Secondary Mathematics Education with QTS BSc (Hons)

We’ll introduce you to degree level mathematics in areas like discrete mathematics, differential calculus, and algebraic and geometric structure. Your education modules will help you become used to university study and start to develop your own values. In Year 1, you’ll also observe lessons in schools to see how the teaching theory applies in a real setting.

In Year 2, you’ll build on your knowledge as we look at more advanced mathematics topics in calculus, linear algebra, and statistics. You’ll learn to use mathematics as a means of communication and you’ll start to understand the relationship between real world problems and mathematical models. And in your school practice placement, you’ll go beyond observation, you’ll help plan lessons and ensure pupils are making progress.

In your final placement, you’ll take on more teaching responsibility and become more involved in the life of the school. Your experience will help you become a confident teacher. You’ll be able to not only teach mathematics, but promote numeracy and show pupils the beauty of learning the subject too. You’ll reflect on your teaching experience, while looking to the future of education and learning advanced techniques to help you become an outstanding mathematics specialist.

How you'll study

You will learn through your time in university and out on placement. The approaches to teaching and learning are varied and include lectures, tutorials, independent study, practical workshops and seminars. The Edge Hill University Partnership is actively involved in the promotion of mathematics in local schools.

You will spend a significant amount of time on placement. This puts your training into practice through assisting in, and taking responsibility for, classes, being trained by, and working alongside, mentors and peers to further your professional development. Your teaching timetable will increase as your training progresses and you become more confident in the classroom.

You will also undertake Intensive Training and Practice (ITAP) as a specific and focused element of our teacher training curriculum. This is designed to consolidate your knowledge of effective teaching, and enable you to rehearse and obtain feedback from experts on your practice. Our ITAPs are designed to utilise the latest research and technology as well as draw on the outstanding mentors, tutors, and teacher expertise from across our partnership.

Over the course of your training, you will have the opportunity to participate in several days of Intensive Practice focusing on aspects of pivotal practice such as; behaviour management, scaffolding, professional behaviours and questioning.

During periods of ITAP, your timetable may differ and you may be required to attend campus and/or a placement on days outside of the usual pattern.

You will spend a significant amount of time undertaking professional practice placements, normally in key stages 1 and 2 in schools and other educational settings. During these experiences you will have opportunities to observe the work of expert practitioners. You will reflect on and discuss this practice with those practitioners and your trained school-based mentor. As you take on increasing responsibility for children’s learning and development, you will start by working with small groups under the direction of the class teacher, sometimes with a student teacher partner, and progress to planning for and working with the whole class for significant periods of time, managing the learning of every child.

You will work with pupils from various areas, backgrounds and abilities providing you with excellent experience in classroom management and the ability to teach individuals and groups at a range of levels.

How you'll be assessed

You will be assessed through a carefully sequenced curriculum which encompasses your subject knowledge, your pedagogical knowledge, and your classroom-based experience. Assessment methods will include in-class tests, written assignments, and portfolios both during your time at university and when you are on your Professional Practice. Your professional development will be mapped against our carefully sequenced ITE curriculum so that, at the end of your training, you can be assessed against the Teachers’ Standards and be recommended for for the award of QTS.

There are no formal written examinations as part of the current assessment methods on this programme, though there are some lower-stakes class tests.

Who will be teaching you

The Faculty of Education has been at the forefront of teacher education for over 135 years and today enjoys the enviable position of being one of the country’s leading providers of education, training and research for the children’s workforce.

You will be taught by tutors at the cutting edge of national developments within education who write textbooks and mathematics schemes for national publication.

The Edge Hill lead mentors and mentor leadership team play an important part in your teacher training as experts in their field. They have a deep knowledge of the trainee curriculum and support trainees and mentors to make progress providing guidance and support on aspects of the curriculum and assessment.