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Administrator Suggestions Regarding the Recruitment of Male Elementary Teachers
Abstract This paper explores situations that deter men from pursuing teaching certification in elementary education and presents the opinions of elementary school administrators regarding hiring practices involving male applicants. We contacted administrators from the 29 public school districts in Erie County in New York State and asked them to complete an online survey sharing their […]
Read MoreAssessing the Impact: The Value of Men as Caregivers in Early Care and Education
Working with young children is perceived as women‘s work, and men are noticeably absent in most early childhood classrooms. The purpose of this non-experimental, mixed- methods study was to explore how men in the classroom add value to the field of Early Childhood Education (ECE). The researcher was interested in how men as caregivers and […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – December 2012
MenTeach E-News December 2012 1) Foundation pays education expenses to increase male black and Hispanic elementary teachers 2) Why Black/Latino Male Teachers aren’t as Effective in the Classroom…Yet 3) Acclaimed Author: Teaching not just for women 4) London Early Years – Men in Childcare Report 5) Missing: male teachers 6) In The Land Of Women: […]
Read MoreFrom the front lines to the front of the class
Administrators are increasingly finding that many servicemembers make good teachers Stationed for 13 months along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border in 2007 and 2008, Brian Thompson had a lot of time to wonder what could come next for him. In charge of a mortar squad with the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, Thompson often thought he’d go […]
Read MoreU.S. schools seek role models for boys
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talks to The Globe and Mail’s Kate Hammer about why boys are falling behind south of the border, and what can be done to close the gap between genders in the classroom. Teachers, he argues, will be central to addressing this problem and he and his staff are looking […]
Read MoreScotland lagging in supply of male primary teachers
Statistics obtained by The Herald show the proportion of men trained as primary teachers in Scotland has dropped from 14% in 2007/09 to just 13% in 2010/11. In contrast, the numbers trained in England have risen from 18% two years ago to 20% this year. The decline in Scotland comes amid continuing concerns that there […]
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