LOUGHBOROUGHUNIVERSITY
Regulations for the:
Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
Post-Graduate Diploma (PGDip) in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
MSc in Education with QTS
These Regulations should be read in conjunction with Regulation XXI and the relevant Module Specifications. These Regulations are subject to change from time to time. Notice of change will be given in subsequent editions of these Regulations. Students should enquire as to the up-to-date position when they need to know this.
1.STRUCTURE
1.1The programme leads to one of the following awards: Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), or Post-Graduate Diploma in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), or MSc in Education with QTS, or MSc in Education with QTS, Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) (for students who have successfully completed a PGCE at LoughboroughUniversity).
1.2The Teacher Education Unit is responsible for the administration of the programme, on behalf of the Department of Design and Technology and the School of Sport and Exercise Science. The modules are the responsibility of the Department of Design and Technology and the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences.
1.3The programme is designed to produce well-qualified subject-specialist teachers for secondary schools in three subjects – Design and Technology, Physical Education and Science - who engage in critical reflective practice to further develop their teaching and enhance pupil learning.
1.4The first year of the programme (PGCE) is full-time and the remaining years are part-time. The first year of the programme is divided into Phase 1 and Phase 2.
1.5The first year of the programme (PGCE) meets the ‘Requirements for Initial Teacher Training’ and is designed to satisfy the ‘Professional Standards for Qualified Teacher Status’ as specified by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) (2007). Students who successfully complete three core modules in the first year of the programme and two practical teaching modules (plus externally assessed computerised Skills Tests in Literacy, Numeracy and ICT) will be recommended to the General Teaching Council for Qualified Teacher Status.
1.6Each student embarking on the programme must offer as a specialist teaching subject one of the following:
(a)Design and Technology
(b)Physical Education
(c)Science.
2.CONTENT
To be eligible for the award of the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), students must obtain 60 credits from the following three core modules (generic and subject-specific professional studies), in addition to satisfactory completion of ‘Practical Teaching 1 and 2’ modules (in their specialist subject) plus externally assessed computerised Skills Tests in Literacy, Numeracy and ICT:
CodeTitleModular Weight
2.1Core Modules - Generic Professional Studies (Phase 1 & 2)
Students offering Design and Technology or Science:
DTP900General Professional Studies20
Students offering Physical Education:
PEP900General Professional Studies20
2.2Core Modules - Subject-Specific Professional Studies (Phase 1 & 2)
Students offering Design and Technology:
DTP901Professional Studies (Design and Technology) 120
DTP907Professional Studies (Design and Technology) 220
Students offering Physical Education:
PEP903Professional Studies (Physical Education) 120
PEP909Professional Studies (Physical Education) 220
Students offering Science:
DTP905Professional Studies (Science) 120
DTP911Professional Studies (Science) 220
2.3Practical Teaching Modules (Phase 1 & 2)
Students offering Design and Technology:
DTP902Practical Teaching (Design and Technology) 1
DTP908Practical Teaching (Design and Technology) 2
Students offering Physical Education:
PEP904Practical Teaching (Physical Education) 1
PEP910Practical Teaching (Physical Education) 2
Students offering Science:
DTP906Practical Teaching (Science) 1
DTP912Practical Teaching (Science) 2
To be eligible for the award of the Post-Graduate Diploma in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), students must obtain an additional 60 credits from the following modules:
Students offering Design and Technology:
DTP913The NQT Year and Induction (Design and Technology)*30
DTP914Advancing Pedagogic Knowledge in Design and Technology30
Students offering Physical Education:
PEP913The NQT Year and Induction (Physical Education)*30
Selected module from MSc in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy30
Students offering Science:
DTP918The NQT Year and Induction (Science)*30
DTP915Advancing Pedagogic Knowledge in Science30
To be eligible for the award of the MSc in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), students must obtain a further 60 credits from the following modules:
Students offering Design and Technology, Physical Education or Science:
PEP211Practitioner Research30
Students offering Design and Technology:
DTP916Teaching Design and Technology Research Project*30
Students offering Physical Education:
PEP918Teaching Physical Education Research Project*30
Students offering Science:
DTP917Teaching Science Research Project*30
* indicates Distance Learning module
- PROGRESSION AND ASSESSMENT
First Year of the Programme (PGCE)
3.1In order to be eligible for the award of the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), students must achieve 60 credits from the 3 core modules (general and subject-specific professional studies), in addition to achieving the approved standard in ‘Practical Teaching 1 and 2’ modules (in their specialist subject) plus satisfactory completion of externally assessed computerised Skills Tests in Literacy, Numeracy and ICT.
