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Becoming a qualified Maths teacher with a social science degree

clurphy · 2015-04-14 18:29:46

I am qualified secondary school teacher however I am only recognised to teach CSPE in Ireland as my undergraduate degree is social science. I have been both onto the National Teaching Council and Open University and the options they are giving are not great. I have been told that I can do a Honours degree in Maths or a…

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14-04-2015 7:29pm

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clurphy

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I am qualified secondary school teacher however I am only recognised to teach CSPE in Ireland as my undergraduate degree is social science. I have been both onto the National Teaching Council and Open University and the options they are giving are not great. I have been told that I can do a Honours degree in Maths or a Diploma in Higher Education in Maths both of these are offered in Open University however they cost on average about 10000-16000 pounds. This is just too expensive and I am unable to afford it. The NTC told me that an option that many teachers do is to do specific modules such as essential maths 1 and 2 or pure maths and work up the required 60 ECT credits, however if I do this they told me that they would not recognised me to teach Maths as I will only get a certificate from it and I need to have a degree. Does anyone any experience or advice on where I should go from here?

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