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What does it take?

  • 26-03-2006 7:20pm
    #1
    Squirrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭


    Hey,

    I'm in 5th year at the moment and one of the things I'm looking at doing in the future is teaching in a secondary school. I was wondering what's needed to become a secondary maths teacher? And also where the best place to do this is?

    Cheers,

    Shane.


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  • #2
    MaxBax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 620 ✭✭✭MaxBax


    Wow. Thinking a head.

    I'm imagine asking this question Teaching/Lecturing forum will be more productive. But to best of my knowledge, you need a 2:1 in a degree, and a Higher diploma in Education. There is no rule stating you need MATHS to be MATHS teacher.

    Obviously, you're interested in maths and a degree that involved 3rd level maths would be beneficial. But I wouldn't say you need a single honours Maths degree.

    You could go to a NUI and do an Arts course and take maths in 1st year and go from there. Or a physics degree. Or engineering. Obviously Maths and TP would also be the best.


  • #3
    Squirrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭Squirrel


    MaxBax wrote:
    Wow. Thinking a head.

    I'm imagine asking this question Teaching/Lecturing forum will be more productive. But to best of my knowledge, you need a 2:1 in a degree, and a Higher diploma in Education. There is no rule stating you need MATHS to be MATHS teacher.

    Obviously, you're interested in maths and a degree that involved 3rd level maths would be beneficial. But I wouldn't say you need a single honours Maths degree.

    You could go to a NUI and do an Arts course and take maths in 1st year and go from there. Or a physics degree. Or engineering. Obviously Maths and TP would also be the best.

    I like having an idea of what I want to do. Is there any specific course on maths teaching, or secondary teaching with maths?


  • #4
    MaxBax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 620 ✭✭✭MaxBax


    Again, not that I'm aware. I won't post after this because I really can't help you further. As far as i know, with the exception of a Science teaching course in dcu (which may have been killed) you're not trained in univeristy to be a secondary school teacher. There isn't a CAO course FOR secondary school teachers.


  • #5
    Squirrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭Squirrel


    MaxBax wrote:
    Again, not that I'm aware. I won't post after this because I really can't help you further. As far as i know, with the exception of a Science teaching course in dcu (which may have been killed) you're not trained in univeristy to be a secondary school teacher. There isn't a CAO course FOR secondary school teachers.

    Thanks for your help MaxBax. I've been waiting for an appointment with my school's carrer guidance teacher, but she's been sick for a while now. Thanks again.


  • #6
    Delphi91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭Delphi91


    To teach maths in a secondary school, you need to do either an Arts degree (BA) taking Maths as one of your subjects or else a science degree (BSc) again taking maths. After that, you do the H. Dip in Ed which will entitle you to teach.

    As for needing a 2:1, you don't. You can do a general sc ience/arts degree, pass it and then go on to do the HDip (unless things have changed since I did it)

    Usually you end up with 2/3 subjects as part of a general science/arts degree. If Maths is one of those, then you can teach it to LC Hons level. However if you dropped it at the end of first year, then you're qualified to teach it to JC level.

    Mike


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