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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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  • Thought I might add what's generally in a Cert Ed post compulsory education.

    To teach kids you have to fulfil educational requirements regarding teaching minors who are in education by requirement.

    Once adult, however, there is much less to be conveyed - and usually Cert Eds concentrate on putting together lesson plans. You may be video'd doing a piece of teaching. Usually you produce a portfolio of prepared teaching materials.

    The courses take either a year or two years involving one day or one half day a week, and the institution where you work will send you to a local university to do the classes.

    The main bugbear about the Cert Ed is "jumping through hoops" - having to do exactly what they tell you however banale it seems. I was appalled by the teaching practices used on the course, and once through I just went back to doing what worked for me.

    Unfortunately Cert Eds don't seem to spend much time on marking procedures - its supposed to be learned on the job. It really is difficult to pitch, because you have to fit in with the collective methods of the group of lecturers you are working with.

    So if you change jobs you can find your marking technique out of line with your new colleagues and have to learn new procedures.

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  • Thought I might add what's generally in a Cert Ed post compulsory education.

    To teach kids you have to fulfil educational requirements regarding teaching minors who are in education by requirement.

    Once adult, however, there is much less to be conveyed - and usually Cert Eds concentrate on putting together lesson plans. You may be video'd doing a piece of teaching. Usually you produce a portfolio of prepared teaching materials.

    The courses take either a year or two years involving one day or one half day a week, and the institution where you work will send you to a local university to do the classes.

    The main bugbear about the Cert Ed is "jumping through hoops" - having to do exactly what they tell you however banale it seems. I was appalled by the teaching practices used on the course, and once through I just went back to doing what worked for me.

    Unfortunately Cert Eds don't seem to spend much time on marking procedures - its supposed to be learned on the job. It really is difficult to pitch, because you have to fit in with the collective methods of the group of lecturers you are working with.

    So if you change jobs you can find your marking technique out of line with your new colleagues and have to learn new procedures.

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