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Primary Teaching Routes- Home or Abroad

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  • 22-08-2016 7:43pm
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    Petals123
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    I have a 2.1 degree in Early Childhood Care and Education. I'm looking to see what would be the best route to becoming a primary teacher (in terms of degree relevance for the teaching council and money wise)?

    As I am 23, I could go as a mature student in an undergraduate course?

    Apply for a post grad course in Ireland/Uk?

    Or I would be open to studying abroad? (as I am aware Germany and some other countries in Europe have very low and even no fees at all for courses in English)

    Any info, advice or relevant links on which would be the best route to take would be greatly appreciated, Thanks in advance!


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    spurious
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    Moved from Third Level.


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    Crazyteacher
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    Did you get an honour in leaving cert Irish? Other than that your 2.1 in early childhood should get you in to the various post grad options available in Ireland. So St Pat's, Mary Immac, Hibernia College etc. check their sites for details for application.

    The UK option is there too. Have you an honour in Science? Check out ucas for the various college options and entrance requirements. And if you wanted to come back to teach Ireland, you'd have to do an additional Irish exam/supervision to be fully recognised.

    Bear in mind it can be more difficult to register qualifications taken abroad with the Irish teaching council so you might be safer to keep applying to the Irish colleges first. Also have the option of applying to Stranmillis (which seems to specialise in early years but that might be too limiting) and University of Ulster for the PGCE too( which is 4-11). The UK option is still good though, you may even end up loving it over there.


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