Secondary Social Sciences with QTS - PGCE

Birmingham City University

Our course provides you with the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding for you to become a successful teacher of Social Sciences for students aged 14 to 19. Social Sciences encompasses Health and Social Care, Psychology and Sociology, giving you a broad base of knowledge to pass on to your students and a wider range of employment opportunities, even if you specialise in a particular area. What's covered in this course? You’ll develop and share knowledge of core areas of psychology, including cognitive, social, biological, and developmental psychology. We will support you to develop the skills and strategies needed to enthuse your students about human lifespan and development, health and social care services, and factors that affect people’s health and wellbeing both positively and negatively, and look at how these interact with the wider sociological context, including culture, identity, families and relationships, global development, the media, health, poverty, crime, ideology, and religion. It is an innovative, practice-based programme designed to fully support you to become a confident, dynamic, and creative teacher committed to making learning accessible for all. This course covers the 14 – 19 age range, in secondary age phase.

Education and Teacher Training