The University works in partnership with a range of north London schools to provide a training which is well founded in the multilingual, multicultural context of the inner city. A degree with degree-level knowledge in the relevant subject is required. Course structure You will spend two-thirds of the course in schools. School-based work consists of structured observation visits, classroom projects or longer term placements for development of teaching practice. The course structure provides for increasing amounts of school-based work with a gradual progression to whole class teaching, with responsibility for management and assessment of pupils increasing accordingly.
All students experience placement in two contrasting schools.
University-based work involves a variety of learning modes with a strong emphasis on provision of models for students' own teaching. Analysis of their own experiences as learners provides a basis for developing professional awareness. This is a full-time course of 36 weeks. There are four components. Teaching practice is assessed using a list of competences which relate to a profiling system.