Genecks Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 If I remember correctly the Bachelor's of Science degree can help a person say, "I understand science a little bit" in a modest sort of way. But I was wondering if a person land a job as a secondary school teacher with it, primarily high school. What can a bachelor's of science degree do for a person? I'm primarily talking about America, but other countries would be of interest to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 Errr... I think you mean BSc. BS degrees are something else entirely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genecks Posted November 26, 2006 Author Share Posted November 26, 2006 Errr... I think you mean BSc. BS degrees are something else entirely I wouldn't happen to be saying "bulls417 degree" would I? Heh. What is a B.S.? I don't know. Wiki says differently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science Another thing I really want to know is what is the difference between getting a bachelor's degree in science vs. getting a bachelor's in a specialized topic. Do people get a BSc in order to branch out into different scientific topics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 just stick to B.Sc or B.Sci if only to safe potential employers spraying coffee all over their nice clean desks and walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 But I was wondering if a person land a job as a secondary school teacher with it, primarily high school. I'm betting you could land a job as a high school teacher with only a degree in education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 depends what state. Some you need a master's degree, student teaching experiance and you need special certification to be able to teach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvoN1020v Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 You would need to get Education degree, namely B.Ed to become a teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluenoise Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I know around here many people get a BSc and then goto teachers colledge. Canada. I think it's about the same in the states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 To teach in a UK state funded secondary school, you will require on top of the BSc a PGCE. That is a Postgraduate Certificate in Education. In colleges and universities, there is no formal requirment as such but a PhD would be the norm. As for the rest of the world I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severian Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 It all depends where it is from. Most BSc's are not worth the paper they are printed on. I certainly wouldn't hire anyone who had a BSc from my University. Some are very good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajb Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 It all depends where it is from. Most BSc's are not worth the paper they are printed on. I certainly wouldn't hire anyone who had a BSc from my University. Things that bad in Glasgow? With more and more people getting degrees in all kinds of subjects it does lower the reputation of "proper" degrees and makes job hunting harder. It also means that in order to stand out you need a postgraduate degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severian Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Things that bad in Glasgow? I am just bitter that I just had every single exam question that I set sent back with the complaint that they are "too hard". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Demosthenes- Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 When I started majoring in history (only lasted one summer semester) I thought of being a high school teacher. Looking into it, the best way to get into a high school as a history teacher (at least around here) was to minor in science or math and teach some science/math classes as well as history. So I think with science your in a pretty good position to try for a high school teaching job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carol Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Things that bad in Glasgow? With more and more people getting degrees in all kinds of subjects it does lower the reputation of "proper" degrees and makes job hunting harder. It also means that in order to stand out you need a postgraduate degree. that's the case in our country. and in order to be able to teach, you need to take up some subjects in education. some schools, however don't require this, just like the hs i came from. they have good teachers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPL.Luke Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 it realy depends on what your trying to teach, if you want to be a hs physics teacher you pretty much just have to say you know physics (which is very unfortunate) I think the current statistic on high school physics teachers is that only 33% have a degree in physics, within that 22% have a degree in physics education. but the bachelor's of science is all you really need to teach highschool science, most states will want you to teach part time and or get a certification before they'll let you be a full blown teacher in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexus Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 I'm not entirely sure, but an education course was taken by my cousin as an elective among his Maths major courses that entitles him to teach maths. So most probably you just need a Science major and a course in education to nail a highschool job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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