PGCE History
Dear Student
Welcome to the History PGCE course at Sheffield Hallam University. I hope that you will enjoy studying here with us alongside the work that you will be doing in schools. 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.
Key Preparations/Readings (3 or 4):
Husbands, C., Kitson, A. and Steward, S.(2011), Teaching and Learning History 11 -18 Open University Press
Haydn, T., Arthur, J. and Hunt, M. (4th Edn, 2014) Learning to Teach History in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience. Routledge
Ofsted History for all: History in English schools 2007/10 (2011) Ofsted http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141124154759/http://ofsted.gov.uk/resources/history-for-all
Haydn, T. ‘Pupil perceptions of history at Key Stage 3: Final Report’ (2005) QCA http://www.uea.ac.uk/~m242/historypgce/qcafinalreport.pdf
Reading Lists:
See information below on subject associations for accessing articles from ‘Teaching History’ via membership of the Historical Association
Harris, R., Burn, K. and Woolley, M. (eds.) The Guided Reader to Teaching and Learning History (2013), London: Routledge
Davies, I (ed.) Debates in History Teaching (2011), London: Routledge
Phillips. I. (2008) Teaching History: Developing as a Reflective Secondary Teacher Sage
Haydn, T (ed.) Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Learning in History (2013), London: Routledge Cooper, H. and Chapman, A. (eds.) Constructing History 11-19 (2009), London: SAGE Publications Limited
Davies, P Enlivening Secondary History: 50 classroom activities for teachers and pupils (2012) Routledge
Murphy, J 100+ Ideas for Teaching History (2007) Continuum One Hundreds
Starkey, D. What history should we be teaching in Britain in the 21st century? (2012) Institute of historical research
Ofsted Interpretations of History: Ofsted Subject Conference Report (2004) Ofsted www.hom-uht.com/files/Ofsted_Interpretation_conf_2004.doc
Riley, M. Into the Key Stage 3 History Garden: Choosing and planting your enquiry questions Teaching History 99*
Cottingham, M. Dr Black Box or How I learned to stop worrying and love assessment Teaching History 115*
Harris, R. Does differentiation have to be different? Teaching History 118*
Link to subject association website (if appropriate):
The Historical Association’s produces the principal journal for secondary teachers of history, Teaching History. Members of the Historical Association can opt to receive this quarterly, and have access all previous articles online. The HA website with membership details is http://www.history.org.uk/
Curriculum and/or Key Specifications:
National Curriculum for History (2007) QCA http://www.rgs.org/NR/rdonlyres/BAAA2085-2E7E-4B0F-B6B4-13F715630293/0/FW_HistoryNC.pdf
National Curriculum for History (2013) https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210969/NC_framework_document_-_FINAL.pdfDfE
AQA specifications for GCSE and A level History http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/gcse
OCR specifications for GCSE and A level History http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/by-subject/history/
Edexcel specifications for GCSE and A level History http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/home.html
Preliminary Subject Knowledge Audit:
After reading through the curriculum and key specifications above, identify the following:
- 3 key areas in which you feel confident / have substantial experience.
- 3 key areas where you feel less confident / lack experience in.
You will be required to complete a more detailed subject knowledge audit at the start of your course.
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.