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On the Secondary Education (QTS) - Religious Education programme from University of Birmingham you will be challenged to develop informed and justified decisions about how you approach your teaching, in order to enable you to continue to develop over your career.
On the course you will develop a deep understanding of issues and complexities which surround the teaching and learning of religious education, religious studies and philosophy education. We wish to develop you as a thinking teacher who can be aware of a variety of effective ways to teach Religious Education and make informed decisions about how you work with students. The programme was cited as an example of good practice by the PSHE Association as it embeds whole school issues into its curriculum.
All applicants to the Religious Education Postgraduate Diploma Secondary Education (QTS) course must hold a degree from a UK Higher Education Institution. Normally this should be a minimum of 2:2 or equivalent qualification and this will be a condition of any offer where the degree has not already been awarded. Your degree should normally have 50% Religious Studies, Philosophy or Theology content. Graduate with Sociology, Ancient or Modern History, Classics or Politics who also have a good pass in A level Religious Education, Religious Studies, Philosophy or Critical Thinking are also invited to apply.
You must also have a GCSE in Maths and English (grade 4 or above*) or an equivalent qualification which must be attained before you make an application.
20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.
The programme includes the study of subject-based teaching methods as well as the study of broader whole school issues. The course will not pretend that teaching Religious Education is straightforward, because it is not!
Our sessions will rarely be of the form of a lecture, instead we use activities and discussion as the main way of working.
We will help you become aware of issues relating to planning lessons, assessment, the difference between telling students information and teaching students, how to provide learning experiences which meet the needs of students with different learning styles, how different approaches to teaching a topic can change the learning experience for students, how choice of teaching methods, resources and technology can change the sort of religious education with which students engage.
TOEFL - 88
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