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This is the final module of the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) (Wales) (K36) and is only available to those registered on the qualification. Taken in your second year, it is a single 60-credit postgraduate module designed to support your development towards independent teaching. In this module, you’ll progress from planning and teaching a sequence of lessons to being responsible for planning, resourcing, and independently teaching a range of lessons. This final stage of your studies marks your transition to professional autonomy, providing essential experience for your future career in education.

This module involves academic study, practice learning, and submission of an eportfolio of evidence. Your academic learning will be supported by primary or subject-specific secondary online seminars.

The PGCE is progressive: you’ll return to the same strands in each module. You’ll learn theories and concepts appropriate to your level of study. The strands are:

You should, however, think about your commitment to the full two-year qualification rather than to each module, as you will study the modules consecutively. This continuity enables you to build your knowledge and experience over an extended period.

Teaching theory will be combined with substantial, supported practice learning in schools, enabling you to explore the relationship between theory and practice and become a confident, research-informed teacher. This module is also studied at masters level, so you’ll also engage with educational research and conduct a small-scale professional enquiry study. In this module, you will undertake 60 days of practice learning. If you are on the Part-time route, you will be expected to undertake 30 days of these 60 days as continuous practice learning (6 school weeks) in order to demonstrate that you can support learning over a sustained period of time. The other 30 days can be undertaken flexibly.

This is a compulsory module in our Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Wales) which will prepare you for a career in teaching in Wales.

You'll be supported by a range of staff both in the schools and from the Open University. They will work together to support your individual learning journey within the context of your school and in relation to your prior experience, knowledge and skills.

You'll be supported through online seminars by subject/phase specialist Open University academics and by experienced teachers in school (mentor, school coordinator, practice tutor).

Course work includes:

Online study and practice learning activities will support you in completing academic assignments and an e-portfolio of evidence. This will feed into your Professional Learning Passport (PLP) in Wales. You’ll be expected to draw together your knowledge of the theory of teaching and how it relates to your developing practice.

Your tutor-marked assignment (TMA) is designed to support you in relating theory to practice and demonstrating academic skills at masters level.

The EMA has two parts:

Passing both components of the assessment is a requirement for passing the qualification.

You can study in the medium of Welsh, English, or a combination of both. However, you must choose one language for assessment purposes.

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We provide all materials and learning experiences in Welsh and in English. You may purchase your own copy of the set books, or you may access some titles as electronic versions from the OU library.

You will also have considerable support from school-based mentors and practice tutors, as well as access to an e-Portfolio.

EEXP806 is a compulsory module in our:

Sometimes you cannot count a module towards a qualification if you have already counted another module with similar content. To verify any excluded combinations with this module, check with an adviser before registering.

PGCE 3 starts once a year – in September.

This page describes the module that will start in September 2026.

We expect it to start for the last time in September 2029.

As a student of The Open University, you should be aware of the content of the academic regulations, which are available on our Student Policies and Regulations website.

You can only study this module as part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Wales). It is not available for standalone study.

For more details on the PGCE, full entry requirements and how to register, please refer to the qualification description for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Wales) (K36).

This module is only appropriate for students resident in Wales. Salaried and part-time students need to be resident in Wales. You must undertake your practice learning in two schools in Wales.

Written transcripts of any audio components and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) versions of OU printed material are available. Some Adobe PDF components may not be available or fully accessible using a screen reader (and where applicable: musical notation and mathematical, scientific, and foreign language materials may be particularly difficult to read in this way). Other alternative formats of the module materials may be available in the future.

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This is the final module of the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) (Wales) and is only available to those registered on the qualification.