3.2For a candidate in receipt of this PGCE to be recommended by the University to the General Teaching Council (GTC) for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), the candidate must also have met any statutory additional criteria of the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) current at the time of recommendation and detailed within the Professional Standards for Qualified Teacher Status.
3.3In order to progress from Phase 1 to Phase 2, students must achieve the approved standard in Practical Teaching 1 module in their specialist subject (DTP902, PEP904 or DTP906 as appropriate).
3.4Students who fail to achieve the approved standard in Practical Teaching in Phase 1 or 2 may be re-assessed on one occasion only, by means of a further period of practical teaching. Partner Schools will be asked to provide a placement for such re-assessment but this cannot be guaranteed. The responsibility of the Teacher Education Unit in this respect is to endeavour seriously to find a suitable placement for this practice in a PartnerSchool, or other school willing to provide the period of extra training according to the secondary Partnership Agreement. If, after four attempts at separate schools, a suitable placement is not secured, the University's obligations in this matter are deemed to have ceased.
3.5Any candidate seeking re-assessment in practical teaching will be required to meet the costs of re-examination together with a contribution wholly or in part to the costs of the University's transfer of funds to the PartnerSchool, as required by the Partnership Agreement.
3.6A student may be required by a PartnerSchool to withdraw from a school placement, either because of failure to make adequate progress in the development of practical teaching skills, or because of contravention of the Conditions of Service or Code of Professional Practice of the School. Students who withdraw from a school placement, including those required to withdraw by the Partner School, may be determined by the Programme Board either to have failed in practical teaching or to have abandoned their studies, as appropriate.
Years 2-4 of the Programme
3.7In order to progress beyond Year 1, candidates must:
(a)have passed both practical teaching modules in their specialist subject (i.e. DTP902 & DTP908 or PEP904 & PEP910 or DTP906 & DTP912)
(b)have met the ‘Professional Standards for Qualified Teacher Status’ (DfES & TDA, 2007) including passing externally assessed computerised QTS Skills tests in Literacy, Numeracy and ICT
(c)have obtained an overall average of typically at least 60% across all three core modules and no less than 55% in each core module (i.e. DTP900 or PEP900 plus DTP901 & DTP907 or PEP903 & PEP909 or DTP905 & DTP911).
3.8Students are restricted to one 30 credit module during Year 2 of the programme – ‘The NQT and Induction Year’ module.
3.9In order to be eligible for the award of the Post-Graduate Diploma in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), students must obtain 120 credits – 60 credits from the 3 core modules on the PGCE course (general and subject-specific professional studies), 30 credits from ‘The NQT Year and Induction’ module plus 30 credits from ‘Advancing Pedagogic Knowledge‘ (for Design and Technology and Science students) or from the MSc in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy (for Physical Education students).
3.10In order to be eligible for the award of the MSc in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), students must obtain 180 credits - 60 credits from the 3 core modules on the PGCE course (general and subject-specific professional studies), 30 credits from ‘The NQT Year and Induction’ module, 30 credits from ‘Advancing Pedagogic Knowledge’ (for students offering Design and Technology or Science) or a selected module from the MSc in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy (for students offering Physical Education), and 30 credits from the ‘Practitioner Research’ module and the ‘Teaching Research Project’ module worth 30 credits (all students).
3.11A student cannot progress to the ‘Teaching Research Project’ module until s/he has accumulated 120 credits.
3.12Students exit the programme with: a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) or Post-Graduate Diploma in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), or MSc in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), or MSc in Education with QTS, Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) (for students who have successfully completed a PGCE at LoughboroughUniversity).
3.13Students who fail to achieve the approved standard in a module may be re-assessed on one occasion; re-sits are arranged by the Teacher Education Unit.
All Years of the Programme
3.14This programme adheres to Regulation XX1 for Postgraduate Awards (as detailed at
June 2008