The course is about training students to become good science teachers who will start their professional careers with positive attitudes. You will be learning about science teaching in general as well as spending time on teaching your specialist subject: biology, chemistry, or physics. You will study many aspects of the life of the school, including personal and social education, environmental education, careers, and health education. Through a mixture of workshops, seminars, and visits you will gain: practical advice and help on how to manage science lessons in the laboratory; information about the National Curriculum and its influence on science teaching; the chance to learn about the way pupils' understanding of science develops; ideas about how to teach particular topics; the chance to try out teaching methods and experiments; advice on safety in the laboratory and on your responsibilities as a teacher; experience in using information technology to aid and support learning. Your work on the course is assessed on the basis of the competences required to be a qualified teacher. There are no examinations but your coursework is continuously assessed.