2007
Male presence good for school
Kaikoura Primary School’s newest teacher is bright, full of energy and loves his job. Mike Judd sits in his classroom with his two little goldfish swimming around a tank, and bright pieces of artwork hang from the walls. Books in little boxes sit beside a fancy looking wicker teacher’s chair and athletic looking Mike seems […]
Read MoreFandel: Students see far fewer men in the classroom
ick just about any grade school and scroll down the staff list on its Web site. I randomly selected Clive Elementary in Windsor Heights, attended by about 400 students, where physical-education teacher Denny Barton is right at the top. But after that, just five of the 48 names are male. One is the principal, one […]
Read MoreNumber of Male Teachers at an All Time Low
Over the past two decades, the ratio of men to women teaching in the classroom has steadily declined. Now, the National Education Association says the number of men teachers is at a 40-year low. The UEA said it believes Utah is right in line with that sliding trend. Fewer male teachers are going into education, […]
Read MoreMale teachers are a rare breed – particularly when it comes to early years classrooms
Brendan Creaney is a man without fear. He is lying on his back, mouth wide open, on a pretend dentist’s chair while a group of three and four-year-olds poke about in his mouth and examine his teeth. Eventually, his dental appointment is over and he is allowed to get up. Role-playing is all in a […]
Read MoreEditorial – Ten years teaching a course in Male Involvement
Paul Proett has been teaching a college class about Male Involvement in early childhood for ten years at Canada College. That has to be some type of record! Canada College isn’t in Canada – it’s in Redwood, California, USA and he’s offered it in the Early Childhood Studies department. He has included topics about men teaching and […]
Read MoreSchool pays student loans to recruit male staff
A SCHOOL in Melbourne’s west is offering to pay its former students’ HECS debts and guarantee employment to graduating male primary school teachers, as it tries to recruit male teachers and tackle gender imbalance in the staffroom. At Westbourne Grammar School in the outer western suburb of Truganina, male students who go on to study […]
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