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Male teachers Western Pennsylvania elementary classrooms
Sixteen kindergarteners sat cross-legged on a rag rug, singing songs about the days of the week and the months of the year. The classroom at Carnegie Elementary School in the Carlynton School District was furnished with the usual toys preferred by 5-year-olds — trucks, blocks, a kitchen play-set, a miniature makeup table. There was a […]
Read MoreNew JOURNAL OF MEN’S STUDIES – Men and Teaching: Good Intentions and Productive Tensions.
This article points to the complex context of what often is seen as both un- problematic and problematic simultaneously–men and teaching. In addition to brief words on the articles included in this special issue of JMS, the Guest Editors reflect on the contradictions, tensions, strategies and experiences of men who teach. This introduction aims to […]
Read MoreA New Book about Boisterous, Vigorous, and Very Physical Play
“Big body play”–the sometimes rowdy, always very physical running, rolling, climbing, tagging, jumping, grabbing, and wrestling that most children love and many adults try to shut down–can and should be an integral part of every early childhood setting. Drawing from evidence-based practice and the latest research, this book explains the multitude of benefits of big […]
Read MoreCall him Larry Poppins
Over the years, Sam Smith of Edina has had four different nannies: two female and two male. All other things being equal, the 10-year-old admitted that he’d rather have a guy. Sam didn’t say that just because his current nanny, 19-year-old Jared Monsebroten, was sitting right across the family-room table, on the other side of […]
Read MorePro football player spending the lockout as a substitute teacher
While some NFL players are spending the enforced offseason in workouts with their teammates and others (like Minnesota’s Ray Edwards(notes) and Baltimore’s Tom Zbikowski(notes)) are spending it in the boxing ring, third-year safety David Bruton(notes) of the Denver Broncos has set himself on a different path — he’s spending the lockout as a substitute teacher […]
Read MoreMalaysia: Gender equality for teachers
The Education Ministry will offer teacher training courses to an equal number of men and women, in an effort to ensure a balance of male and female teachers in future. The intake will also comprise 40% trainees from the peninsula and another 30% each from Sabah and Sarawak. “This way, the ministry can ensure that […]
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