Getting to know the primary curriculum for Hibernia interview

freethink3r

We were told on an open day to be familiar with the curriculum for the English section of the interview. I'm looking at it here and it's super long if you want to read the introduction and about all the subjects.

http://www.ncca.ie/en/Curriculum_and_Assessment/Early_Childhood_and_Primary_Education/Primary_School_Curriculum/Primary_School_Curriculum_Documents/

Could anybody tell me if I should be reading the intro only as a general outline of the main things, or whether I should read everything?

derb12

I was curious so I took a look.
80 pages is hardly super long. Lots of blank pages, white space, bullet points and repetition in there like all the NCCA docs. You'd read it in an evening surely?

freethink3r

derb12 wrote: »

I was curious so I took a look.
80 pages is hardly super long. Lots of blank pages, white space, bullet points and repetition in there like all the NCCA docs. You'd read it in an evening surely?

I meant the other subject-specific files:) should I read them too? It's only a ten minute interview. I thought someone here might know about the Hibernia interview.

shaymus27

Hibernia don't always explain things well.

You should ring them and ask them rather than worry about it.

The primary school curriculum introduction book should be sufficient. This covers general stuff with a brief covering of the various subjects.

You should only be expected to know the content of all of each individual subject's curriculum documents (books) after completing a HDip course not before you begin the course.

Active learning and using Gaeilge throughout the day are 2 parts of general curriculum that are worth being aware of.

Planning your work (which is impossible to know much about really until you do it though it is mentioned in the above book) and how will you know if what you taught has been learnt - assessment also. Re: planning your work - really all you could know is the importance of knowing what you are going to teach and being prepared with resources to help you teach it.

As I am writing above I think I am getting too technical as I believe it would be unfair to ask you anything too complicated from curriculum book. They will end up teaching you about planning, assessment etc.

The interview should be that and not a test about the curriculum but look over the book above to be sure.

Try be positive and don't give out about Gaeilge, Religion or whatever you personally don't agree with. Show some desire to work with children and have an answer for why you want to be a teacher.

Don't be afraid to ring and ask. If they are going to get a large sum of money from you the least they can do is answer the phone and spare a minute or two of their time. Ask them about level of detailed knowledge of curriculum required for interview.

I am sure they won't mind at all answering your query and will be answering a lot of queries from anxious would be interviewees.

Ask them what else will be asked in the interview - they will either tell you or not but won't hold it against you for asking.

Good Luck.