PGCE in Music with Specialist Instrumental Teaching

On the University-led and School-Direct PGCE routes, you’ll have lectures and seminars at Manchester Met and spend at least 120 days on placements in schools across Greater Manchester. At university, you’ll mainly study with the trainees in your music group. You’ll learn how to plan and deliver lessons through interactive, hands-on workshops. Although you’ll mostly learn with your subject group, you’ll attend critical skills lectures and workshops regularly in mixed groups with students from other subject areas. These sessions help you to develop skills outside of your subject knowledge. Some of the topics you’ll explore include behaviour management, mental health and emotional wellbeing, teacher persona, and non-verbal communication (such as body language). You’ll also develop your study skills during these lectures, analysing the latest educational research and theories. Understanding research means that if you have an issue in the classroom (such as challenging behaviour or inclusion), you can explore the latest literature and use it to guide your teaching.