Introduction
"You will all do tons of INSET" my Bretton Hall lecturer assured me (plus the rest of the lecture theatre) during my teacher training 1990-91. I was, in due course, awarded a PGCE pass and got appointed in a school for September that year. Sure enough, over three decades later, John Atkinson's (PGCE course lecturer) words are still resounding. Like most veteran teachers, I've now completed a multitude of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses - short workshops and lengthier exchanges. None of the courses (aside to statutory training like Safeguarding and Prevent) have been as transformative as my attendance (Med day release) at Cambridge University (UCIE/Homerton) five years after I attained my PGCE pass at Bretton in 1991.
Unfortunately, my Doctor signed me off for a Term and I have yet to complete the Degree but this did not detract from the valuable experience shared now in this Blogger post in audio file form. Please click on the link below to listen hard to my paused course work recount and self evaluation:
If you would like to take a deeper dive into my chequered career as a Teacher/my artistic life please follow this thread: Autobiography link
IF you like what you've read so far, several, more subject specific, visual and performing arts web logs, I've penned, are also currently online (powered by Google Blogger™). Just bang on the links below and party on!
Performing Arts (theatre) Education
Finally thank you for taking the time to read and listen to this post. I hope it expedites your course choice(s) and or the, hopefully, glittering career as an education professional ahead of you - it's an A (!)
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