PGCE and degrees
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Re: PGCE and degreesIs this a serious question?(Original post by xcharzx)
Hello and congrats to those who are on a PGCE or have completed one
I am curious about what degrees people had first and how they have helped you or will help you over the year
Cheers
People usually have degrees in the subject they want to teach. They help them teach the subject. An English graduate is going to struggle to teach A level chemistry... -
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Re: PGCE and degreesWell I have a degree in Philosophy and I am going to teach secondary RE. But I also had an offer to teach Maths secondary because my mathematical ability was good enough- so its not as silly a question as you thought!
I think all degrees offer you the correct skill set - enquiring, presentations etc. But Im not sure since I havent completed my pgce yet! -
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Re: PGCE and degreesI did environmental science so I guess I could have gone on to teach geography, biology or even chemistry, though I went for geography as that was where my main love and knowledge lay. I think over the course of the degree, being made to do presentations and other in front of the class activities like that make you a better teacher if you go into it by making you face your fears and realising that most people actually listen to whoever is at the front of the class.
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My degree was molecular biology/genetics, and my PGCE is in science with a biology specialism. I will be teaching some maths too from September, despite not even having A level maths.
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Re: PGCE and degreesI have a linguistics degree and went on to do an English PGCE. I have a job teaching English, where I get to teach some A Level English Language classes as well as 11-16, which draws heavily on linguistics subject knowledge.
I do have the issue, though, where I really love teaching grammar but any time another member of the department says to me "...and you'll be teaching x book, have you read that?" the answer is probably no. I am constantly reading books just in advance of teaching them
