assessing learning in English accurately. In addition, an audit of your own subject knowledge for teaching will support your private study as you work to become familiar with the breadth of curricular content.
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