Young people will return to the profession once teachers are given greater autonomy and fairer rewards,says UCL’s Caroline ColonThe significant disagreement between a postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) and some school-based routes is you’re not thrown in at the deep stop; this is not a sink or swim model. It’s a course that provides the opportunity to read and reflect while also joining a large network of professionals who assume about what they are doing and why.
There’s this myth that whether you go to university to conclude a PGCE that it is all about theory and not practice, but two thirds of the year is spent in two different schools, or so there is very much a practical element. Student teachers are supported by a university tutor and school-based mentors. With the PGCE there’s a contract between the school and university with the student teacher,which makes it clear they are auxillary members of staff and they work alongside experienced teachers who gradually let go to give them a sense of being responsible for the class.
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Source: guardian.co.uk