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Looking for some information and advice

  • 13-10-2008 03:29PM
    #1
    Mlo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭


    I'm currently working in industry and considering my future options, teaching being one of them.

    My primary degree is a BSc in Manufacturing Engineering and I have several years industrial experience in Aerospace, microelectronics and manufacturing. I also have an MBA in technology management.

    I'm asuming that given the right post grad course, I could teach Physics, Maths, Science, Applied Maths or some of the practical engineering disciplines e.g metalwork or technical drawing. Business studies seem to be 10 a penny but I could concievably teach these too.

    My questions are; which (if any) or these are likely to be in demand and what would be the best route to try to get into second or third level teaching of these subjects.


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  • #2
    Rosita
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭Rosita


    Your assumptions regarding what you could teach are stretching things a little if the PGDE handbook is to be taken as gospel on the matter.

    The Primary degree course you mention entitles you to teach Maths, Physics and computers, or at least a similarly named one in Bolton Street does.

    I have seen no evidence whatsoever on any literature to suggest that any post-grad course entitles anyone to teach anything, and I include the PGDE itself in that remark. The ability to teach subjects is determined by Primary degree subjects and only that, according to the PGDE handbook. This means having studied a specific subject area for three years and for at least 30% of the entire degree.

    The obvious route to get into second level teaching is to apply for the PGDE. Perhaps others could comment on what demand in the subjects areas would be like.


  • #3
    Mlo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 187 ✭✭Mlo


    Thanks for the reply. Maths, Physics and Computers would be quite ok, Applied maths and Materials science were as you might imagine qute a large part of my primary degree ( I did graduate some time ago so the specifics of the Degree may have changed).

    I suppose my main interest before further exploring this path would be to assess demand, there's no point in just adding to statistics for unemployed or eternally part time teachers.


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