Retraining as a math teacher: Should you learn more content than pedagogy?
You might be curious about how much mathematics content you need to learn compared to pedagogy if you’re an out-of-field teacher and looking to upskill through professional development or another qualification.
Professor Kim Beswick from the University of NSW in Australia explains as part of our wide-ranging conversation about the out-of-field teaching phenomenon. That’s when you teach a subject or stage/year level without having the content and teaching qualifications to do so.
She explains why the crucial content-to-pedagogy ratio for teachers retraining to teach math should be approximately 3:1.
Listen to this latest episode on the Out-of-Field Teaching Toolkit podcast for the full conversation.
You’ll find a lot of episodes on the theme of teaching mathematics as an out-of-field teacher. Check out the other episodes of Out-of-Field Teaching Toolkit podcast here.
Keen to suggest a future interviewee, even yourself, to talk about out-of-field teaching? Get in touch with me at margaret.paton1@gmail.com. I issue a fresh episode each fortnight (every two weeks for those who don’t speak British English). Season one kicked off in June 2022.
