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Originally Posted by renormalised
I have. I've met quite a few and none of them could teach it effectively or with any authority. The ones that could teach science well did have science degrees, but even quite a few of them taught from books that were sub standard. Some of the textbooks I've seen for science in schools have a lot left to be desired. But, unfortunately, that's what the curriculum sets down as the books to be used.
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Carl I don't rely on textbooks, they are a resource not the course. I spend hours writing stuff for my kids and only use the text for backup. The current year 12 chem text in WA is excellent but the year 11 text is utter crap. I can see myself writing my own shortly, I am nearly there in any case. The BEd might be a QLD thing as I cannot remember meeting a science teacher who did not at least have a BSc in the past 15 years. I know some states will not allow you teach unless you have a BEd so I guess they reap the rewards of having under qualified folk teaching specialist subjects. In any case a BEd should require completion of a major in whatever the teacher is going to specialise in and I believe that to be the case. Over here even the arts folks tend to have a degree in their specialist area. Most do a grad Dip Ed before moving into teaching.
Mark