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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
I'm pretty sure the only degree all teachers have is a b.ed. It doesn't matter what your other degrees are. To teacher here you need a teaching degree which I'm pretty sure includes course work in math, science and humanities as well as whatever subject matter you choose to teach. The heavily prized degrees are no more valuable when it comes to the skills required to teach the most basic subject matter. Nor do they include a guarantee of being well rounded.
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Just for reference, in the states, generally if you are teaching primary school k-5 you get an education degree and if you are teaching junior high or high school you get a degree in the field you plan to teach (math, science, english, etc) and part of the course load is the teaching specific coursework from the education department.
When I was in college, I was going to become a teacher. That was about the time no child left behind came out and I was amazed by the b.s. paperwork and testing that was with it, so I dropped my education certification and just received my plain old math degree.