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Qualification
PGCE - Postgraduate Certificate of Education
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Location
University of Reading
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
30-SEP-24
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Duration
10 months
Course summary
This Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) Secondary Music course leads to the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), qualifying you to teach the 11-18 age group in secondary schools in England and Wales.
The course focuses on meeting the demands of teaching music in secondary schools in the twenty-first century. The programme proves a balance of reflective practice, analytic research and study, and current developments in music education.
The course allows for engagement with philosophies and pedagogies of music education, the development of approaches to delivering musical learning, and projects and opportunities to put such considerations into practice.
We pride ourselves on working closely with our partnership schools, and our team of mentors has the well-being and progression of our students at the heart of their work.
We work closely with a local primary school to address issues of transition from key stage two to three, and spend time in a local school for pupils with special educational needs and disability (SEND) to fully explore inclusivity in educational provision. We have a close partnership with Berkshire Maestros and work collaboratively to deliver singing, composition and performance workshops.
At the heart of our approach is the fact that music teachers must be musicians as well as teachers. They must teach in a way that allows their pupils to develop their own musical understanding and use music as the target language for all that goes on in the music classroom.
Your tutors are a diverse and incredibly experienced community of academics. You will be taught by experts in the field of music in education, and together you will examine a range of pedagogical approaches to music teaching.
You will learn in our purpose-built music and music technology studios with extensive resources of music, instruments and equipment.
Teaching is through lectures, practical seminars and workshops, where interactive and discussion-based techniques will encourage you to engage, reflect and challenge.
Careers
The majority of our graduates go into schools and inspire children to develop into happy, confident and well-informed individuals. Other alumni take their educational skills to the worlds of business, culture, art, healthcare, human resources, adult learning and further varied fields.
The support and training we give our students enables them to develop into resilient and creative teachers with the ability to adapt. The transferable skills and strengths they gain are also recognised outside of education, and are therefore desirable in many different areas of employment.
The placement opportunities and careers support we give our students ensures they are attractive to employers. This is qualified by the consistently high employment rates our students enjoy in local and regional schools.
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University information
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University League Table
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Campus address
University of Reading, Whiteknights House, PO Box 217, Reading, Wokingham, RG6 6AH, England
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15th out of 89 4
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Entry standards
/ Max 199137 61%34th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10088.0 88%9th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 54.08 82%26th
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