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| description: "Find out what a day in the life of a teacher might look like to help you decide if it's the right career for you.", | |||
| path: "/life-as-a-teacher/teaching-as-a-career/what-its-like-to-be-a-teacher" | |||
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Would this not sit more logically after 'Why become' (ie 2nd)?
| <h2 class="heading--box-blue">Subject knowledge</h2> | ||
| <p>One of the most important skills for teaching is enthusiasm and knowledge of the subject you’re trying to teach. This allows you to answer questions your pupils have and be creative in how you help them learn.</p> | ||
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| <p>You can build your subject knowledge in several ways. For example, through a degree in a subject, your teacher training, <a href="/how-to-apply-for-teacher-training/subject-knowledge-enhancement">a subject knowledge enhancement courses</a>, and through conversations and teaching your pupils.</p> |
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| <p>You can build your subject knowledge in several ways. For example, through a degree in a subject, your teacher training, <a href="/how-to-apply-for-teacher-training/subject-knowledge-enhancement">a subject knowledge enhancement courses</a>, and through conversations and teaching your pupils.</p> | |
| <p>You can build your subject knowledge in several ways. For example, through a degree in a subject, your teacher training, <a href="/how-to-apply-for-teacher-training/subject-knowledge-enhancement">a subject knowledge enhancement course</a>, and through conversations and teaching your pupils.</p> |
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However, I'm not actually sure this quite works here - you can only do a SKE course in a very limited number of subjects and only if your provider requests it - it's not a voluntary thing
With that in mind, should this be split out a bit - ie a separate sentence? Eg Or your teacher training provider might decide you'd benefit from.....
| <p>Pedagogy is the theory and practices of teaching. In your teacher training, you’ll learn all the various ways you can teach. You’ll be equipped with a toolkit to put into practice during your teacher training placements and throughout your career.</p> | ||
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| <h2 class="heading--box-blue">Soft skills</h2> | ||
| <p>As teaching is a very people-focussed career, your soft skills are important. These are natural attributes you develop through your life experience and previous jobs.</p> |
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| <p>As teaching is a very people-focussed career, your soft skills are important. These are natural attributes you develop through your life experience and previous jobs.</p> | |
| <p>As teaching is a very people-focused career, your soft skills are important. These are natural attributes you develop through your life experience and previous jobs.</p> |
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| <h2 class="heading--box-blue">Find out more about the skills needed to become a teacher</h2> | ||
| <p>You can find out more about what skills a teacher needs by attending a free <a href="/events">Get Into Teaching event</a>, or <a href="/teacher-training-advisers">get a teacher training adviser</a> if you’re eligible.</p> |
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Should the verbs be more consistent - attending vs get? Or doesn't it matter?
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| You’ll start your placements well equipped with a toolkit of theory and techniques that you'll learn in training. Placements are a chance to put your new skills into practice. | |||
| You’ll start your placements well equipped with a toolkit of theory and techniques that you'll learn in training. Placements are a chance to put your new skills into practice. Find out more about the [skills needed for teaching](/life-as-a-teacher/teaching-as-a-career/skills-to-teach). | |||
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Should the whole sentence be the link (ie Find out more about the skills needed for teaching)?
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| You can get a postgraduate certificate in education through teacher training. | |||
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| You do not need a PGCE to be a qualified teacher in England, but it can help you develop your teaching skills and knowledge. | |||
| You do not need a PGCE to be a qualified teacher in England, but it can help you develop your [teaching skills and knowledge](/life-as-a-teacher/teaching-as-a-career/skills-to-teach). | |||
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I think this link is OK but are we implicitly implying that QTS only won't give you those skills?
Could we mitigate this by adding a skills link on the QTS page too?
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Sounds really good @emmaachesongray just made a few comments
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| <h2 class="heading--box-blue">A meaningful and rewarding job</h2> | |||
| <p>Many teachers have worked in other careers before stepping into the classroom.</p> | |||
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| <p>Transfering your existing skills to teaching can be incredibly rewarding. You'll be in demand as someone who has real-world professional and industry experience.</p> | |||
| <p>Transfering your existing skills to teaching can be incredibly rewarding. You'll be in demand as someone who has real-world professional and industry experience, as well as <a href="/life-as-a-teacher/teaching-as-a-career/skills-to-teach">key skills needed to be a teacher</a>.</p> | |||
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Not sure this applies as we're exempt, but I know 'key' is on the gov.uk 'don't use' list. Could you use important instead?
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| <p>Teaching is a job that requires enthusiasm, subject passion, and a range of skills. Some skills you’ll learn through your teacher training and develop throughout your career. Other skills may be more natural or abilities you’ve developed through your life experience and previous jobs.</p> | ||
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| <p>The skills needed to be a teacher will also vary by teaching role. For example, the skills needed for teaching secondary may differ slightly to the required skills to be a primary teacher.</p> |
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| <p>The skills needed to be a teacher will also vary by teaching role. For example, the skills needed for teaching secondary may differ slightly to the required skills to be a primary teacher.</p> | |
| <p>The skills needed to be a teacher will also vary by teaching role. For example, the skills needed for teaching secondary differ to the required skills to be a primary teacher.</p> |
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| <h2 class="heading--box-blue">Subject knowledge</h2> | ||
| <p>One of the most important skills for teaching is enthusiasm and knowledge of the subject you’re trying to teach. This allows you to answer questions your pupils have and be creative in how you help them learn.</p> |
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| <p>One of the most important skills for teaching is enthusiasm and knowledge of the subject you’re trying to teach. This allows you to answer questions your pupils have and be creative in how you help them learn.</p> | |
| <p>One of the most important skills for teaching is enthusiasm and knowledge of the subject you’re teaching. This allows you to answer questions your pupils have and be creative in how you help them learn.</p> |
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Or 'want to teach' might be more accurate?
| <h2 class="heading--box-blue">Subject knowledge</h2> | ||
| <p>One of the most important skills for teaching is enthusiasm and knowledge of the subject you’re trying to teach. This allows you to answer questions your pupils have and be creative in how you help them learn.</p> | ||
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| <p>You can build your subject knowledge in several ways. For example, through a degree in a subject, your teacher training, <a href="/how-to-apply-for-teacher-training/subject-knowledge-enhancement">a subject knowledge enhancement courses</a>, and through conversations and teaching your pupils.</p> |
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Should we say who the conversations are with? Is it other teachers?
| <p>Pedagogy is the theory and practices of teaching. In your teacher training, you’ll learn all the various ways you can teach. You’ll be equipped with a toolkit to put into practice during your teacher training placements and throughout your career.</p> | ||
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| <h2 class="heading--box-blue">Soft skills</h2> | ||
| <p>As teaching is a very people-focussed career, your soft skills are important. These are natural attributes you develop through your life experience and previous jobs.</p> |
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| <p>As teaching is a very people-focussed career, your soft skills are important. These are natural attributes you develop through your life experience and previous jobs.</p> | |
| <p>As teaching is a very people-focused career, your soft skills are important. These are natural attributes you develop through your life experience and previous jobs.</p> |
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Just changed as we use one 's' spelling on other pages
| <li>problem solving</li> | ||
| <li>teamwork</li> | ||
| <li>creativity</li> | ||
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Not sure it matters, but should these be alphabetical?
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https://trello.com/c/yQOslE1u/7123
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We need to create a new page on the GIT website that focuses on skills needed to teach, to make the most of opportunities to capture traffic from the SERPs.
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Create new skills page.
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