University of Nottingham PGCE (International)
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Key Information
Campus location
Online United Arab Emirates
Languages
English
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
12 months
Pace
Part time
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Introduction
About the Programme
The Postgraduate Certificate in Education (International) is a part-time, distance learning programme of professional enrichment for teachers working in countries other than the UK.
The PGCEi is relevant to all curricula. It focuses on the improvement of individual teaching practice through critical reflection and research on practice. It also enables you to compare teaching approaches in different countries and develop a global approach to education.
The course comprises a face-to-face introductory event, where you will meet your Nottingham-based tutor and fellow students. This is followed by online distance learning with individual tutor support.
The University of Nottingham PGCEi is one of the leading courses of its type. The programme is offered by a truly international university and runs in 14 locations around the world.
Benefits
When you join the PGCEi courses for teachers at the University of Nottingham you will be committing to an investment in your own future. Your decision to join the online PGCEi programme will be one of the most important decisions you will ever make. If you are the kind of person who demands first-rate academic standards, are willing to have some of your basic educational beliefs challenged, and are ready for the hard work involved you will find studying the PGCEi programme to be an enormously rewarding and enriching experience.The PGCEi courses also support candidates in developing specific teaching and learning skills which enable both new trainees and experienced teachers to extend their skills as effective educators.
Awarding Body
- The University of Nottingham
Admissions
Curriculum
The topics taught in the University of Nottingham PGCE course is;
- Educational aims and values in an International context
- Understanding learning and teaching in International context
- Inquring into Educational practice
Rankings
The University of Nottingham’s first civic college was opened in the city centre in 1881, four years after the foundation stone was laid by former Prime Minister, W E Gladstone. Even in its early days on this site, the College attracted high profile visiting lecturers including Professor Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi and H G Wells.
The University of Nottingham is now one of the world’s best universities, distinguished for its commitment to conventional as well as online learning and internationally renowned, world-class research. It is ranked in the UK top 10, the European top 30 and in the top 1% of all universities worldwide.
The School of Education at the University of Nottingham is one of the largest and most respected education departments of any UK university, and it leads the way in research and teaching quality. They department offers online learning courses as well keeping in view requirements of today’s generation.
- Ranked 3rd out of UK education departments for research – REF rankings
- Nottingham is International University of the Year 2019
- Shortlisted for the Times Higher Education ‘University of the Year’ in 2009, 2011 and 2012, and has been shortlisted again in 2016.
Program Outcome
After completing the PGCE (International), graduates will have improved their teaching methods by building new ideas and strategies tested out in their own classrooms. More specifically, the programme aims to train teachers by:
- helping teachers understand their education system from an international perspective
- enabling teachers to become conversant with the basic assumptions, concepts, and principles of a range of learning theories and to evaluate their usefulness in specific educational situations
- promoting a deeper understanding of a range of teaching strategies
- developing expertise in practitioner research, making appropriate use of professional and research literature