2007
Your Views: Schools losing male teachers
An academic believes research needs to be carried out into why men are shying away from becoming teachers. Fewer than 10 per cent of the early childhood and primary school teachers graduated at a recent ceremony at Massey University. Pro Vice-Chancellor of Massey’s College of Education James Chapman said there is a lot of speculation […]
Read MoreMen with Class: Beating the Stereotype
Jon White, Randy DeJaynes, James Love: They’re all teachers accused of sexually abusing their students. All of them men. Ken Paxton is the interim principal at Thomas Paine in Urbana. He took over when the school’s principal was put on leave after the Jon White case broke open. He says it forced every male teacher […]
Read MoreHelp Boys Get More Out of Elementary Education
From their elementary education through their high school days, boys are struggling to succeed in the classroom. Boys receive as many as 70 percent of Ds and Fs given in schools, create up to 90 percent of classroom discipline problems, and constitute 80 percent of high school dropouts, according to author and educator Michael Gurian […]
Read MoreFew Good Men: University Class, research look at lack of male early childhood teachers
Indiana University School of Education Alumni Association New summer class offered Early in his teaching career, Shaun Johnson felt odd about his career path. Already facing the challenges of any teacher in the Washington, D.C. public school system, he said that during his year teaching, he constantly confronted his inner feelings. “Who am I to […]
Read MoreFormer Chief Education Officer Ralph Boyce calls for male teacher
SECONDARY SCHOOL students favouring a technical education over an academic one are in line for a better deal from the Ministry of Education, with training and certification. “Soon we will be coming with a package,” Chief Education Officer, Wendy Griffith-Watson, said during the Down To Brass Tacks radio programme recently. “It was part of curriculum reform since […]
Read MoreWorkplace reversal
At Little River Elementary School in South Riding, second-grade teacher Timothy Bjorseth, affectionately known as “Mr. B,” is one of only six male teachers among a faculty of 45. A 10-year instructor in education, Bjorseth said he was even more of a minority at the first elementary school where he taught in Illinois. He said […]
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