Games teacher vs PE teacher difference?
Hi everyone,
I'm wanting to become a teacher and I'm in my mid 20's looking to go into a different sector. I've thought about being a sports teacher but every reference I hear to teaching sport is "PE teacher".
The thing is every school I went to PE and Games were two different period slots with completely different teachers. Games was football/rugby/cricket and PE was for things like basketball, badminton, athletics, and later on theory, I have very little interest in PE but loved Games. I know people are going to say they're basically one and the same (and online job adverts imply this too), but I went to about 5 different schools and they had very little if any teacher overlap.
Can someone please help clear up this confusion? Thanks.
I'm wanting to become a teacher and I'm in my mid 20's looking to go into a different sector. I've thought about being a sports teacher but every reference I hear to teaching sport is "PE teacher".
The thing is every school I went to PE and Games were two different period slots with completely different teachers. Games was football/rugby/cricket and PE was for things like basketball, badminton, athletics, and later on theory, I have very little interest in PE but loved Games. I know people are going to say they're basically one and the same (and online job adverts imply this too), but I went to about 5 different schools and they had very little if any teacher overlap.
Can someone please help clear up this confusion? Thanks.
Reply 1
I've never seen them as separate subjects - it might be a type of school/area of the country thing? I'm northern.
When I went to school all those subjects you listed were just PE. All the schools I've worked in, they are all PE.
As far as I know, there isn't a PGCE in Games - it's a PGCE in Secondary Physical Education. If you find a job advertised as a games teacher, they will probably be looking for a PE teacher.
You could do a PGCE in anything (degree-depending) and then switch to teaching "games" if a role came up for that - the important part is getting the QTS. So, if you really don't want to be a PE teacher, get there a different way; but be ready to accept that "Games Teacher" isn't necessarily the norm at many schools, and you may be expected to teach PE as a whole.
When I went to school all those subjects you listed were just PE. All the schools I've worked in, they are all PE.
As far as I know, there isn't a PGCE in Games - it's a PGCE in Secondary Physical Education. If you find a job advertised as a games teacher, they will probably be looking for a PE teacher.
You could do a PGCE in anything (degree-depending) and then switch to teaching "games" if a role came up for that - the important part is getting the QTS. So, if you really don't want to be a PE teacher, get there a different way; but be ready to accept that "Games Teacher" isn't necessarily the norm at many schools, and you may be expected to teach PE as a whole.
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