Letters
Where is YOUR bumper sticker?
Here’s a recent photo of my brother Brett posed next to my brother Jeff’s race car and a familiar bumpersticker. Look closely at the car door. It says: Men Who Change Diapers, Change the World! Thought you might appreciate the humor. Kitt Cox
Read MoreUnderstanding the role of male elementary school teachers
Understanding the role of male elementary school teachers in the social development of children raised by single mothers in the Jewish community of Montreal, Canada. This is a phenomenological study exploring the role male elementary school teachers have in the social development of children raised by single-mothers in the Jewish community of Montreal, Canada. This […]
Read MoreSchools need best, diverse teachers
After changing careers in 2003 to become a teacher, I believed what a lot of people said about finding a job as a teacher in grades K-5. People said that there was a teacher’s shortage and with a teaching staff at any elementary school averaging more than 92 percent female, a man with a teaching […]
Read MoreWhere are all the male teachers?
Recent reports that there will be no more male teachers in 20 years is of grave concern. In the 60s when I joined the teaching profession, we were fired with a sense of commitment, dedication and passion, and it was a vocation, but not anymore. As pointed out by my fellow teachers, now many enter […]
Read MoreNew Deadline! Seeking manuscripts for Journal of Men’s Studies
As I eluded to in my first message, I want to move ahead with a special or thematic issue of the Journal of Men’s Studies dealing with men and the teaching profession with a special focus on the early grades (not opposed to other educational levels though). I see the issue consisting of 4-6 peer-reviewed papers and […]
Read MoreSurvey of male early childhood and elementary teachers (PK-5)
The attached is a letter distributed to numerous school districts in the nation (United States). We would like your help in getting the survey out to more men in teaching. I am enclosing a short survey and introduction letter for our study of male early and elementary school teachers. If you have previously taught those levels or […]
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