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Why we need more male teachers and more female principals
Classrooms are a microcosm of society. In our schools, children learn the stories they will tell themselves for the rest of their lives, stories formed from the material they have around them. What will today’s primary children tell themselves about gender? Men have been steadily disappearing from Irish classrooms since the 1970s. In 1961, nearly […]
Read MoreFree teacher training program for men labeled gender discrimination
Global Times A new teacher training program has been created for men in Fujian province, Beijing News reported on Sept. 26. The project was initiated last year by the Fujian Provincial Education Department, together with three other local departments and five teacher training universities. The purpose of the program is to ease the serious gender […]
Read MoreNZ Police heads towards gender balance while the Ministry of Education holds on to sex-role stereotypes for early childhood educ
New Zealand Police attempts to recruit more women have been successful and rewarded. In 2012 just 24 per cent of new police recruits across the country were women, but last year that number jumped to nearly 36 per cent thanks to new programmes targeted specifically at females. For police to have the trust and confidence […]
Read MoreNew Zealand Expert calls for government to act on lack of men in early childhood education
An early childcare researcher is calling on the Government to do more to address a lack of men in pre-school teaching. Sarah Alexander, of research organisation ChildForum, met Ministry of Education staff last week to discuss the gender gap in early childhood education (ECE), which she says could be improved with political support. “We are […]
Read More2017 World Forum Foundation – Men in Early Childhood Education proposals due
Would you like to be a part of the 2017 World Forum? Apply to be a presenter! Each session will have three to four presenters, with representation from multiple parts of the world. You may apply as an individual or you may propose your own panel of four presenters from diverse regions of the world. […]
Read MoreMeet the male teachers changing the perception of nursery school education
“For far too long we’ve had an upside down education system – with all the emphasis on the importance of GCSE, A Level and university,” explains Jay Ramsey, 40, a nursery teacher at St Werburgh’s Park School in Bristol. “But research shows that the influence of a good quality nursery environment continues to be felt […]
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