I'm torn between two completely different ways of life here, and, although I don't have to make a decision yet, it's something that's really on my mind at the moment
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Look up PGCEs - Post Graduate Certificate of Education. As far as I know, you need to do one to teach in this country and I think it's a one year thing you do, after you've graduated with another degree.
I imagine your college has got a careers service and they'll be able to tell you about history/ancient history more specifically, since I'm only vaguely aware of the maths/science side of things.
I seriously think an education degree would bore you to death. Maybe it'd be better with another subject, though. Though, again, I used to think joint honours was a good idea and seeing it in action? It sort of sucks. You have timetable clashes with core modules, you don't get to do half the modules you want in each course... the girls doing JH on my corridor are having a nightmare.
I am very biased but I'd seriously, seriously recommend PGCE, especially as an education degree is totally specialised and you can't do anything but teach with it. Doing another subject and then a PGCE would open up a lot more possibilities for you, should you ever change your mind.
As for being able to do teaching with Ancient History, I don't see why not but it'd be worth maybe emailing/ringing a university or checking their website for PGCE requirements and asking if AH is an acceptable degree subject. =)
Mmm, i agree about it being specialized. I think most people who do that are primary school teachers, cause it gives you a good grounding. But if I want to be a secondary school teacher, it's better to do a degree in the subject I want to teach.
My old history teacher and she-who-must-not-be-named both teach Politics, and neither of them did a degree in it - my history teacher just said he went, "I want to teach Politics", they gave him the stuff, and off he went (I figure it wasn't *quite* as simple as that XD. But if they can do that AH should be OK... but I will take your advice and check :D
Is there anything particular you have to do if you want to be a Deputy Head of Headteacher? Cause my bestie said people who do that tend to have an education degree as well, but I don't think my Headmaster does...
Usually, if you want to teach something, the rule is that you must be educated in it to the level above the one you are teaching. So you can teach GCSE if you've done an A Level in the subject and A Level if you've done a degree. With Politics you might be able to get away without having done that, because it's a sort of general interest subject, like my Philosophy teacher didn't do a degree in Philosophy, and if they were both teaching at the school already then the school knows how good they are. I can't imagine there are many specific Politics teachers
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I can't think of anything I'd like to do except History anyway, and if I was going to teach it I'd definitely do it as a degree. I agree about the Politics thing... i'll see.
I think i'm going to have to have a look in my careers office. I would love so much to be a year head for the younger years, and do that for ages, and then hopefully work up to being a deputy head and *gasp* and headmistress?
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I imagine your college has got a careers service and they'll be able to tell you about history/ancient history more specifically, since I'm only vaguely aware of the maths/science side of things.
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I am very biased but I'd seriously, seriously recommend PGCE, especially as an education degree is totally specialised and you can't do anything but teach with it. Doing another subject and then a PGCE would open up a lot more possibilities for you, should you ever change your mind.
As for being able to do teaching with Ancient History, I don't see why not but it'd be worth maybe emailing/ringing a university or checking their website for PGCE requirements and asking if AH is an acceptable degree subject. =)
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My old history teacher and she-who-must-not-be-named both teach Politics, and neither of them did a degree in it - my history teacher just said he went, "I want to teach Politics", they gave him the stuff, and off he went (I figure it wasn't *quite* as simple as that XD. But if they can do that AH should be OK... but I will take your advice and check :D
Is there anything particular you have to do if you want to be a Deputy Head of Headteacher? Cause my bestie said people who do that tend to have an education degree as well, but I don't think my Headmaster does...
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I think i'm going to have to have a look in my careers office. I would love so much to be a year head for the younger years, and do that for ages, and then hopefully work up to being a deputy head and *gasp* and headmistress?
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