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How to encourage more men to take up teaching as a career
“It is challenging to be a minority group and it would be great to see more men in a primary setting,” says Broome Primary School’s Simon Zuvich who teaches physical education and literacy. Figures from the WA Education Department show that 17.2 per cent of teachers in state primary schools are men, down from 19.9 […]
Read MoreScottish Men urged to take up childcare career
More Scots men will be encouraged to take up a career as nursery teachers and childminders as part of a Scottish Government drive announced today. Ministers today set out their vision for an overhaul of the country’s early years workforce which will also look at ensuring that the profession is better paid for those involved. […]
Read MoreEngland national men in early years conference launches in 2016
Held in Southampton next February, the conference will also introduce a charter for early years settings that welcome male practitioners. Currently less than 2 per cent of the early years workforce is male and the aim is to build up a national resource bank to lobby the Government to encourage men to enter the profession. […]
Read MorePrimary school children need male teachers too
My form teacher during my final year of primary school was called Dr Knight. A brilliant man who remained stoic when my friend tried to glue him to a chair, his specialism was maths. Twenty years later I can still recite the “fractions rap” he taught us: “If you’re adding or subtracting then sooner or […]
Read MoreEx-truckie in New Zealand rewarded for teaching role
Whangarei’s Regan Reti was recently awarded a Ministry of Education Kupe Scholarship as one of the country’s top 30 Maori and Pasifika student teachers. He’s pictured with 4-year-old Durome Henry and 3-year-old Chloe Valentine. There are few men in the field of early childhood education and Regan Reti is one of them – yet only […]
Read MoreWanted: male teachers in the Philippines
My daughter was clearly excited when she came home from her first day at school last June. In between giggles, she blurted out, in Filipino, what seemed almost like a secret: “Our teacher is male.” I thought it was a breakthrough that her school had hired a male to handle the main teaching tasks for […]
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