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LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
Regulations for the Post graduate Programme(s) in:
Professional Graduate Certificate in Education
Post-Graduate Certificate in Education
Post-Graduate Diploma (PGDip) in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
MSc in Education with QTS
These Programme Regulations apply to the conduct of the programme in the 2012-13
session and should be read in conjunction with University Regulation Regulation XXI
and the relevant Module Specifications. These Programme Regulations may be
subject to change from time to time. Notice of change will be given by the School
responsible for the programme.
1.
STRUCTURE
1.1
Teacher Education is responsible for the administration of the
programme, on behalf of the Loughborough Design School and the
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences. The modules are the
responsibility of the Loughborough Design School and the School of
Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences.
1.2
The programme leads to one of the following awards: Professional
Graduate Certificate in Education, or Post-Graduate Certificate in
Education, or Post-Graduate Diploma in Education with Qualified Teacher
Status (QTS), or MSc in Education with QTS, or MSc in Education with
QTS, Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) (for students who
have successfully completed a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education at
Loughborough University).
1.3
The first year of the programme is full-time and the remaining years are
part-time. The first year of the programme is divided into Phase 1 and
Phase 2.
1.4
The programme is designed to produce well-qualified subject-specialist
teachers for secondary schools in three subjects – Design and
Technology, Physical Education and Science (Biology; Chemistry;
Physics; Physics with Mathematics) - who engage in critical reflective
practice to further develop their teaching and enhance pupil learning.
1.5
The first year of the programme meets the requirements of the Teachers’
Standards (Department for Education, 2011). Students who successfully
complete three core modules in the first year of the programme and two
practical teaching modules (plus externally assessed computerised Skills
Tests in Literacy and Numeracy) will be recommended for Qualified
Teacher Status.
1.6
Each student embarking on the programme must offer as a specialist
teaching subject one of the following:
(a)
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Physical Education
(c)
Science (Biology; Chemistry; Physics; Physics with Mathematics).
2.
CONTENT
To be eligible for the award of the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education,
students must obtain 90 credits from the following three core modules (generic
and subject-specific professional studies), in addition to satisfactory completion
of ‘Practical Teaching 1 and 2’ modules (in their specialist subject) plus
externally assessed computerised Skills Tests in Literacy and Numeracy.
Code
2.1
Title
Modular Weight
Core Modules - Generic Professional Studies (Phase 1 & 2)
Students offering Design and Technology or Science:
DSP900
General Professional Studies
30
Students offering Physical Education:
PSP900
General Professional Studies
30
2.2
Core Modules - Subject-Specific Professional Studies (Phase 1 & 2)
Students offering Design and Technology:
DSP901
Professional Studies (Design and Technology) 1
DSP903
Professional Studies (Design and Technology) 2
30
30
Students offering Physical Education:
PSP901
Professional Studies (Physical Education) 1
PSP903
Professional Studies (Physical Education) 2
30
30
Students offering Science:
DSP905
Professional Studies (Science) 1
DSP907
Professional Studies (Science) 2
30
30
2.3
Practical Teaching Modules (Phase 1 & 2)
Students offering Design and Technology:
DSP902
Practical Teaching (Design and Technology) 1
DSP904
Practical Teaching (Design and Technology) 2
Students offering Physical Education:
PSP902
Practical Teaching (Physical Education) 1
PSP904
Practical Teaching (Physical Education) 2
Students offering Science:
DSP906
Practical Teaching (Science) 1
DSP908
Practical Teaching (Science) 2
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Students with marks of 40-49 for any (or all) of the three core modules (generic
and subject-specific professional studies) will be awarded the Professional
Graduate Certificate in Education, providing that they have also satisfactory
completed ‘Practical Teaching 1 and 2’ modules (in their specialist subject) plus
externally assessed computerised Skills Tests in Literacy and Numeracy.
To be eligible for the award of the Post-Graduate Diploma in Education
with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), students must obtain an
additional 30 credits from the following modules:
Students offering Design and Technology or Science:
DSP909
Research into Teaching and Learning
30
Students offering Physical Education:
PSP905
Research into Teaching and Learning
30
To be eligible for the award of the MSc in Education with Qualified
Teacher Status (QTS), students must obtain a further 60 credits from
the following modules:
Students offering Design and Technology:
DSP910
Teaching Design and Technology Research Project*
60
Students offering Physical Education:
PSP906
Teaching Physical Education Research Project*
60
Students offering Science:
DSP911
Teaching Science Research Project*
60
* indicates Distance Learning module
3.
