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

2. 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.

3. Numbers that transfer to Level 7

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

5. 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
Video that sums up the changes to the PGCE programme

6. 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

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