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Men in Minority: Teaching Academy in China Struggles to Recruit Male Students
A teacher training college in the city of Bozhou, east China’s Anhui Province, recently released a report which shows that almost 90 percent of its students are female, suggesting that few men are choosing to enter the profession nowadays. There is a blackboard in front of the main building where students, or anyone who wants […]
Read MoreWanted: Male ECE teachers in New Zealand
Working as an early childhood teacher is not only a satisfying job but an important one too, says Phillip Ozzane. The teacher educator who specialises in early childhood education worked for 10 years in ECE down in Wellington before shifting to Tauranga to take up his role at the Bethlehem Teaching Institute. “I loved working […]
Read MoreMore men are training to be primary school teachers in UK, research shows
More men are training to be primary school teachers but fewer are entering secondary schools, new analysis reveals. The Good Teacher Training Guide 2015 also found the top three training providers were school-based. The guide was produced by Alan Smithers and Mandy-Diana Coughlan from the Centre for Education and Employment Research (CEER), The proportion of […]
Read MoreEarly childhood education needs more male teachers in New Zealand
Dean Hodge comes to work with a smile on his face, every day. The Ascot Park resident has been a teacher at Adventure Kindergarten in Whitby for more than two years and has just finished his diploma in teaching with Te Rito Maioha/Early Childhood New Zealand. It is a relief to put the study behind […]
Read MoreMale teachers outnumber females at New Zealand Hamilton’s Rhode Street School
Male teachers outnumber females at a Hamilton primary school, bucking a national trend which sees women dominate the profession. There are 10 male teachers at Hamilton’s Rhode Street School and six females. Rhode Street School is reversing the national trend in which women make up about 84 per cent of the primary teaching workforce. Teaching […]
Read MoreJobs: Why more men should become primary school teachers
People ask ‘why should men be primary school teachers?’ and we say ‘why not?” That’s the question posed by Martin Smith, primary education lecturer at UEA. He points out that some children may not hear a male voice all day at primary school and in other schools there may only be one male. “And he’s […]
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