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When you successfully complete Dundee’s 1 year Secondary Education PGDE course you will gain provisional registration as a secondary teacher.
About the Program
Award Title
Secondary Education PGCE
Length of Program
1 Year
Intake
August 2024
Application Deadline
Applicants are advised to apply 9 months in advance.
School Locations
- Dundee, Scotland (pop. 150,000)
Teachers College (Secondary)
Postgraduate
School of Education and Social Work
Scotland
This course is the first stage you need to complete if you are following the traditional route into secondary education. It covers the Initial Teacher Education phase of your career. When followed by a successful induction year working within a school (Teaching Induction Scheme), you will be qualified to teach English throughout Scotland.
Through two on-campus study modules combined with three school placements, you will gain vital classroom skills and experience. You will explore aspects of theory for teaching English language and literature to children and young adults. You’ll focus on developing learners’ reading, writing, listening and talking skills. We will also teach you how to effectively support numeracy, health and well-being.
Small class sizes mean you will benefit from a strong supportive community of staff and students. You will receive individual support throughout the course from an allocated tutor, with extensive experience and knowledge of teaching secondary English. They will also visit and assess you on each of your placements. Additionally you will be allocated a mentor from within the schools you are working in during each of your placements.
For the secondary education program, you must choose a specialization, which consists of: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, English, or Home Economics.
- A UK degree or a degree of an equivalent standard from outside the United Kingdom. The content of your degree must be relevant to the subject you want to teach.
- Your degree must contain passes in at least two Teaching Subject Qualifying Credits (TSQC) in the subject you want to teach.
- TSQC is the term given to the parts of your degree which are related to the subject as it is taught in Scottish secondary schools. A TSQC will represent approximately one-third of the total study in one academic year (at least 80 undergraduate credit points of which 40 have to be at Level 8 or above) for the SCQF Framework for higher education.
- You also need to have a Higher grade pass in English, or equivalent.
- Mathematics at SCQF Level 5 (National 5 Mathematics, National 5 Application of Mathematics, Credit Standard Grade, or Intermediate 2), or equivalent.
- An interview will be required if entry requirements have been met.
The PGDE course at the University of Dundee will prepare you for teaching in the secondary sector and is accredited by the General Teaching Council for Scotland.
Graduates of the University of Dundee’s PGDE secondary teacher training program are eligible to apply for licensing in Canada, however, it is critical students understand the requirements needed to complete this process before licensing will be granted. KOM Consultants understand the process and requirements needed to enter the teaching profession in Canada.
All students applying directly through KOM will be supported with the latest information on the accreditation process.
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