Post Grad in ?

shinesun

Hi, will hopefully have an honours degree in business next year. I know I can then go on to do a pgde in primary or secondary. My question is can I do a post grad in anything or does it have to be specific to your degree?
Prob could not do a post grad in eg.literacy,social studies, psychology. Prob stupid question but just wanted to get some advice. Thanks

implausible

Do you want to teach? If so, you have to do a Post Grad Diploma in Education. A post grad in anything other than education doesn't qualify you to teach.

shinesun

Sorry if I was not clear.I understand you need a pgde to teach. I am wondering is it possible to do a post grad in social studies for example or would I have to have a social studies degree in order to do a post grad in it?
Hope this is clear. Thanks again.

evolving_doors

Technically as far as the actual teaching goes when you finish the PGDE in Education you will need to register with the 'much loved' Teaching Council.
No matter what you do in your PGDE they will only register you in your degree subjects.. so even though you did Business Studies you may not have done the correct amount modules in your degree to allow you to teach Economics or Maths

Go to teachingcouncil.ie and scroll down to the middle of the page where it has a big blue button amongst six others .. click on the one that says "List of Recognised Qualifications (Post Primary)" and find the course you are doing onthe list , it should tell you what subjects are 'good' from your degree.

I think the colleges are a bit more lenient (they used to be anyway) as to what subjects you can chose so you need to be careful as a good few people have been 'caught out' after doing the PGDE then trying to register with the 'much loved' Teaching Council.

Generally it's the PGDE in Education to teach in an education setting, there is another thread regarding European Social Studies as a subject you may be interested in though.

Rosita

shinesun wrote: »

Sorry if I was not clear.I understand you need a pgde to teach. I am wondering is it possible to do a post grad in social studies for example or would I have to have a social studies degree in order to do a post grad in it?
Hope this is clear. Thanks again.

It depends on the post-grad course whether you need a degree in a 'cognate' area. A lot depends on whether there is a specialist skill/knowledge involved. For example if you wanted to do a post-grad in say, French, Irish, or Maths where lack of prior learning would be a serious barrier to doing a post-grad it would be an obvious problem if you did not have the primary degree in that area.

This is not/might not be a problem in other areas where lack of specialist knowledge is not such an issue. You should check out the type of post-grad courses you are interested in across various universities as it's very difficult for anyone to answer your question in the abstract. Ultimately you might need to talk to someone in the college for advice as some information on websites can be quite general especially in relation to the question of what is or is not a 'cognate' area.

shinesun

Thanks for all the replies.

shinesun

Hi again, busy researching some options and would like some advise. Do you think Business and English is a good combination for secondary? Or would I be better off doing a pgde in primary education?. I am looking into other career options also just wanted views on this. I realise that there is not many jobs in this sector like most sectors at the minute. Thanks for any advice given.

Toto Wolfcastle

I don't know much about business apart from the fact that there is a quota imposed on Business graduates for entry to the PGDE. There are an awful lot of unemployed English teachers out there. I'd imagine that Business and English is not a combination that occurs very often, although I could be wrong. If you love both subjects and have a degree that is recognised by the Teaching Council in both subjects then go for it. As for primary teaching, only you can decide whether or not you want to be a primary teacher or a secondary teacher. They are very different jobs.

bhur

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evolving_doors

shinesun wrote: »

Hi again, busy researching some options and would like some advise. Do you think Business and English is a good combination for secondary? Or would I be better off doing a pgde in primary education?. I am looking into other career options also just wanted views on this. I realise that there is not many jobs in this sector like most sectors at the minute. Thanks for any advice given.

I'd reckon if you get in early enough then the baby boom and its impact on the primary sector over the next few years may help your chances of employment.
Hons Irish is a must though + a desire to work with children!!!

As regards secondary your chances are just as good as any other NQT's really (which seems to be slim and none at the moment).

shinesun

Thanks guys. Have the Honours Irish so at least that is something.