training to be a science teacher in the uk. dr kevin walsh head of science and technology...
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Training to be a Science Teacher in the UK
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Dr Kevin WalshHead of Science and Technology
Westminster SchoolLondon
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• Anyone wanting to teach in the UK must complete initial teacher training (ITT).
• There are many different types of ITT course – the one you taken depends upon the age group and the subject.
• All courses cover the principles of teaching along with practical experience in the classroom.
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There are several different ways of completing the ITT:
1.Alongside a degree2.Straight after a degree3.As a part-time course alongside work 4.As a full-time course.
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1. Alongside a degree
Bachelor’s degree in your subject (for example, Physics) with QTS added in: 3 or 4 years
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2. Straight after a degree
The PGCE (Post-graduate Certificate in Education): usually for one year.
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3. As a part-time course alongside work
Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) – one or two years while working in a school
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4. As a full-time course
B.Ed (Bachelor of Education): 3 or 4 years full time university course which includes ITT
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The option that is right for the trainee depends on the circumstances.
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Whatever the route, you need a degree and qualified teacher status (QTS) to become a teacher: can take between 4 and 6 years.
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Teaching is increasingly popular!• 30% more people are training to teach physics than in
2010• New: Physics with mathematics PGCE available –
September 2012 start• Every 6.5 minutes someone applies for postgraduate
teacher training• 19 people apply for postgraduate teacher training
every two hours• Salaries for newly qualified teachers start from £21k–
£27k• Bursaries: You could get £20k tax-free for training
courses starting in 2012
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But the real training starts once you are qualified!
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INSET
• INSET = “in-service training”• Different organisations:• Institute of Physics (IoP)• Institute of Biology (IoB)• Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)• Association for Science Education (ASE)• And others!
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As new science teachers...
• We need to learn how to share our enthusiasm
• We must pass on our knowledge• But most importantly....• We need to teach young people how to be
creative...• And how to learn.
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The Wisdom of Teaching
• Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.• Teach a man how to fish and you feed him for
a lifetime.• (Chinese proverb)
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• Humans are naturally curious: we want to learn about things.
• Children are the most inquisitive humans.• Children lack experience• They have expectations
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The French painter, Paul Gaugin (1848 – 1903)
Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?
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• Children are the most inquisitive humans.• Children lack experience• They have expectations
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A science teacher’s job...
We must direct a child’s experience of science and manage their expectations.
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“I didn’t expect that...”
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Two balls
Ping pong ball
Golf ball
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Two balloons!
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Two colourless liquids
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WHY ??
As science teachers, we must not only try to answer this question, but encourage young people to keep asking it!
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Sir Isaac Newton (1643 – 1727)
“If I have seen further than others it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.”
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