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HDip in education in England?

  • 30-11-2009 7:35pm
    #1
    Fortyball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭


    Hey,
    Just looking for information on where to go find information on doing a hdip in England? A bit late id say for this years application but no harm in trying. My qualification is in analytical and pharmaceutical chemistry if that helps.
    Any info greatly appreciated,
    Thanks,
    Fiachra


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  • #2
    pathway33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭pathway33


    google GTTR. It's the graduate teaching training registration (or something close). All applications are through that.

    It's for secondary teaching yeah?


  • #3
    peanuthead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭peanuthead


    Hi

    While you could have applied earlier, it's still not too late to apply. Can I suggest some pieces of advice, as I was once considering doing my hdip abroad.

    I will start with what I know for sure is true and then I will add what I have heard from others:

    Check with the teaching council of Ireland that the college you are going to do your dip in is recognised in Ireland. Not all PGCEs are recognised here.

    If your qualification is recognised here you will have to pay 200 euro for it to be officially recognised, and that is after sitting an exam on the history of Irish Education.

    For what its worth, I would do it here, teaching experience in Ireland is invaluable to your career if you plan to mainly teach in Ireland.

    You are supervised in ALL your classes (this I have been told by PGCE graduates) - pressure????

    Another thing I was told was that your teaching practice for your block release (a lengthy period of time when you will be out teaching with no lectures) is allocated to you by the college and could end up being very far from the college/your home.

    Plusses include that I think it's cheaper to sit the course there, and grants are readily available. At 6500 here you want to be sure you are doing it.

    You might want to ask yourself if you are the kind of person who gets homesick. Its a tough enough year without adding extra pressure!


  • #4
    Fortyball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭Fortyball


    Hey pathway, spot on for that site man, its the job, sound.yeah itd be for secondary teaching alright.
    hey peanut sound for the info. i think id still like to do it in england. well from a financial point of view id have no other option really, and also based on what ive heard are the acceptable degree qualifications (cant remember what they are now but remember being out of the bracket). id like to go to a foreign country to study, get out of my comfort zone.


  • #5
    peanuthead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭peanuthead


    Fortyball wrote: »
    Hey pathway, spot on for that site man, its the job, sound.yeah itd be for secondary teaching alright.
    hey peanut sound for the info. i think id still like to do it in england. well from a financial point of view id have no other option really, and also based on what ive heard are the acceptable degree qualifications (cant remember what they are now but remember being out of the bracket). id like to go to a foreign country to study, get out of my comfort zone.

    Okay, no problem but please remember to contact the teaching council to make sure the college you do it in is recognised in Ireland - or if there is another country you are planning to go to, make sure the qualification is recognised there. As convenient as it may be doing it in UK, it's not much good if it's useless to you!!

    Also: The UK qualifications are only recognised as they are (without translating) in commonwealth states.

    Good Luck!!


  • #6
    sasta_amach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭sasta_amach


    Fortyball wrote: »
    Hey pathway, spot on for that site man, its the job, sound.yeah itd be for secondary teaching alright.
    hey peanut sound for the info. i think id still like to do it in england. well from a financial point of view id have no other option really, and also based on what ive heard are the acceptable degree qualifications (cant remember what they are now but remember being out of the bracket). id like to go to a foreign country to study, get out of my comfort zone.

    Another option is do do an 'iteach' course. You have to do your teaching practice in England but you do all your study through the web. I'm half way through at the moment and have just spent the last few months teaching in a school in UK (teaching council recognizes it here too). You get a grant from TDA check out this link www.iteach.ac.uk


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