This course is designed to produce competent and confident secondary school teachers of classroom or peripatetic French; subject knowledge is delivered in parallel with education studies and the student is able to place all academic work in the school context through regular school placements; the student experiences 4 placements during the course; in the 1st semester of each year the student undertakes serial placements in a school where the focus is on the observation of good practice; the 2nd semester of each year sees the student spending 4 days a week on block placement in school, teaching 8-12 hours a week; the student is equipped to respond to present and future challenges in education and to become reflective practitioners; graduates of this course are registered for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) allowing entry to the teaching profession at secondary level.
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