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Originally Posted by Jon
If your personality isn't deemed suitable it doesn't matter whether you've been living in Bangkok or Bournemouth.
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yup. the main benefits to you in getting onto a pgce course are your attitude, personality and subject knowledge.
i came into my interview with 6 months experience in cambodia and a few months of substitute work in ireland....it wasn't a real issue in the interview. they got me to write an analysis of a poem which i was given 30 minutes previous to the interview. no problem for me as i love poetry.
then they asked me what i knew about the british system...ummmm not much i said in all honestly and then proceded to tell them about the irish system which i had used in my application form (to their confusion)
last part was about discipline matters. my tutor had brought in a head from one of their schools for this part and he thoroughly grilled me but i kept my cool.
my teaching experience was only a background to the real thrust of the interview in hindsight. they actually asked me to go to some secondary schools in ireland to observe classes to get real experience! i taught ESL in dublin for a few months after that and managed to get that accepted as my secondary experience requirement.
the course itself is tough and very demanding regarding paperwork and determination on your part to improve your teaching skills. it is definitely worth it though. only 9 long, hard, hassle-filled months of slog
