Action research project on improving and encouraging Student teachers to complete at M level Charlotte Meierdirk & Andy Smith PGCE team (SECS)

Background The Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) course can be completed at M (L7) and H (L6) level. Both routes provide Qualified Teacher Status. The course is available with 60 Masters level credits (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) in Semester 2. A Professional Graduate Certificate in Education is available for those following the non-Masters route.

Numbers that transfer to Level 7

History Why do student teachers not complete at M level? Why do we think M level is important?

Aim: Increase the number of PGCE students completing at M level. What we did? Aim: Increase the number of PGCE students completing at M level. Changed assignment 3 to a presentation with a synopsis Introduced a research day – methodology, epistemology, ethics etc… Filmed videos for the student teachers to access online to help students complete their research projects https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPvXi75iyos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNNi-dd-5vQ Video that sums up the changes to the PGCE programme http://compass.port.ac.uk/UoP/items/1b85e477-3529-49a9-9227-df876a3e34e0/1/

Student teacher presentations Orrie Dempsey (PGCE Business Studies) – Formative assessment and the relationship with student’s preferred earning styles Jo Harris (PGCE Science) – Girls in science Q & A

Dissemination Videos and synopsis are/ will be available to watch on Moodle by all our school/ college mentors.