I am now, as I said yesterday, fully focussed on writing my Personal Statement for my PGDE course. Everything I read tells me that this is one of the most important parts of the application process, so the pressure is mounting!
I am reasonably confident that I can get across everything I want to say in my application, but I just wanted to share a few documents that I have found so far that have helped me. This is for the reference of anyone who is reading the blog wherever and whenever you are, but also for me so I don't forget the documents.
The first helpful thing I found was this advice sheet from St. Andrews University. Some nice tips here on structure and things that you should and should not do. A nice visual bit at the end too.
Another really helpful document here , slightly longer, but definitely worth a read through. Looks at common mistakes and structure ideas and loads more. This is from Wolverhampton University, so a few of the references to courses are out for me, but I managed to get over it!
Also as a final one for just now, the GTTR website where you actually apply has some good advice. I need to remember to look over this too. If anybody is going to know what makes a good personal statement I would say it would be them.
I would also recommend visiting the website of the institution you are applying to and reading everything there is to read about your course written by them. This is what I plan to do because they will give the best idea of what they are looking for in a candidate.
Writing or preparing teaching personal statement is not an easy as it involves lot of thing that you had gone through and the what you realizes at the end or what you feel is the good or right. In other words, it's just a filtered and pure thoughts that you realized and believed and will follow further as well as let them people know about such facts.
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