York St John University, PGCE, Secondary Education (Theology and Religious Studies)

The programme mirrors how secondary school teachers divide their time between their specialist subject and the wider work of their school; therefore concentrate on students specialism and general professional studies;in college students take a subject specialist programme in which they follow a course of study that covers all of the subject aspects they need to teach the subject in school; school subject knowledge as required by the National Curriculum and, for religious education; agreed syllabuses; specific subject teaching skills; production and collection of resources for teaching; acquiring skills for long, medium and short-term planning for teaching; classroom management and organisation; becoming familiar with techniques for assessment and examination at both school level and nationally accredited examinations such as GCSE and GNVQ; the broader concerns of teachers are introduced in college under the heading of general professional studies; educational legislation; effective teaching; learning theories; communication and classroom management personal; social and moral education assessment and examinations. Assessement methods Operates a continuous assessment procedure for all elements of the programme; both teachers and college tutors contribute to this process and an external examiner provides quality assurance through objective overview of all the work of the students as trainee teachers.