HSDC Higher Education Prospectus 23/24

FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING Cert Ed and PGCE Level 6

Venue: South Downs Campus Duration: 2 years (part time - 1 evening per week)

your teaching and learning sessions and use different assessment methods, as well as start developing your own personal and professional skills. – Module 1.2 - Theories and Principles for Planning and Enabling Learning in a Specialist Subject Area - In this unit you will examine a range of teaching and learning theories, learn how to plan and develop inclusive learning into your lessons and understand how to use a range of communication and classroom management skills. Year Two is designed to enable you to establish a wider knowledge of the Further Education sector. You will research contemporary issues which are affecting Further Education as well as continuing to hone your teaching practice. This will be delivered and assessed via teaching portfolios and the following two units: – Module 2.1 - Professional Practice - This unit encourages you to review the development of your personal and professional skills and research into a specific area of current policy in education and training. – Module 2.2 - Curriculum Design in a Specialist Subject Area - In this unit you will develop an understanding of how to evaluate and improve your own practice. You will also focus on personal practice development through an action research- led project focused on learning and teaching strategies within a specialist subject area.

Awarding Institution: University of Portsmouth Cost: £2,095 per year

Overview The Certificate in Education/Post Graduate Certificate in Education is a recognised teaching qualification that will enable you to pursue a career as a teacher in the Further Education and Training Sector, which is predominantly students aged 16 and above. Why Choose this Course? This course will develop your skills as a teacher through in-service training and the study of theories and contemporary issues within Further Education. You will join fellow trainee teachers from a range of subject backgrounds for a taught session once a week. You are expected to have secured your own teaching placement where you will teach at least 50 hours per academic year and have an identified subject mentor who will support your professional development. Structure The course is split into four teaching blocks that are studied over two years. Year 1 focuses on developing you as a teaching practitioner, this will be delivered and assessed via teaching portfolios and the following two units: – Module 1.1 - Planning, Assessing and Evaluating Teaching and Learning Programmes - This unit encourages you to understand how to organise and plan

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