Children 'could benefit from maths teachers arriving from other professions' [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 02 July 2010
People who undergo a career change and become a maths teacher later in life could help schoolchildren, it has been claimed.
Sue Johnston-Wilder, a member of The Association of Teachers of Mathematics, said that it is not only first class mathematicians who go on to become top quality teachers in the subject.
Instead, she pointed out, those who have had experience in other fields such as engineering could bring practical examples to the classroom which will bring the subject to life in a way children can grasp.
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