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PGCE Secondary Education: Social Sciences

University of Wolverhampton

Social Sciences is an exciting secondary school curriculum subject area, both to study and to teach. If you take up our Postgraduate Certificate of Education in Secondary Education (Sociology), you will study the way that people behave within society, how they interact, how people influence the world, and investigate what these factors mean.

The subject area covers topics such as 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 wellbeing, public health, meeting individual needs, promoting health and wellbeing, investigating disease, using and understanding research, social issues and welfare needs, understanding human behaviour); and personal, social, health, and economic education. As a trainee you will learn how to teach social sciences to pupils in the 14-19 age range within the secondary age phase, with additional experience in the 11-14 age range and primary enhancements. You will learn how to develop skills, knowledge and understanding for teaching social sciences through a combination of university-led and school-led training.

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.

The PGCE in Secondary Education is specifically designed to ensure that those who are successful will be recommended for the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) - the professional award required by all those who wish to teach in a maintained school. You will also attain 60 credits at master’s level.

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Requirements

Listed below are the documents required to apply for this course.
£14,450 Per Year

International student tuition fee

1 year

Duration

Sep 2024

Start Month

Aug 2024

Application Deadline

Upcoming Intakes

  • September 2024
  • September 2025

Mode of Study

  • Full Time