(Hons) Primary Education University of Buckingham

Overview

(Hons) Primary Education from University of Buckingham is excellent value. Every student will need to find out whether their employer is happy to pay, or whether they will take a student loan.

Quick Facts:

• While the number of teachers in schools in England has remained steady over the past decade or so, the number of full-time equivalent TAs has more than trebled since 2000, from 79,000 to 262,800. Teaching assistants now comprise more than a quarter of the workforce in mainstream schools in England, rising to 35% in primary schools.
• Teaching assistants should not embark on this course unless they are determined and can find a good amount of time each week to do the necessary reading and writing.
• You will be sent readings and talks to work through and you will be assessed via computer-marked tests and reflective writing during the term and submit an end of module assignment of 3,000 words. These will be based on your study and in-school observations and experiences. The final Enquiry module is assessed in part by via computer-marked tests throughout the module as well as reflective writing and a larger piece of research based on an area of your choice from the programme that will involve a literature review of 2000 words and a research project of 6000 words, written over two terms.
• If you do not have two A-levels but, after interview, we feel you are strong enough to take the degree course, we might ask you to take an academic skills course which will delay your start by a year. Passing the academic skills course will be a condition of joining the degree course.