2011
It will soon rain men at kindergartens in China
If you think only women are interested in teaching kindergarten kids, it’s time to think the opposite. More than 10,000 men in East China’s Jiangsu province have reportedly applied for a five-year training program to teach in preschools. But the program, conducted by three normal colleges in Nanjing, can only enroll 300. Over the weekend, […]
Read MoreMale teachers Western Pennsylvania elementary classrooms
Sixteen kindergarteners sat cross-legged on a rag rug, singing songs about the days of the week and the months of the year. The classroom at Carnegie Elementary School in the Carlynton School District was furnished with the usual toys preferred by 5-year-olds — trucks, blocks, a kitchen play-set, a miniature makeup table. There was a […]
Read MoreHiring male teachers in Washington, DC
Are you interested in relocating to DC to serve on a teaching team at the University of the District of Columbia’s Early Childhood Lab School? I have recently been given the responsibility to transform our child development center into a lab school. I am searching far and wide for talented, diverse teams, especially males, to […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – June 2011
1) Pro football player spending the lockout as a substitute teacher 2) Council of European Union Recommends Increasing the Percentage of Male Teachers 3) New JOURNAL OF MEN’S STUDIES – Men and Teaching: Good Intentions and Productive Tensions. 4) Men in Early Childhood Education Report from Manitoba Canada 5) Do you need a job teaching? […]
Read MoreNew JOURNAL OF MEN’S STUDIES – Men and Teaching: Good Intentions and Productive Tensions.
This article points to the complex context of what often is seen as both un- problematic and problematic simultaneously–men and teaching. In addition to brief words on the articles included in this special issue of JMS, the Guest Editors reflect on the contradictions, tensions, strategies and experiences of men who teach. This introduction aims to […]
Read MoreA New Book about Boisterous, Vigorous, and Very Physical Play
“Big body play”–the sometimes rowdy, always very physical running, rolling, climbing, tagging, jumping, grabbing, and wrestling that most children love and many adults try to shut down–can and should be an integral part of every early childhood setting. Drawing from evidence-based practice and the latest research, this book explains the multitude of benefits of big […]
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