ASSESSMENT
First Year of the Programme
3.1
In order to be eligible for the award of the Post-Graduate Certificate in
Education, students must achieve 90 credits from the 3 core modules
(general and subject-specific professional studies), in addition to
achieving the approved standard in ‘Practical Teaching 1 and 2’ modules
(in their specialist subject) plus satisfactory completion of externally
assessed computerised Skills Tests in Literacy and Numeracy.
3.2
Students with marks of 40-49 for any (or all) of the three core modules
(generic and subject-specific professional studies) will be awarded the
Professional Graduate Certificate in Education, providing that they have
also satisfactory completed ‘Practical Teaching 1 and 2’ modules (in their
specialist subject) plus externally assessed computerised Skills Tests in
Literacy and Numeracy. Students with marks of 40-49 in a core module
will be offered one opportunity to re-submit coursework for that module in
an attempt to increase their mark to 50 and become eligible to receive the
award of the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education.
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3.2
For a candidate in receipt of the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education or
the Professional Graduate Certificate in Education to be recommended by
the University for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), the candidate must
also have met any statutory additional criteria of the Department for
Education current at the time of recommendation and detailed within the
Teachers’ Standards (Department for Education, 2011).
3.3
In order to progress from Phase 1 to Phase 2, students must achieve the
approved standard in Practical Teaching 1 module in their specialist
subject (DSP902, PSP902 or DSP906 as appropriate).
3.4
Students who fail to achieve the approved standard in Practical Teaching
in Phase 1 or 2 may be re-assessed on one occasion only, by means of a
further period of practical teaching. Partnership Schools will be asked to
provide a placement for such re-assessment but this cannot be
guaranteed. The responsibility of the University in this respect is to
endeavour seriously to find a suitable placement for this practice in a
Partnership School, or other school willing to provide the period of extra
training according to the Partnership Agreement. If, after four attempts at
separate schools, a suitable placement is not secured, the University's
obligations in this matter are deemed to have ceased.
3.5
Any candidate seeking re-assessment in Practical Teaching will be
required to meet the costs of re-examination together with a contribution
wholly or in part to the costs of the University's transfer of funds to the
Partnership School, as required by the Partnership Agreement.
3.6
A student may be required by a Partnership School to withdraw from a
school placement, either because of failure to make adequate progress in
the development of practical teaching skills, or because of contravention
of the Conditions of Service or Code of Professional Practice of the
School. Students who withdraw from a school placement, including those
required to withdraw by the Partnership School, may be determined by
the Programme Board either to have failed in practical teaching or to have
abandoned their studies, as appropriate.
3.7
Students who take ‘leave of absence’ during the first year of the
programme (PGCE) are required to return to the programme within two
academic years.
4.
Requirements for Progression
Years 2-3 of the Programme
4.1
In order to progress beyond Year 1, candidates must:
(a)
have passed both Practical Teaching modules in their specialist subject (i.e.
DSP902 & DSP904 or PSP902 & PSP904 or DSP906 & DSP908)
(b)
have met the Teachers’ Standards (Department for Education, 2011) including
passing externally assessed computerised QTS Skills tests in Literacy and
Numeracy.
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(c)
have attained the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (not the
Professional Graduate Certificate in Education).
4.2
In order to be eligible for the award of the Post-Graduate Diploma in
Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), students must obtain 120
credits – 90 credits from the 3 core modules on the Post-Graduate
Certificate in Education course (general and subject-specific professional
studies) and 30 credits from ‘the ‘Research into Teaching and Learning’
module. The Research Proposal for the ‘Research into Teaching and
Learning’ module cannot be submitted until the attainment of the award
of the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education has been confirmed.
4.3
In order to be eligible for the award of the MSc in Education with Qualified
Teacher Status (QTS), students must obtain 180 credits - 90 credits from
the 3 core modules on the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education course
(general and subject-specific professional studies), 30 credits from the
‘Research into Teaching and Learning’ module, and 60 credits from the
‘Teaching Research Project’ module.
4.4
A student cannot progress to the ‘Teaching Research Project’ module until s/he
has accumulated 120 credits.
4.5
Students exit the programme with: a Professional Graduate Certificate in
Education, or Post-Graduate Certificate in Education, or Post-Graduate
Diploma in Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), or MSc in Education
with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), or MSc in Education with QTS, PostGraduate Certificate in Education (for students who have successfully
completed a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education at Loughborough
University).
4.6
Students who fail to achieve the approved standard in a module may be reassessed on one occasion
.
All Years of the Programme
4.7
This programme adheres to Regulation XX1 for Postgraduate Awards (as detailed at
:- http://www.lboro.ac.uk/admin/ar/calendar/regulations/current/21/index.htm
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The eligibility of candidates on the Programme for the award of the Degree of Master, the
Postgraduate Diploma or the Postgraduate Certificate, and for distinction in these awards,
shall be in accordance with Regulation XXI.
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