PGCE Secondary Mathematics + Questions

Just wanted know who else was applying for secondary mathematics and at which universities? Or maybe going down the school direct route..

I haven't found many people on here wanting to do the same course yet!

Also, would be nice to know what degrees you graduated with too. Having graduated with an Accounting and Finance degree I'm pretty sure I'll have to do an SKE.

If theres anyone on the course at the moment, would be good to know how its going so far and what the interview process was like for you. I'm still unsure what universities I'm going to apply for or whether I will be going down the school direct route!

Lastly, I saw in another thread that it's good to do your PGCE in the city that you would like to teach in the future, and that some people have found it hard to get jobs in other cities. Is that true? As I'm from Manchester originally, but would love to live and work in London in the near future. Would it be better to apply to all London unis? or mix it up between Manchester and London? Living at home in Manchester is just more convenient, but I have no problem moving to London next year if it was a must.

Sorry for the essay

Thanks in advance

I know a number of maths teachers with Accounting degrees who were not required to do a SKE or were just asked to do a two week course. Basically the universities are desperate and will snap you up so long as you don't do or say anything that sets alarm bells ringing. It is pretty easy to get a job anywhere as a maths teacher so the normal rule about training where you want to work does not apply.

Great! Thanks for the response!

Do you know which places offer 2 week SKEs? The universities I've looked at require you to do an SKE course from January to June-ish and thats their only option!

You'll have to do some research. This was the first link in Google.

I'm in my final year doing Sport science .. Aiming for a 2:1

Applying for PGCE Maths and school direct

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PGCE at Newman and UoB.

Third is a school direct

What about yourself?

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I'm sure you'll be fine, I remember teaching my mentor how to simplify surds, add them and rationalise them.

As well as vectors and inverse proportion.

It'll probably make you a better teacher though not being so good at mathematics as I many topics I taught the things that I thought were easy ended up being difficult for students........ And I overestimated their quickness to understand it many times...........

While my mentor was great at teaching the pupils these things because she had to work to understand them as well.

Teaching A Level though will take you a while to get up to scratch. I was a little bit surprised on my course that someone had never differentiated before.....Then again there was someone who came from a forensic science degree. Great teachers though but I was amazed at their lack of mathematical knowledge beyond post 16.

I would have thought that at least a B in A-level maths was a must in order to do secondary mathematics as a PGCE?

I know a number of maths teachers with Accounting degrees who were not required to do a SKE or were just asked to do a two week course. 1.Basically the universities are desperate and will snap you up so long as you 2.don't do or say anything that sets alarm bells ringing. 3.It is pretty easy to get a job anywhere as a maths teacher so the normal rule about training where you want to work does not apply.

I'm in my final year doing Sport science .. Aiming for a 2:1

Applying for PGCE Maths and school direct

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Unfortunately it isn't.

1. Please laborate, my dear.

2. Such as?

3. You mean that out of 4 jobs applications, you will eventually get 3 job offers anywhere? Does this also happen with all the other shortage subjects (physics, chemistry and languages)?

Why?

Do you mean elaborate?

2. Say "I despise children and I'm only in it for the holidays and the money".

3. I didn't come up with those numbers but they sound reasonable. Physics is the same. Chemistry less so. I don't really know the situation with Languages.