Inspire The Next Generation – Train to Teach at Manchester Met
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 …
Course: Preparing for Teaching
Take your interest in teaching further
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 …
Goodbye
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 …
Applying for teacher training
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 …
Advice for developing subject knowledge
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 …
What about 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 …
Subject knowledge and pedagogy for new teachers
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 …
School structures and different environments
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 …
The purpose of education
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 …
Behaviour management for beginning teachers
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 …
Behaviour incidents in the classroom
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 …
The importance of behaviour management
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 …
The use of labels and terminology in observing lessons
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 …
The ethics of discussing lessons
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 …
What is ‘outstanding’ teaching?
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 …
