DD has been deadset on primary teaching for a long while, so was devastated when she found out her UCAS applications to undergrad teaching had been unsuccessful. She has a back up offer to do a completely different UG course and so is now considering whether she should do that then apply for the PG teaching qualification, or if she should take a year out after school (to work, hopefully), and reapply for the teaching course next year.
I think that doing another degree will build her confidence and maturity for applying for the PG as well as let her have some fun after what's been a pretty miserable 2 years. She's worried that doing a different degree then a 1 year PG will disadvantage her compared with people who've studied teaching for the full UG degree. There's also the additional financial cost of studying for an extra year to consider.
I'd be really interested in views of people who've taken either route into teaching about whether you think the route into the profession makes a difference both to how you're perceived and how prepared you were for classroom teaching. Thank you!
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Undergraduate or postgraduate route into primary teaching?
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TheGirlOnTheLanding · 24/03/2022 06:30
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