Course: Preparing for Teaching

You have come to the end of this short course, Preparing for Teaching. If you’ve enjoyed this course, you may be interested in applying for our Primary PGCE or Secondary …

You have almost finished your first week on our course, Preparing for Teaching. If you are enjoying the course, you may be interested in applying for our Primary PGCE or …

In this video Ellie Overland concludes the course and helps you to recognise how much better prepared you are when applying for teacher training courses. Thinking about your own action …

Skeena, who has been sharing her experiences with you throughout the course, qualified as a teacher through completing a PGCE course at Manchester Metropolitan University. She already had a degree …

In this article Ellie Overland explores the different approaches you can take to develop subject knowledge prior to applying for teacher training. Richard has outlined the importance of subject knowledge …

In this video Richard explores the importance of subject knowledge. You may well know that you want to teach children but what? Think about your own experience of subjects both …

In many countries, teaching is a graduate only profession. Teachers are required to be educated to degree level before being permitted to lead education in a classroom. The knowledge they …

In this video Jo Baynham explores all the types of schools that we work with at Manchester Metropolitan University. The list clearly demonstrates a huge range of schools and that …

In this article, Ellie Overland discusses the historic context of education and how that has contributed to the structure and purpose of schools we see today. It would be impossible …

In this video Skeena is working with her class to start her lesson. The class are not always on their best behaviour! (Please note the class are acting in this …

In this video, Mark Sackville-Ford, an experienced tutor in working with primary and Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) pupils explains the importance of behaviour management and how we view …

So far we have talked about lessons from the point of view of the teacher but it is also important to think about the pupils. In this article Ellie Overland …

Concerns about becoming beginning teachers As Skeena explained, behaviour management is a skill that can be learnt the same as any other. That said, it is often one of the …

In this article Ellie Overland describes the importance of observing classrooms or thinking about lessons you have seen in video footage or even ones you were in yourself as a …

Ellie Overland outlines the different measures that can be used to make judgements about the effectiveness of teachers. She also goes on to explain the importance of reflection and how …