Teachers

[sonong1]

I am new to the board but have been browsing the Teaching thread. How can the MoE (Thailand) ask for overseas teachers to have @ least a BA when their own teachers who all have a BA (assumption) need to have a special course to teach/show them how to manage a simple budget???

[Ijustwannateach]

Last time I checked, there were about 7 or 8 threads on teacher qualifications and degrees (not to mention the great big "Questions About Qualifications" thread at the top of the teaching forum) open here- there's even a thread which degenerated into the typical slugfest over having a degree/which degree to have in the General discussion room. I don't see how your opening post really adds anything new to this much over-discussed topic.

[PeaceBlondie]

I'll just add this: the MoE can do whatever it wants to do in making qualifications for foreign teachers, regardless of what its native teachers do. It's their job, and we can complain, but it won't matter.

You'll find that Aristotelian logic and analogies don't always make sense here. Besides, Thai teachers have bachelor's degrees. It's logical.

[kenkannif]

I think it applies to the UK as well. I could get TEFLingwork there regardless of whether I held a degree or not, a foreigner couldn't most likely without a degree.

PB said it about right though, the MoE can do whatever the heck it wants and to be honest you don't always need a degree to be legal here.

[sonong1]

I think it applies to the UK as well. I could get TEFLingwork there regardless of whether I held a degree or not, a foreigner couldn't most likely without a degree.

PB said it about right though, the MoE can do whatever the heck it wants and to be honest you don't always need a degree to be legal here.

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PeaceBlondie & kenkannif thank you for your comments they have placed the requirement for a BA in Thailand into perspective.