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MenTeach E-News – March 2016
MenTeach E-News March 2016 1) China’s New Five-Year Plan: Be a Man 2) In Praise of the Dude Teaching at My Son’s Preschool 3) Black male educators holding next forum 4) Early childhood education needs more male teachers in New Zealand 5) Awards given at MenTeach – New England @ MassAEYC conference 6) Male student-teachers […]
Read MoreMy Favorite Teacher – Mr. T.
From my first year as a student in school to now, as an adult educator, I find myself referring to some teachers as “my favorites”. Currently with my work involving pre-service students and cooperating teachers in the field, there are those teachers who I favor. Certainly we have all had at least one favorite teacher […]
Read MoreMore men are training to be primary school teachers in UK, research shows
More men are training to be primary school teachers but fewer are entering secondary schools, new analysis reveals. The Good Teacher Training Guide 2015 also found the top three training providers were school-based. The guide was produced by Alan Smithers and Mandy-Diana Coughlan from the Centre for Education and Employment Research (CEER), The proportion of […]
Read MoreAmerica needs more black and Hispanic male teachers
The statistics have almost become cliché: Black elementary and high school students score lower on standardized tests, on average, than their white or Asian counterparts. For years, educators have searched for solutions. For Kwame Griffith, a senior vice president at Teach For America, the way to help narrow this achievement gap is by recruiting more […]
Read MoreMale student-teachers in elementary education
Over the past 20 years, the number of male teachers in both elementary and middle school grades have plateaued at around 16 percent, a number that remains true at La Crescent Elementary School. The school has five male teachers on staff and only one male student-teacher this year. Garrett Soper is that student-teacher and he […]
Read MoreEarly childhood education needs more male teachers in New Zealand
Dean Hodge comes to work with a smile on his face, every day. The Ascot Park resident has been a teacher at Adventure Kindergarten in Whitby for more than two years and has just finished his diploma in teaching with Te Rito Maioha/Early Childhood New Zealand. It is a relief to put the study behind […]
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