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Physics/Maths secondary teaching

  • 30-01-2012 9:38pm
    #1
    flying11
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    Hello everyone,
    I am just wondering if physics and maths would be a good combination for secondary teaching? Im currently doing a science degree and i can do education of the physical sciences (physics and maths) in 3rd and fourth year if i choose to. i would be a fully qualified secondary teacher when i graduate.

    I am seriously considering it as i think i would enjoy being a teacher.
    My main worry is the difficulty of the college course. Is the maths very heavy or is it manageable?

    Is it very hard to be a physics/maths teacher with all the course changes e.g project maths etc?
    I enjoyed both subjects for the leaving cert but is teaching them completely different to studying them?

    For any physics/maths teachers out there can you tell me if the job is enjoyable?

    Thanks :cool:


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  • #2
    TheDriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,682 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    is any job enjoyable? thats up to the person and no one can answer that. I would find irish teaching worse than pulling out my toenails but love maths teaching.
    maths teachers are hard to find to be honest, physics with it would be a good combo as you could do science, possibly applied maths and also the usual sphe, religion etc thrown in.
    Main q: do you want to be a teacher?


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