2007
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Dewi Cooke takes a look at the child-care industry and wonders why only 2 per cent of carers are men. It’s feeding time in the baby’s room of the Queensberry Children’s Centre and Yarrow Andrew is tenderly serving up an appetising yoghurt mix to the under-twos. Some show interest in the creamy goop, others are […]
Read MoreEditorial – Changing education to meet the needs of a future workforce
A report from the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce called “Tough Choices or Tough Times,” out of the National Center on Education and the Economy offers several major changes. End high school earlier for most students. Expect most 10th graders to pass new state exams that would let them leave high school and enter […]
Read MoreIf a woman can drive a tank in Baghdad, why can’t a man change a diaper in Boston?
[Note: This is a letter from Kitt Cox, Program Coordinator for Birth to Three in Massachusetts to the Diversity Officer in Masschusetts.] I’m writing to you to express concerns I hold regarding the diversity of the Massachusetts early education and care (EEC) workforce. After previous experience in California and Vermont, I came to Massachusetts and […]
Read MoreFalse Allegations Create Nightmare for Male Teacher
I recently read an article you co-authored in Dimensions of Early Childhood entitled Reducing Aggression with Touch. I thought it was a great article. You even referenced positive touch with young children as including back and should rubs. I wanted to share a horror story of mine with you regarding student touch and allegations against male teachers. I was […]
Read MoreStory about a man teaching in New Zealand
“I emphasise what you can do with technology and science, how you can bring your interests to the job and stress how we work in a teaching environment as well as a nurturing one.” Adam was a truck driver for many years before a work place accident left him needing to seek a new career. “I […]
Read MoreUsing the pronoun “he” for teacher
I have a male student in a curriculum development class. One of the class assignments was to evaluate a child’s portfolio. The child was identified as “Chase” but no teacher name or identity was given. I was just reading this male’s student’s evaluation, and throughout his narrative, he referred to the teacher as “he.” I’ve […]
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