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In response to the demand for subject specific teachers in the
growing Irish Medium Post Primary sector, St Mary’s University
College, Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) and the University
of Ulster (UU) have formed a partnership to offer a one year PGCE
course to students interested in becoming teachers in Irish Medium
post-primary education.
Additional places have been added to the PGCE intake quotas for
QUB and UU specifically for those applicants who wish to teach
in the Irish Medium Post-Primary sector. On completion of the
course, these students will be awarded a Certificate in Bilingual
Education (St Mary’s University College) in addition to
their PGCE qualification (UU/QUB).
Applying for the Irish Medium Post Primary PGCE
Applicants will apply to do their PGCE with either QUB or UU
(depending on their subject specialism) and should express an
interest in Irish Medium Education if they wish to be considered
for this option. Competence in Irish is required. Usually, this
means an A Level or the equivalent qualification in the language.
Course Structure
Students will follow the PGCE course designed by either QUB
or UU depending on their subject specialism.
QUB prepares students to teach in the following subject areas:
English, Mathematics, ICT/Computing, Science, Modern Languages,
Religious Education and Social Science/Citizenship.
UU prepares students to teach in the following areas: Art and
Design, English with Drama and Media Studies, Geography, History,
Home Economics, Music, Physical Education and Technology and Design.
Further information on specific subjects offered and on PGCE
course structures is available on QUB (www.qub.ac.uk)
and UU websites (www.ulster.ac.uk).
Irish-medium students will also complete additional elements
in the area of bilingual/immersion education. This will include
completing summer and spring Gaeltacht programmes (15 days in
total), an induction week in August 2009 and an additional week
in June 2010. This bilingual focus will be provided by St Mary’s
University College, which has a long tradition in preparing teachers
to teach in the Irish-Medium sector.
Contact
Anyone requiring additional information is invited to contact
Dr Seán Mac Corraidh (Irish Medium Post-Primary PGCE
Co-ordinator) by telephone on 028 90268283, or by e-mail.
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