History
Course Overview
The History ITT programme seeks to enrich trainees with a wealth of knowledge within History, ensuring that trainees are knowledgeable on all the skills provided to be an effective History Teacher.
As a result, it is intended that trainee History teachers will be able to:
- Develop their subject knowledge to a depth and breadth that enables them to teach their subject at KS3-KS4 with confidence and competence
- Understand the pedagogy of their subject and be both deliberate and judicious in their choice of methods and approaches
- Be able of the curriculum requirements for the age range they teach and have awareness of how content is chosen to be broad, balanced and deliberately sequenced
- Understand how learning happens in their subject and be able to use a range of approaches to ensure that knowledge is more likely to be retained
- Learn about the statutory assessment arrangements for History and be able to guide and prepare students for both internal and external assessment
- Anticipate and address common misconceptions within planning and lesson delivery
- Use a wide range of subject terminology and be aware of strategies to help students use these terms for themselves
- Provide learners with actionable, motivational and manageable subject specific feedback in order for them to make progress in their learning
- Create classroom climates that are inclusive for all learners regardless of ability or background through an awareness of potential barriers to learning and how to overcome these
- Learn how to activate hard thinking in their subject as a result of a deliberate approach to structuring, explaining, questioning, interacting and embedding knowledge
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Subject Association
Entry Requirements
Mandatory
A degree in History or a related subject, at class 2:2 or above
Maths and English GCSE at grade 4/C or above
Recommended
Involvement with young people in some capacity
An awareness of issues in History Education
Reading List
Below are the essential texts you should read:
The following texts as not essential reading but would be worth becoming familiar with:
Textbooks for the examination board you will be teaching:
https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/history/gcse/edexcel
Course Funding
There is currently no funding for this subject. To find out more about financing your teacher training, click here
Course Codes
QTS with PGCE, full time or part time - 2GGM
Any Questions?
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