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BEd Hons leading to Qualified Teacher Status Primary Education (3-7 or 5-11 years) (Bedford campus)
| Course title: | BEd (Hons) leading to QTS Education – Primary (3-7 or 5-11 years) |
| Apply: | via UCAS |
| Code: | X120 |
| Start (ft): | September |
| Mode: | full-time |
| Duration: | 4 years full-time |
| Location: | Bedford campus, Polhill Avenue |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Education & Sport |
| Department: | Department of Primary Education |
This course is now closed for 2010 entry.
If you are thinking of applying for 2011 please note that all applicants require a minimum of two weeks school-based experience across Key Stages one and/or two prior to interview.
The University of Bedfordshire does offer alternative routes towards QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) within the primary sector, please contact the Recruitment and Admissions team at Bedford campus for more information.
Summary
This course offers the opportunity to become a first class primary school teacher. The faculty has a long established partnership with approximately 500 schools. Students undertake professional school-based experience in at least five different schools of approximately 40 days per year.
The course combines the theoretical elements of primary education with extensive practical experience. It develops the confidence, creativity and competence in teaching skills required to stimulate the minds of primary age children. In many areas, the course content exceeds the basic requirements for training as specified by the Training Development Agency.
This course combines theoretical elements and practical experience to develop confidence, creativity, and competence in teaching skills. It consists of four strands:
Perspectives, Values, Principles and Beliefs (PVPB)
Learning and Teaching: (A) Maths and English focus
Learning and Teaching: (B) curriculum focus
Professional Development Portfolio (PDP)
Later on in the course students can focus on an area of special interest, which may be curriculum or issues-based.
Areas of study include:
Curriculum models
Practical experience
Subject areas
Maths and English for all
Optional elements at stages in the course including early years, primary modern languages (French) and subject groupings
As well as placements in schools, students undertake placements in a variety of learning environments. To date those have been in special educational needs provision, with educational psychologists, the library service, education departments in museums and art galleries and also in field study centres.
Why choose this course?
Newly designed innovative course with new models of partnership based on our own University of Bedfordshire characteristics
In many areas course content exceeds basic requirements for training as specified by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA)
Long-established partnership in teacher education with partner schools
Student Comments
"We get to teach in schools from early on which is a great opportunity to put the theory into practice."
Laura Covell, Education-Primary
Career Opportunities
Graduates from this course are in great demand for teaching posts throughout the UK. Our employment rates are significantly higher than the national average.
Teaching/learning methods and strategies
Teaching is delivered through workshops, tutorials, student-led seminars/presentations, guided investigations, practical sessions, role plays and visits to theatres, museums and galleries, field trips, student-led seminars all of which are a part of a varied approach to teaching aimed at keeping students actively involved with their own learning.
Students work regularly with children in school. There are sessions with practising teachers and other professionals creating many opportunities to try out ideas and materials used in the promotion of learning.
Assessment
Assessment includes coursework often in the form of written assignments and presentations. There are occasions when timed exercises and examinations are used as well as assessment of practical teaching experience in schools. Assessment is both ongoing (formative) and summative.
Throughout the course students are monitored and assessed in both professional and academic elements of the course.
Entry requirements
UCAS tariff score of 240 or greater from a minimum of two A Levels, or an Access Qualification, BTEC, CACHE, Advanced Diploma or equivalent. Five GCSEs grades C including maths, science and English.
Key skills at stage 3 is not a substitute for GCSE passes. Access course students must ensure maths, science and English components are the equivalent of Grade C at GCSE.
Applicants are expected to have undertaken ten days mainstream school experience within Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 at the time of application. Applicants may be considered if five days school experience has been taken in either Key Stage 1 or 2 with a further five days planned in the other Key Stage.
An offer of a place is subject to a Criminal Records Bureau check (CRB) and medical.
Find out more
Please contact the Recruitment and Admissions team at Bedford campus.
E: admission@beds.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 793279
F: +44 (0)1234 793277
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- Education Studies BA Hons (Bedford campus)
- Childhood and Youth Studies BA Hons (Bedford campus)
- Early Years Education BA Hons (Bedford campus)
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