PGCE Secondary Geography

Our one-year, full-time Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Secondary Physics programme will equip you with the skills, experience and knowledge you need to teach physics to pupils aged between 11 and 16 – with the option of additional experience of A-level physics teaching. Upon successful completion of your PGCE, you’ll graduate with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and 90 Master’s credits.

On this course you will learn the importance of enquiry, critical thinking, creativity, inclusivity, outdoor learning and digital technologies such as GIS in the teaching and learning of geography.

You’ll have the chance to work with and challenge pupils’ current understanding through practical activity and collaborate to develop your understanding and practices in geographical fieldwork and curriculum-making with our partnership schools.

And you’ll understand how pupils learn through exploration of ‘powerful geographies’, developing your ability to guide thinking and learning in geographical teaching, as well as devising your own strategies to make learning geography a rewarding, engaging and challenging experience.

Secondary schools are demanding but tremendously rewarding environments to work in. You’ll be teaching pupils as they mature from early adolescence to adulthood. And our programme will teach you how to make an effective contribution to the work of the school beyond your subject.

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Stimulating young minds and watching pupils grow in confidence and achieve their full potential – that’s what secondary education is all about. It can be a challenging profession, but also one of the most rewarding.

Our PGCE Master’s programme closely interweaves school and university-based training. Over 38 weeks, you’ll spend 120 days (24 weeks) on school placement, and 60 study days in structured learning at UEA.

Our course will provide you with the opportunity to research and evaluate the latest thinking in good teaching practice, helping you understand the optimum ways pupils learn.

You’ll discover how pupils best learn geography, and how to best support and guide them. You’ll also develop your own strategies to make learning geography a satisfying, engaging and challenging experience.