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Primary and Secondary Teaching?

  • 13-01-2012 7:56pm
    #1
    siobhanod93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭


    I know this is a terrible question but would it be common that if someone did the primary teaching course, taught for a couple of years and then went back to college to become a secondary teacher?
    I'm really not sure what kind of teaching I would like to do yet and I'll probably know in time, I'm just curious.


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  • #2
    whiteandlight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭whiteandlight


    I believe it's usually done the other way around? I know several people who converted from a BA into a post grad in primary education. Don't forget to keep higher irish


  • #3
    Caiseoipe19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 361 ✭✭Caiseoipe19


    The way I see it is that:

    A. If you go and do primary teaching in college, try teaching and decide you want to change to secondary teaching, you have to go back and do at least 4 years of college to get your degree (undergraduate degree and then PDE or else a 4yr course that incorporates the teaching aspect.)

    B. If you go for the secondary teaching now, ie. do a general science/arts/business degree, do the PDE and afterwards you decide that you want to switch to Primary teaching, it is possible to just have to do the postgrad diploma and it's only take 18 months.

    It's worth noting though, that if you do Primary Teaching course in college I'm sure you would have work experience throughout which would probably tell you whether or not it's for you, so you could switch courses before completing the degree.
    It's also fairly tough to get into the PDE these days, but I'm sure if were determined to get in you could get the necessary grades.

    Sorry I'm absolutely no help to you. In fact I'm still not sure which to go into either...and I'm in final year. I'm planning on doing the PDE next year and seeing how it goes but wouldn't rule out going back and trying to get into Primary teaching if it doesn't work out.

    Good luck anyways!


  • #4
    dambarude
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 2,503 Mod ✭✭✭✭dambarude


    It's nice and easy to get into primary teaching no matter what you've done. :pac: Be it Mechanical Engineering, Medicine, Forestry Management, Celtic Stuides or indeed Secondary teaching.

    The postgrad is now 2 years. Much like the old NT qualification now I think of it...


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