该计划的目的是教育青年教师，并帮助他们发展技能和能力，以自信地面对科学教学的挑战。从该课程毕业后，您将有资格任教，其中生物学授予荣誉证书的水平，化学或物理或农业科学荣誉证书的水平，普通科学至初级证书的水平。该课程为期四年，基于教师教育的并行模型，其中生物学教育研究和生物学研究以及您选择的选修课（化学或物理学或农业科学）与您在学校就读期间的结合将获得教学经验。<br> <br>您将学习教育理论和实践，这些知识将使您具备教学才能和技能，并在此基础上建立良好的教学理念和方法。在第二年春季学期中，您将在第二所中学
UL's School of Education is the largest post-primary teacher education provider in the state and is ranked in the top 100 universities in the world for Education programmes. University of Limerick is also ranked within the top 75 universities in Europe for excellence in teaching and learning.<br>The aim of the programme is to educate young teachers and help them develop the skills and aptitudes to confidently face the challenges of science teaching. When you graduate from the programme you will be qualified to teach, Biology to honours Leaving Certificate level, Chemistry or Physics or Agricultural Science to honours Leaving Certificate level, General Science to Junior Certificate level.<br>If you are considering a career in teaching and have a strong interest in science, this may be the course for you. This four-year programme attracts students who have excellent communication skills, and are strongly motivated and passionate about science teaching.<br>The programme is four years in duration and is based on the concurrent model of teacher education, in which educational studies and studies in biology, along with your chosen elective (chemistry or physics or agricultural science) are combined with periods of school placement in which you will gain experience of teaching.