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Workplace reversal
At Little River Elementary School in South Riding, second-grade teacher Timothy Bjorseth, affectionately known as “Mr. B,” is one of only six male teachers among a faculty of 45. A 10-year instructor in education, Bjorseth said he was even more of a minority at the first elementary school where he taught in Illinois. He said […]
Read MoreArea man began teaching career early
It was nearly two decades ago when Becky Worlow asked an obviously frustrated class of Aberdeen fourth graders if anyone understood fractions. One lonely hand went in the air, and the teacher turned the class over to the little boy in hopes he could reach his classmates in a way she couldn’t. He did. And […]
Read MoreStop the exodus of good male teachers
Those familiar with the history of teaching cannot fail to appreciate the tragic irony of the dilemma that the profession is undergoing in terms of its dwindling male factor. For the majority of the world’s earliest teachers – philosophers and prophets – were males. Theirs was the job of bringing mankind forward through myriad disciplines […]
Read MoreDanger? Men not working
IU ed school students focus on lack of male teachers in elementary, early childhood settings EDITORS: At the bottom of this release are audio comments that are available as mp3 files on the IU School of Education Website at http://education.indiana.edu/audio.html. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Historically low numbers of male teachers at the elementary and early childhood levels […]
Read MoreReport from Massachusetts AEYC – USA
A small contingent of childcare professionals met recently at the MassAEYC Annual Conference to share their thoughts on the history, present circumstances and future of men in early education. Roughly 600 people attended the conference between Friday and Saturday. Thirty participated in the two sessions held on this topic. Discussion stemmed, at both sessions, from […]
Read MoreConversations with Students
I had a REALLY interesting conversation with both a female and a male ECE student yesterday. The gist of it was the male – who had spent the day in our child development lab – commented that one of the little boys seemed to bond with him immediately. I asked him why he thought that […]
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