Университет Саутгемптона, PGCE, Secondary Education (History)

The PGCE secondary course will equip trainees with the necessary skills and knowledge to teach history across the secondary age range; including some opportunities to know more about 16-19 teaching; candidates should note that the majority of schools in the Southampton partnership serve 11-6 cohorts and access to post-16 experience is limited to guest speakers; independent inquiries and observations in the main; the course is designed to create history teachers that have a clear and well-founded philosophy towards the subject and how to teach history; aiming for reflective and dynamic practitioners willing to use a variety of teaching strategies to inspire all the youngsters in their classes; they will have a clear understanding of the problems pupils encounter in history; be prepared to find ways to overcome these difficulties and help pupils make progress; the course aims to develop students subject knowledge in history through a range of approaches; workshops; seminars; lectures and demonstrations; fieldwork and micro-teaching activities; independent and group research; together with the practical implications of the wide range of teaching resources currently available.