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Name of presentationEarth Science Education Unit
Geology Teacher Training
Stakeholder Meeting
Earth Science Education Unit
www.earthscienceeducation.com
Geology teacher demand and supply
17th May 2011
A geology teacher:
• has a geology degree (or at least a minimum of 40% of a geology degree)
• has a PGCE (one-year teaching certificate)– the PGCE may be in science/geology teaching – or in science teaching or in geography teaching (from
institutions where a geology degree is recognised)
• has not trained in Scotland (since a geology degree is not recognised for science or geography teaching in Scotland)
• is likely to be a member of the Earth Science Teachers’ Association (ESTA)
Geology teacher demand
England, Wales, N. Ireland - A-level
• A-level entry was falling, but has been steadily rising recently
• as a percentage of all A-levels - similar
England, Wales, N. Ireland - A-level
• Rises in all types of institution last year
England, Wales, N. Ireland - A-level
• New AS-level looked promising – it then fell – but a recent continuing rise; 2010 = highest ever
England, Wales, N. Ireland - AS-level
England, Wales, N. Ireland - GCSE Geology
• The new GCSE in Geology has just come on stream – with interest rising (more in pipeline)
AS- A- GCSE level figures
• 2010 A2-level Geology – 1893 • 2010 AS-level Geology – 2635
• 2011 GCSE Geology – 1116
• Two Awarding Bodies (Exam Boards – OCR, WJEC) offer A and AS-level
• 2011 – OCR = 107 centres; WJEC = 92 centres; a total of 199 centres
• One Awarding Body (WJEC) offers GCSE Geology• 2011 – 66 centres (including 24 new ones)
Geology teachers
• The centre numbers indicate a minimum of 200 teachers actively teaching geology
• The numbers are greater than this since:– some centres have two geology teachers– some centres teach only A-level or GCSE, not both
• Earth Science Teachers’ Association membership: 472
• Geology-teaching jobs advertised so far this year:– two geology teaching jobs– two science posts mentioning geology– three geography/geology teaching jobs
Undergraduate geology recruitment - 2010
F600 Geology • Total applicants = 1284 (617 accepted)• Applicants with A-level Geology = 565• Applicants with Scottish Higher = 13• Applicants with A-level + Higher = 578
• % total applicants with A-level or Scottish Higher Geology = 45%
Figures kindly provided by UCAS
Undergraduate geology recruitment - 2010
F6** Geology– F600 Geology – F610 Applied geology – F611 Industrial geology – F620 Mining geology – F630 Geotechnology – F631 Marine geotechnology – F640 Earth science – F641 Palaeontology – F642 Geoscience – F650 Geological oceanography – F660 Geophysics
Undergraduate geology recruitment - 2010
F6** Geology • Total applicants = 3699 (1214 accepted)• Applicants with A-level Geology = 1115• Applicants with Scottish Higher = 33• Applicants with A-level + Higher = 1148
• % total applicants with A-level or Scottish Higher Geology = 31%
Figures kindly provided by UCAS
Geology in the National Science Curriculum
Key stage 3: 11 – 14 year olds– 14 statements of content– one is - geological activity is caused by chemical
and physical processes (this includes rock cycle processes, rock formation and weathering)
– 1/14 = 7%
Key stage 4: 14 – 16 year olds– 16 statements of content– one is - the surface and the atmosphere of the
Earth have changed since the Earth’s origin and are changing at present
– 1/14 = 6%
Support for geology teaching
School-level geology teaching in the UK is currently supported by:•the Earth Science Teachers’ Association (annual conference, bi-annual journal)•the Education Committee of the Geological Society•the Earth Science Education Forum (England and Wales)•the Scottish Earth Science Education Forum•ES2K in Northern Ireland
Geology teacher demand - summary
We need geology teachers to teach A-level and GCSE geology:•to supply an important percentage of students for undergraduate geology recruitment•… and an important group of other students with an understanding of geology
We also need geology-trained teachers:•to contribute to the teaching of broad science at KS3 and KS4
Geology teacher supply
PGCE geology teacher training
• Although in the distant past there were up to six institutions training geology teachers
• in the past 15 years, there have been only two– Bath University– Keele University
PGCE Geology in recent yearsBath University – total 21 since 2003, average 2.6 pa
PGCE Geology in recent yearsKeele University – total 127 since 1997, average 9.5 pa
PGCE geology teacher training
• Although in the distant past there were up to six institutions training geology teachers
• In the past 15 years, there have been only two– Bath University– Keele University
• Average no. of geology teachers trained nationally since 2003 = 10.9 pa
PGCE geology teacher training
Keele University last year (2009/10):• decided in March, since recruitment was low, to close
the course• were given three ‘no cost’ options to convince them to
re-open the course• agreed to the third ‘no cost’ option, providing a
‘distance learning’ course in Geology teacher training was developed in the longer term
• reopened recruitment in May• since recruitment had been closed between March and
late May – recruited only 4 trainees
PGCE geology teacher training
Science teacher training at Keele:• involves 57 two hour sessions in science teaching
(including elements of biology, chemistry, geology and physics)
• two residential field visits• 13 sessions (26 hours) of subject specialist teaching –
aimed at A-level in, biology, chemistry, geology and physics
Thus the Keele geology teacher training course would have been closed to save 26 hours of specialist geology teacher training
PGCE geology teacher training
Keele University this year (2010/11):– has trained the trainees using the ‘no cost’ option– this involved the trainees observing the teaching of a geology
module to students on a pre-PGCE ‘Subject Knowledge Enhancement’ (SKE) course
– addressing different learning outcomes from the SKE students– discussing the teaching afterwards– with good student feedback
• Keele was planning to do the same next year (2011/12) – providing there was progress towards a ‘distance learning course’
PGCE geology teacher training
PGCE geology teacher training
Keele University this year:• The distance learning course in geology teacher
training idea is important because the course not only could be offered to Keele students, but also to:– PGCE science students in other ITT institutions– PGCE geography students in other institutions– in-service science and geography teachers with geology
degrees– in-service and training science and geography teachers in
Scotland– international students– other educators interested in geology teaching
(eg. adult education, museum education or outdoor education)
PGCE geology teacher training
Bath University this year (2010/11):• is training only two specialist geology students• decided earlier this year not to continue the course• closed recruitment for 2011/12 onward
PGCE geology teacher training
Keele University for next year (2011/12):• was planning to recruit geologists to be taught
alongside the SKE students• received 19% cuts in science PGCE figures (from 70 to
57)• within these cuts, the numbers of chemistry and
physics students was protected• this left only 12 students for ‘biology and other science’• Keele decided that, in order to maintain a viable
biology group, the geology course would have to be closed
PGCE geology teacher training
Keele University for next year (2011/12):• the TDA was lobbied suggesting that, through the cuts
imposed, an ‘unintended consequence’ would be that geology teacher training would be discontinued in this country
• TDA allocated an additional six geology teacher training places to Keele for 2011/12
• … and indicated that they would keep small subjects like geology in mind during future allocations
Geology teacher supply - summaryKeele University is the only institution that will train
geology teachers in the future
Keele has been allocated six places for 2011/12
The current Keele training model is only viable if:– a lecturer with expertise in geology teacher training remains at
Keele– SKE courses continue to run– there is a commitment to develop a ‘distance learning course’– funding can be found to develop such a ‘distance learning
course’
The long term provision of geology teacher training in the UK is in severe doubt
Name of presentationEarth Science Education Unit
Geology Teacher Training
Stakeholder Meeting
Earth Science Education Unit
www.earthscienceeducation.com
Geology teacher demand and supply
17th May 2011
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