Course Information:

Certificate in Education / Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) incorporating the Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector.

Note: This course does not qualify you to teach in Primary or Secondary Schools.

The course informs and consolidates professional practice in teaching mature and young adults. A variety of assessment methods are used and students will be expected to keep a reflective diary, take part in action and practitioner research, write essays, give presentations based on research findings and be observed when teaching.

Course Content:

• Continuing personal and professional development

• Curriculum development and inclusive practice • Widening professional practice • Practitioner research.

Progression Opportunities:

On gaining the PGCE, individuals are qualified to teach across the Life Long Learning Sector which includes: further education, higher education, the health service, adult and community education, prison education, the armed forces or private training providers.

PROFILE - Lee Nott

Lee left school after his GCSEs and was offered a machining apprenticeship with a manufacturing company in Devizes. He continued to study after becoming a full time employee and in total spent eight years studying part time with Chippenham College, eventually gaining an HNC in Engineering. Lee progressed to an engineering surveyor role and gained further qualifications including Health & Safety. His current job with Qinetiq, an aeronautical engineering company, is as instructor for their apprentices. He is now studying for a PCGE at Swindon College.

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I have learnt so much that I now use in my own teaching and you really benefit from sharing practices with others on the course.

T: 0800 731 2250 www.swindon-college.ac.uk

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