Vignette of Practice: The PGCE Secondary Education Magazine Commonwealth Edition

The PGCE Secondary Education Magazine Commonwealth Edition Rebecca Davidge, Simon Huson, Elena Lengthorn and Rachael Moore – School of Education Our Secondary PGCE team developed and delivered a series of teacher educator workshops on decolonising, diversifying, and democratising our subject curriculums in light of the murder of George Floyd in the summer of 2020 and the local Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022. A further catalyst for this project was the exploration of the inspirational text Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain by Satnam Sanghera (Sanghera, 2021). Reading of Empireland enabled us, as a group of university tutors, to discuss our preconceptions of the British Empire. The book took us on a learning journey which included a clearer understanding of the past, present and possible… Read moreVignette of Practice: The PGCE Secondary Education Magazine Commonwealth Edition