Program Overview

PGCE (Secondary): Art & Design

Overview

This teacher training programme prepares you to teach art and design in secondary schools. You are shown how to plan, resource, and organise art lessons, as well as how to support, monitor and assess students’ engagement with Art and Design.

Why study PGCE (Secondary): Art & Design at Goldsmiths

• We'll give you the tools you'll need to become a confident and committed Art and Design teacher. You'll learn how to make your classroom an inclusive space where you can support young people in developing their own forms of artistic expression and knowledge of art, craft and design.
• You'll get to grips with current theories and approaches to Art and Design education and engage critically with them.
• As well as developing your students, we want you to continue to engage with your own practice, whether that is as an artist, designer, curator or art historian. You’ll participate in practical workshops, lectures, seminars and tutorials.
• You'll complete a variety of placements. During the autumn term, you’ll be placed in a secondary school’s Art and Design department to observe, participate, and teach alongside experienced teachers. You'll also visit a primary school to develop an understanding of younger children’s work, and how the Art and Design curriculum is taught. During the Spring and Summer terms, you’ll be placed in another secondary school, where you will build up your teaching experience.

Teacher Training Code

• W1X1 (full-time)
• G813 (part-time)

Length

• 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time

Fees

• Home - full-time: £9535
• Home - part-time: £TBC
• International - full-time: £21200

Department

• Educational Studies

Our vision and mission

We support the development of exceptional teachers for world-class schools. Our Teacher Education Partnership sets out to make a difference to young peoples' lives, and is committed to:

• Promoting reflection to help you develop a strong sense of identity that is built upon a close connection between research and experience
• Recognising inclusivity to be rights-respecting, and recognise and challenge the political, social, economic, and cultural dimensions of practice
• Celebrating creativity , taking informed risks, and using innovative strategies to support learning
• Developing confidence and engagement enabling you to participate fully in steering the course of the teaching profession locally, nationally, and globally

What you'll study

College-based work

• Practice-based Art and Design workshops, lectures and seminars and individual and group tutorials, which are conducted by Goldsmiths lecturers, artist teachers and gallery/arts educators.
• The content of the lectures and seminars focus on current issues including:
  • Contemporary art and design practices
  • Learner identities
  • Visual and place-based pedagogies
  • Inclusive strategies for learning
  • Political and conceptual issues in art and design
  • Artist teacher identities
  • Assessment and evaluation of Art and Design
  • Designing and developing opportunities for learning

School-based work

• During the Autumn Term you are placed in a secondary school Art and Design department to observe, participate in and teach alongside experienced teachers.
• You'll visit a primary school to develop an understanding of younger children’s work and how the Art and Design curriculum is taught.
• During the Spring and Summer terms you are placed in a second school, where you will experience a sustained experience of teaching in which you develop competence in the Professional Standards.
• Throughout the course you will develop and implement Art and Design practices in all Key Stages of the curriculum including post-16.

Learning and teaching

• A range of teaching methods is employed across all our PGCE programmes, including:
  • Taught subject sessions
  • Practical workshops
  • Compulsory lectures
  • Seminars
  • Group and individual tutorials
  • Individual and group presentations
  • Supported self-study

Entry requirements

• To meet our fitness to train requirements
• A GCSE Grade C/4 or above in English and Mathematics. Please note, we can only accept some UK and international GCSE equivalent qualifications. If you have a non-UK qualification that you believe is GCSE equivalent, you must check this with the Admissions team.
• An undergraduate honours degree , at 2:2 or above from a university in the United Kingdom or an international equivalent in a related subject, such as fine/visual art, graphic design, illustration, architecture, filmmaking, animation, ceramics or textiles.
• The ability to demonstrate drawing skills