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Training to teach adults

Hope

I am interested in entering teaching as a career, but would like to teach adults. I have a degree in History.

Lately I have been doing some soul-searching as to what I would like to do in life, and I would like a career. Currently my life is stagnant; I have a part-time job, am on benefits, and nothing much is happening.

Maybe people on this site know of courses/qualifications/certificates I could undertake/attain in order to become a qualified teacher of adults.

I know I have the teaching bug in me because I love imparting information to people and encouraging debates. My dad was a teacher, retired now, and he thinks I would be good at it.

I could never teach children!

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  • Hi Hope,

    I soo know what you mean by what can be the soul-searching journey.

    I think if you want to teach in the lifelong learning sectors (i.e. adults) then you start of doing a course called Pettels or something like that.

    In the end I do think it may come down to doing a Post Graduate Diploma/Certificate in Education (PGDE/PGCE).

    Then you could teach whatever subject you wish to specialise in to adults or young people at Further Education colleges/ sixth forms.

     

    If you wanted to teach adults in Higher Education then it would mean doing a Master and a Doctorate then research then lecturing, I think...

    Could speak to the National Careers Service on 0800 100 900 or lurck on their forum.

     

     

    Best of Luck with whatever you decide,

    urspecial  

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  • Hi Hope,

    I soo know what you mean by what can be the soul-searching journey.

    I think if you want to teach in the lifelong learning sectors (i.e. adults) then you start of doing a course called Pettels or something like that.

    In the end I do think it may come down to doing a Post Graduate Diploma/Certificate in Education (PGDE/PGCE).

    Then you could teach whatever subject you wish to specialise in to adults or young people at Further Education colleges/ sixth forms.

     

    If you wanted to teach adults in Higher Education then it would mean doing a Master and a Doctorate then research then lecturing, I think...

    Could speak to the National Careers Service on 0800 100 900 or lurck on their forum.

     

     

    Best of Luck with whatever you decide,

    urspecial  

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