Art and Design PGCE
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Description
This challenging and forward-looking programme will encourage you to relate art, craft and design education to contemporary art practice. It has a strong reputation for promoting innovation in education theory, practice and policy.
We provide excellent studio space and facilities, including a computing suite where you will learn about how information and communications technology (ICT) is used in art and design education.
Through seminars and studio-based activities, you will study the concepts, processes and skills of art, craft and design. You will share your knowledge and understanding with other student teachers, and consider how it relates to the secondary curriculum. Towards the end of…
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This challenging and forward-looking programme will encourage you to relate art, craft and design education to contemporary art practice. It has a strong reputation for promoting innovation in education theory, practice and policy.
We provide excellent studio space and facilities, including a computing suite where you will learn about how information and communications technology (ICT) is used in art and design education.
Through seminars and studio-based activities, you will study the concepts, processes and skills of art, craft and design. You will share your knowledge and understanding with other student teachers, and consider how it relates to the secondary curriculum. Towards the end of the PGCE, you will build on your own practice by initiating a curriculum development project, and at a final exhibition, you will be able to display pieces of your work that represent your personal philosophy for art and design education.
Your personal tutor will lead seminars and provide individual guidance, and a lecture programme featuring nationally and internationally renowned speakers will address contemporary issues in education.
The programme emphasises the relevance of contemporary art, craft and design practice in understanding different cultural traditions. Our links and partnerships with galleries and museums will enable you to analyse and reflect on current debates.
Your main practical teaching experience is divided between two schools. Before you take responsibility for classes, you will be gradually introduced to teaching, first by observing experienced teachers and then by team teaching. Throughout the experience, you will be supported by tutors in your school and at the IOE.
Features
This programme has been designed to enable all students to demonstrate that they have met the standards across Key Stages 3 and 4 (11–16 age range Qualified Teacher Status).
Wherever possible, we provide opportunities for trainees to gain experience at Key Stage 5 (post-16 age range), even where their qualification is for 11 to 16 teaching.
Attendance
In your placement schools or colleges, your responsibilities will be equivalent to those of a practising teacher, but on a reduced timetable. The working day starts at approximately 8.30am and ends at 5.00pm. Sometimes it is shorter, but you will need to plan your life to reflect the demands of the school day and the school term dates, which may not be the same as the published IOE term dates.
Days spent at the Institute include keynote lectures, subject lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials and directed study days. In addition, time in the evenings and at weekends is needed for further study and planning.
Assessment
You will be assessed in two ways:
- on your practical teaching and your progress in achieving the standards for Qualified Teacher Status
- on assignments, portfolio tasks and, for some subjects, practical projects.
We will monitor your progress throughout the PGCE, and you will record this in a Career Entry and Development Profile statement. This will form part of a portfolio that links into the induction year (your first year of teaching) and your continuing professional development.
Subject entry requirements
We expect you to have a strong allegiance to the subject of art and design. You should have a good first degree or graduate equivalent in the area of art and design, including fine art, craft, design and the history or theory of visual culture, or a substantial element of one or more of these in combination with another subject. If you are an art history or cultural studies graduate, you will need to provide evidence of your practical ability.
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