Working with your trainees
Working at M. level
The M level PGCE is a professional and not an academic Masters degree, delivering both a nationally recognised qualification (QTS) and Masters' Level credits. Writing at M level in ITT includes articulating the applied theoretical elements and critical reflection on professional learning. The material in this section is intended to support the development of an integrated approach to the new M level PGCE.
Please see also the full section under Your professional development for more materials on Developing work at Masters level ITT.
Resource support
Please support our ITT MFL community and share your own relevant documentation, you can email us to feed into the development of this resource.
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Tutorial material for tutors to use with their trainees to develop their writing at M. level
This resource was devised to help initial trainees to develop their writing at M. Level, by reflecting on the nature of professional learning, and learning in the context of teaching. Please send feedback to Ruth Heilbronn if you use this resource with your own trainees. In this way experience may be shared and expertise developed.
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Writing a philosophical statement
It is often useful for trainees to keep a journal in which they note their observations and reflections on aspects of their learning and development. This may include reflections on readings, related to their experiences on teaching practice. Some courses find it useful to engage trainees in writing a philosophical statement about their learning and teaching, which articulates these reflections.
The statement may fruitfully be re-visited at key points, possibly building on a pre-course or early course task, such as writing about 'what constitutes a good teacher', as a starting point to evaluate change and development over the year. At the end of the course the engagement with these reflective processes may help with the CEDP statement, in preparation for induction as a newly qualified teacher, but it is broader and deeper in scope and intent.
- Academic Practice: Writing at Master's Level, James Atherton has produced a really useful site for tutors. Reference: ATHERTON J S (2005) Academic Practice: Writing at Master's Level [On-line]: UK: Available: http://www.doceo.co.uk/academic/m_writing.htm Accessed: 12 February 2008
- Centre for Academic and Professional Literacies at the Institute of Education, University of London, houses another good site for developing writing skills.
