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The Men as Role Models Argument: A Case for Researching Children’s Views
Abstract: The theory that male teachers provide positive role models that can counter any negative male role models and compensate for the absence of men in children’s lives is considered in this paper. The review is positioned in the European context where there have been consistent calls over the years for an increase in the […]
Read MoreCareer Perspectives of Male Students in Early Childhood Education
While, in some professions, the gender balance seems to be changing in the direction of equality, the participation of males in early childhood education has not expanded because of stereotypical perceptions of this occupation, low salaries and status, and fear of being accused of sexual abuse. Males may make important contributions to the field of […]
Read MoreSaving our black boys
Some disturbing data and a hopeful program that needs your support: Only 47% of Black males in America graduate from high school. The average 17-year-old Black child has the reading and math scores of the average 14- year-old White child. One out of three Black boys born after 2001 will spend time in jail or […]
Read MoreIllinois lacks diversity of male lead teachers in early education
A recent study, Who’s Caring for the Kids? The Status of the Early Childhood Workforce in Illinois-2008, was conducted by researchers at National-Louis University’s McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership and the Early Childhood Parenting Collaborative at the University of Illinois. Early childhood teachers are not representative of or prepared to teach the changing […]
Read MoreA bit of history about male teachers in the United Kingdom
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) is a trade union for school teachers in England and Wales. It is a member of the Trades Union Congress. The Union only recruits qualified teachers and those training to be qualified teachers into membership and currently has over 292,000 members, making it the largest teachers’ union in the United Kingdom […]
Read MoreUganda: Check Bias Against Male Nurses
I am a male nurse working in a very busy hospital. Some people believe the two are mutually exclusive. “Oh, so you are a male nurse”, they say, not entirely convinced. Why do we need the qualifier “male” in front of the word nurse? After all, there are male and female teachers, doctors, chefs and […]
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