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 …
It would be impossible to outline a full global history of education in this space but it is important to think about some early beginnings for us to consider the …
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 …