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MenTeach E-News – June 2015
MenTeach E-News June 2015 1) Guest Blog: Reflections from a Male Educator of Color 2) Meet the Father of Paternity Leave – A Male Teacher 3) Don’s Column “Just Say NO, to No Touch.” 4) China to Offer Free Teacher Training to Men 5) 2015 Excellence in Teaching Awards – Jason Yabut 6) Eastern Kentucky […]
Read MoreWhy aren’t we doing more to encourage men to be primary school teachers?
Mothers outnumbered fathers at our primary school sports day last week in the normal ratio for a day in the working week – maybe 10/1. Among the staff and volunteers organising the event, however, women outnumbered men by more like 20/1. The only man making his presence felt was the nerd with the unusual enthusiasm […]
Read MoreMeet the Mannies in the United Kingdom
Why don’t more men consider a career in childcare? And why should we now, for the sake of our children, be trying to close the gender gap? Paul Byron’s pram is a sight to behold. Expertly equipped with everything he could possibly need in the course of a day’s work, it holds snacks, water bottles, […]
Read MoreOne Day, Two Lives for a Male Student in Early Education
Not very long ago, I was a 17-year-old teenager with no idea what I wanted to do after high school. I did not like school growing up, but I attended school so I could see my friends and of course because my parents were sending me out the door. I grew up in a very […]
Read MoreGermany Attempts to Recruit Men into Child Care
Generally speaking, gender equality in the U.S. and other Western countries has involved women moving into men’s spheres. We have not seen an equivalent migration of men into women’s spheres. Accordingly, while women have integrated many male occupations (they are now, for example, 50% or more of law and medical students), many female-dominated ones remain […]
Read MoreWhy childcare needs more men
Only two per cent of early years childcare workers are male. Lisa Salmon talks to the Fatherhood Institute about their drive to get more men into the industry Most men would love to be “a hero every day”. That’s the way working as a male childcarer has been described by men themselves, but there are […]
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