[Viper]

Originally Posted by littleblom

HKU is a self-accrediting Uni in HK, i.e. they have an internal (and external) accreditation system on their own so that they can operate course / start new course themselves. International accreditation may not be a usual practice..

If you're talking about recognition of the prgramme, then it depends on the decision of individual organization / college, but I think in general it should be fine.

Hope it helps..

Cheers, Blom

Internationally recognised - that's exactly what I meant.
That helps, thanks.

[Viper]

Originally Posted by geo-seb

Actually CUHK has a lot of international students, since the offical language at the univeristy is English as well. However, some departments require undergrad students to take Chinese language courses (either Cantonese or Putonghua) as a graduation requirement. Also, a certain percentage of courses in the arts and social science departments are thaught in Cantonese. However, from my own experience I know that you can get by easily without Canto...

If I go, I'm going to learn Canto...not to a level where I could take a course in it naturally, but enough to get by I would hope.

[Viper]

Originally Posted by The Cay

If you want to be a NET teacher, you will need to study for the Bachelor of Education.

I'm currently studying the PGDE at HKU and I'm not impressed with the teaching standards or their level of English. One of my lecturers sometimes uses Cantonese in parts of her lesson, which drives the native English speaking students nuts.

You're better off studying in your country.

You don't need a Bachelor of Education to to be a NET...to go in at the top level you may do I guess.

Is it really that bad? Do you regret the decision?

[The Cay]

Are you sure you do not need a Bachelor of Education to stay on as a NET? Majority of my classmates are NET teachers and most of them have either a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor's degree in English. They told me that if you do not have a B.Ed, then you are required to study for the PGDE in addition to your bachelor's degree. So if you are going to study for a degree to be a NET, you might as well save yourself the trouble and take the B.Ed. As for international schools, teaching applicants are not considered unless he or she has a B.Ed, BA + Diploma in Education or BA + PGDE.

[Viper]

It depends on supply and demand...
If they're really desperate, you don't even need a degree; just a diploma.

Here: http://www.emb.gov.hk/templates/inde...=1&nodeid=1300

[littleblom]

Viper, it depends on whether you'd really like to be a teacher in the long run, if not I don't think studying BEd would be a good idea. I myself studied BEd before, and I'm glad that I do love work related to education, so even I don't work as a teacher now it's still fine for me. But in general, once you go into that direction it limits your future prospects, so you may wanna have a 2nd thought on it.

And you got it right, you don't necessary get a BEd in order to go into the NET scheme. Sometimes teachers study part-time after they start to teach. If you teach in international schools, they have their own rites to employ teachers and set salary range, the different between "permitted" teacher and "registered teacher" is even slimmer.

Good luck!!
Blom

[Viper]

Originally Posted by littleblom

Viper, it depends on whether you'd really like to be a teacher in the long run, if not I don't think studying BEd would be a good idea. I myself studied BEd before, and I'm glad that I do love work related to education, so even I don't work as a teacher now it's still fine for me. But in general, once you go into that direction it limits your future prospects, so you may wanna have a 2nd thought on it.

And you got it right, you don't necessary get a BEd in order to go into the NET scheme. Sometimes teachers study part-time after they start to teach. If you teach in international schools, they have their own rites to employ teachers and set salary range, the different between "permitted" teacher and "registered teacher" is even slimmer.

Good luck!!
Blom

Actually I just had a look at the BEd offered by HKU and it sounds really interesting. I think I'd have more fun studying that than I would studying English and it would make doing it in HK more justifiable aswell.
It is just the career prospects thing...I'll have to think about that.
Thanks.