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Free Tuition and Board for Trainee Male Kindergarten Teachers in China
Jiangsu Province is offering free courses at pre-school primary education normal schools for male students in efforts to even out the preponderance of women in kindergarten teaching posts. It is hoped that in three-to-five years’ time there will be at least one male teacher in each of the province’s kindergartens. “The gender imbalance among kindergarten […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – May 2010
MenTeach E-News May 2010 1) Men in your teacher preparation program: five strategies to recruit & retain them 2) Survey of male early childhood and elementary teachers (PK-5) 3) Literacy project offers scholarship money to put men in classrooms 4) 90% of Korean Teachers Back Quota for Male Teachers 5) Male teachers in the Philippines […]
Read MoreRecruiting and supporting women teachers – A global perspective
In many emergency situations, it is easier to recruit male teachers than women, and unless specific measures are taken, this can mean that schools are dominated by male teachers and administrators. Although male teachers may be very supportive of girls’ education, and may pose no specific barrier to girls’ enrollment in some contexts, in others, […]
Read MoreMr. Teacher – Why the teaching profession–and our students–need more male educators.
After 26 years teaching elementary school, Tom White, a third-grade teacher at Lynnwood Elementary School in Lynnwood, Washington, doesn’t give too much thought to the gender imbalance in the teacher’s lounge-even though he is one of only five male teachers. What are the differences? Not surprisingly, says White, he is assigned more students who might […]
Read MoreNew Deadline! Seeking manuscripts for Journal of Men’s Studies
As I eluded to in my first message, I want to move ahead with a special or thematic issue of the Journal of Men’s Studies dealing with men and the teaching profession with a special focus on the early grades (not opposed to other educational levels though). I see the issue consisting of 4-6 peer-reviewed papers and […]
Read MoreAlternative Teacher Certification Programs Report Success Recruiting Men
When the Houston Alternative Certification Programs for teacher certification were first introduced in 1987, they were met with a great deal of opposition. Not only were some higher education institutions upset by the expedited process of certifying teachers, but teachers themselves were disgruntled by all of the “newbies” who seemed to take an accelerated course […]
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