Originally posted by stevyy

And yeah, the training in order to become a teacher takes ages, it'd better be worth it...
Originally posted by mrlemonade
The only exception is when it comes to subjects that are in very high demand and there's no teacher for them. In that case, a person that studied the subject in its pure form is allowed to work as teacher as well (well, they enter the programme during the 2nd training phase and so only need to train for 1.5 more years before working as full teachers despite not even started this programme at college). That of course is rather going to happen in the case of. e.g. physics than English. A studied math teacher is always better than a studied mathematician, they simply have different focuses in their training and work.
In the vast majority of cases, you need to do this teaching programme of the subjects for the school type of your choice. Oh yeah, and you can't study teaching he way you study law, you already specialize right from the start. And according to that, you have your scientific and didactic courses as well as courses in educational science. And then you have 4 required internships, some of them supervised by the college staff. Considering all of that, I'm not sure whether it's useful to work as teacher if you lack this distinct background.
Originally posted by ArmyOfMe
After you've learned all the theoretic stuff, you're finally going to deal with the practical issues at school and at your training school. You give your first lessons and reflect them at your training school and learn some more about concrete applied didactics according to your subjects.
Originally posted by mrlemonade
Originally posted by stevyy
Originally posted by Serby


But in Germany, it's not uncommon that you need a specified training/studies as qualification for certain jobs, while that aspect seems more open in the US. It's clear that you're likely to be a better teacher if you go through a long training that is supposed to prepare you for the work as a teacher than just studying anything and saying "well, what could I do with it? Oh, becoming a teacher."
I had a lecturer who always told us about how awesome the Northern European educational system is. I wonder how the training in order to become a teacher works there. But one thing is sure, with all of its requirements and regulations, the German teaching programme is standing out in the worldwide ranking and once you've actually managed to graduate, you can already be proud of yourself and be likely to be a good teacher as well.
Originally posted by Erotica

Since you like the work with disabled kids: Would special education teacher have been an option for you or is dealing with kids at the typical kindergarten age "your thing"?
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