Manchester Met Interview 2015 for Primary Education

Hi! i also have my interview on the 21st January for Primary Education!

The interview will be in three parts which are explained as an introduction, a group discussion and a two minute individual presentation followed by questions.

The group discussion is based on DVD stimulus. The presentation is a two minute talk in a small group. You can take prompt notes but reading from a script will result in your being marked down.

The topics for the presentation are:
Is the gender of the teacher an issue for children's learning in Primary Schools?

From my perspective,as a learner,what makes a good lesson is..? what i would do as a teacher to incorporate these ideas into my teaching.

As a teacher how i would support and encourage children's learning?

Some teachers say that there is no room for the wider curriculum of the arts and creativity sports because of the pressure for children to achieve well in core as measured in national curriculum tests. What do you think the balance should be?

What part should Primary Schools play in issues of sustainability and global warming?

Why do you think adding Modern Foreign Languages to the primary curriculum is a good idea?

A current educational issue that has caught my interest.

So you chose one of those topics and prepare for a two minute talk. It states its not a formal presentation so you dont need like a power point etc.

Hope I've helped and Good Luck on Wednesday! What time is your interview?

Hi Becs,

Thank you so much for providing me with all of this detailed information I cant thank you enough for spending your time to help me!

Have you decided which topic you are going to talk about? I'm torn between gender and MFL.

Oh really, what time does your interview day begin? I'm at 13:00-15:00.

Thanks again for all your help, it is very kind of you! Good luck with your interview

Hattie

I'm on the primary ed course at mmu so if you have any questions feel free to ask

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When did everyone submit their UCAS? I still haven't heard from MMU yet. How long did everyone wait? Thanks xxx

Hmmm it was about 3 weeks but that included christmas holidays. When did you send your ucas off?


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Hi guys!

So I've been invited to interview on 21st Jan to MMU for the Primary Education course. However, I am still awaiting the email including details of the day and wanted to prepare. I was just wondering if anyone would be able to provide me with this info if they too have been invited or have already been to an interview here this year whilst I await a reply? Not sure if we have to do a presentation or bring in an object etc?

Thank you very much, all help is much appreciated and good luck to all!

Hattie Ross

How did it go yesterday?


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Hi! So I think it went fairly well thank you (without jinxing anything!) So registration was really simple, literally just ticked our name off the list and got a name label! Parents were allowed to stay for the introductory talk which covered similar areas as on the open day; the structure of the course, placements and QTS tests. After that we watched a 12 minute video (parents stayed for this too which I thought was odd as its part of the interview!!) We were then put into groups and discussed what we saw in the video and then gave our 2 minute talk and that was pretty much it! The day was fairly relaxed and informal so nothing to worry about, good luck! X

Ah that doesn't sound to bad! Were the other people in your group quite shy? Or extroverted? Like did the conversation flow?


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Hi! So I think it went fairly well thank you (without jinxing anything!) So registration was really simple, literally just ticked our name off the list and got a name label! Parents were allowed to stay for the introductory talk which covered similar areas as on the open day; the structure of the course, placements and QTS tests. After that we watched a 12 minute video (parents stayed for this too which I thought was odd as its part of the interview!!) We were then put into groups and discussed what we saw in the video and then gave our 2 minute talk and that was pretty much it! The day was fairly relaxed and informal so nothing to worry about, good luck! X

Hi guys!

So I've been invited to interview on 21st Jan to MMU for the Primary Education course. However, I am still awaiting the email including details of the day and wanted to prepare. I was just wondering if anyone would be able to provide me with this info if they too have been invited or have already been to an interview here this year whilst I await a reply? Not sure if we have to do a presentation or bring in an object etc?

Thank you very much, all help is much appreciated and good luck to all!

Hattie Ross