Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Dear Student

Welcome to the Social Science PGCE course at Sheffield Hallam University. I hope that you will enjoy your year working with your training provider in local schools and studying here with us at SHU. The PGCE course is an intensive one and each of you will embark upon the course with different strengths and areas to develop. Therefore, we have suggested some things below that you might like to undertake to help you prepare for September. Also, if there were conditions attached to your offer (e.g. successful completion of a course or qualification) you will need to inform the Admissions team that they have been fulfilled.

I look forward to meeting you in September.

Mary Hardman

Key Preparations/Readings

  • Capel, S., Leask, M. and Turner, T. (2019). Learning to Teach in the Secondary School. 8th edition. Routledge
  • Gajic, D., & McGinty, J. (Eds.). (2023). Learning to teach psychology in the secondary school : a companion to school experience. Routledge.
  • Jarvis, M. (2011) Teaching Psychology:14 – 19 Issues and Techniques. Routledge.
  • Jones, A. (2017) Teaching Sociology Successfully – A practical guide to planning and delivering outstanding lessons.

 

Link to subject association websites:

British Sociological Society – http://www.britsoc.co.uk/

British Psychological Association – http://www.bps.org.uk/

 

Curriculum and/or Key Specifications:

You should spend some time familiarising yourself with GCSE and A level specifications in your subject area and at least one other social sciences subject from the different examination boards:

 

Preliminary Subject Knowledge Audit:

You will be required to complete a more detailed subject knowledge audit at the start of your course but can begin to identify any areas where you will need to develop your knowledge further.  The following websites can help you with this:

In order to keep up to date with developments in education we recommend that you read the TES (Times Educational Supplement- www.tes.co.uk) and the Guardian Education supplement (www.theguardian.com/education). We also recommend that you regularly read a broadsheet newspaper.