I think it's a good idea. If she's teaching a new spec it'll give her a chance to see what the questions are like, how tight for time the exam is and how they mark.
tbh a teacher can be allocated to teach any subject at all, maybe they've told them they are doing it permanently. so they've decided to get the gcse in it so they feel more confident.
My psychology teacher sat her Psychology AS exam with us last week. I think it's fine - I don't see a problem with it. She's one of the best teachers I've met so none of us had any complaints towards the school allowing her to teach us.
It may be that she already has a GCSE in the subject, but wants to see how a new specification will work out, in terms of timings, question layout, etc - an experience that specimen papers can't always give to you.
hha thats is weird and if she fails that will be very funny to see. and no this is the first time i have even heard of this.
TBH i know a teacher who teaches statistics at a level and apparently you forget things very quickly in stats if you don't regularly keep on top of it.
so he said that he sat an S4 and got 80% lol which he said was bad for a teacher xD but yea i'm sure it happens
It may be that she already has a GCSE in the subject, but wants to see how a new specification will work out, in terms of timings, question layout, etc - an experience that specimen papers can't always give to you.
She said in class that she has not got the GCSE for it and that she is new to the course and has to learn everything before teaching the class.