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PGDE Secondary Education: Home Economics
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-18 | - |
Program Overview
Why this course?
Home economics in secondary schools encompasses:
At Strathclyde, our experienced home economics tutors have wide knowledge in all contexts of Home economics and have established a sound reputation amongst the teaching profession for their pro-active approach to teacher education.
Worldwide qualification
This course is a professional training course which qualifies you to teach secondary education. The qualification is recognised throughout the world and is regulated by:
Why study for a PGDE?
Hear from students about why they love studying for a PGDE in Secondary Education.
Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) FAQs
What you'll learn
This course will equip you with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills you require. The PGDE is modular in structure and students will study three modules across the year:
PGDE operates a model whereby students attend classes on campus followed by blocks of continued learning on placement. The modules run in parallel and learning and practice is cumulative.
On-campus time is used to familiarise you with the curriculum, allow you to collaborate with students and begin to plan lessons and develop materials. Students will have the opportunity to teach mini-lessons and explore innovative and motivating ways of engaging children and young people.
Placement
You'll spend 18 weeks of the course on placement in a school within Scotland. You'll be continually assessed while there to show you meet the requirements for the Standards for Provisional Registration.
You must attend your placement school throughout the full working day. You must also attend school on staff in-service days unless told otherwise by your school.
Placement is your chance to put what you're learning into practice. You'll explore your own teaching style, learn new techniques and develop relationships with your pupils.
You must keep a portfolio of progress while on placement. This placement file will form part of the evidence of your meeting the Standards for Provisional Registration and prepares you for career-long professional learning.
Future employment
The Teacher Induction Scheme (TIS) is a scheme whereby eligible applicants are offered a post for a year in a Scottish school. Only students paying Home fees are eligible for the scheme and eligibility is ascertained on a case-by-case basis. Students who successfully complete registration are eligible for full registration status. More information on the TIS can be found on the GTCS website.
Work anywhere in Scotland
The Preference Waiver Scheme is a scheme whereby a student teacher on TIS agrees to be allocated to their one year post anywhere in Scotland. The additional financial incentive is in the region of £8,000.
Subject-specific classes
Our teaching space includes a bright and modern Food Lab where students can practise their teaching approaches prior to school placements and a designated textile workshop. There is a strong emphasis on practical skills and approaches and we expect potential students to undertake Certificated Evidence of Competence in textiles prior to starting the PGDE course if their degree is Nutrition based.
Things have changed a lot over the last twenty years, and the subjects I have taught and developed under ‘Home Economics’, have been wide and varied. My broad teaching experience has allowed me to work with pupils from a variety of social backgrounds, with a range of abilities.
Elaine Gardiner, Course Leader
