Университет Саутгемптона, PGCE, Secondary Education (Physics and Science)

The PGCE secondary course will equip trainees with the necessary skills and knowledge to teach science 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 11-16 cohorts and access to post-16 experience is limited; the course aims to prepare candidates to play an effective role in the work of a school or college science department; this is best done by working from the students own subject knowledge and skills while also having the ability to teach material from the sciences which lie beyond their specialism; all science students take a main subject in their specialist area (biology; chemistry or physics); and work to develop their subject knowledge as required across the three sciences; students will consider how learning in their specialist area may be encouraged and how key concepts may be integrated into school science courses; as a member of a mixed science group; students will work with trainees from the other two specialist groups; examining ways of promoting learning across the sciences; and carrying out a range of tasks related to teaching school science; applicants develop their subject knowledge in science through a range of approaches; workshops; seminars; lectures and demonstrations; simulations and micro-teaching activities; independent and group research; the central focus of the course is on teaching science in a challenging yet accessible way and understanding how children learn; the university-based sessions often consist of practical workshops,;where trainees can develop their science skills as well as learning the pedagogical knowledge needed to teach.