Thanks for your reply, I really do appreciate any feedback people are willing to give.
It would really depend on how much your PGCE covered.It is also likely that with the extra year you have spent studying that area that you have fulfilled that requirement.The PGCE also has to be university based.
With regards the PGCE having to be uni based, do you mean that I must spend the whole of the PGCE year in university based lectures? My course is both uni lectures and placements in 2 schools. I spend 2 days a week in uni and 3 in schools for the first 8 weeks of each semester, then full time in the placement school teaching 14 hours per week.
In Western Australia ( where I teach), a two year Design and Technology teaching qualification is offered that enables graduates ( who already hold ANY degree) to study and become qualified as design and technology teachers within a two year time frame.
I wondered why secondary teaching isn't on the WA SOL list as I thought due to the current boom, especially in the mining industry and generally, that more teachers would have been needed, esp. D&T!