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Teacher’s Day: First and only male teacher at Xiaoxihu kindergarten in China
Guo Xinwang tells story for children at the Xiaoxihu kindergarten in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 6, 2018. Guo, born in 1993 and graduated from the Jiangsu Normal University, became the first and only male teacher of the Xiaoxihu kindergarten three years ago. There are 400 plus male teachers in Nanjing nowadays, […]
Read MoreChinese Public schools face shortage of male teachers due to chronically low pay
As the new school semester begins in September, more and more Chinese primary and middle schools, as well as parents of students, are realizing that urban schools are increasingly facing a shortage of male teachers, and rural schools are facing an overall teacher shortage. “My child is now in the sixth grade in primary school… […]
Read MoreFirst male special education teacher at Qatar Foundation’s Renad Academy
The first male special education teacher at Qatar Foundation’s Renad Academy has emphasised the importance of more men taking up the profession. Joseph Norton, lead teacher at Renad Academy, said that the required change in pattern would enable teachers to show students that male teachers can also be enthusiastic, compassionate and gentle. In 2016, Norton […]
Read MoreEngland: So you want to get more men into primary teaching?
Just 14 per cent of the nursery and primary teaching workforce in state-maintained schools in England is male, according to the Department for Education. Many small primary schools have no male teachers (or even any male staff) and so from a young age many children perceive primary teaching as exclusively female. As primary schools struggle […]
Read MoreWhy more men should work in childcare in Australia
As a society, we’ve come a long way in the past few decades. More men and women have begun challenging traditional gender roles to pursue careers they enjoy, rather than work that has been viewed as only “for men” or “for women”. But childcare and early childhood education is still overwhelmingly populated by women, with […]
Read MoreNursery group in London launches action plan to recruit more men to work in the early years
The nursery group, which runs 37 nurseries across London, has launched a campaign for more men in childcare and championing gender inclusiveness. LEYF is calling for: widespread support and acceptance of men working in childcare across the early years sector; recruitment of early years male role models as ambassadors to schools, colleges and career fairs; […]
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