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8th Annual ECMenz Summit in New Zealand – March 7 – 9, 2014
Men and women are warmly invited to attend the Summit of the Early Childhood Men in NZ Assn (ECMenz). Friday will consist of political and research presentations and panels. Saturday will include fun learning workshops and roundtables on various gender, initial teacher education and workforce topics. For people staying over Saturday night, Sunday morning will […]
Read MoreMen teaching in Ireland
The Irish News reported statistics earlier in the week illustrating how the decline in the number of male primary school teachers has continued in spite of initiatives aimed at increasing males into the profession (though the paper does not outline the nature of these employer-led efforts.) In the current academic year, just 1,307 of the […]
Read MoreTop male teachers at Erdiston College in Barbados praise programmes
Principal of Erdiston Teachers’ Training College, Barbara Parris is always happy when male teachers participate in the programmes offered by the College. She is even happier when they gain distinctions and top classes, which are year by year, female dominated. This Saturday, the College will have a graduating class of 243 teachers, out of that […]
Read MoreMale teachers for kindergarten schools in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City is seriously lacking in qualified nursery male schoolteachers, since there are few takers for kindergarten teaching, said the city Department of Education and Training. Figures from the Department show that out of 10 preschool-trained graduates, two quit their jobs while eight male teachers give up the profession altogether. As a result, […]
Read MoreMale educators sought in south New Zealand
Educators are urging more Southland men to train as early childhood education teachers, with only three working in the region. The latest Annual Census of Early Childhood Education Services figures, released by the Ministry of Education and relating to June 2012, show only three of the 367 licensed early childhood teachers working in Southland were […]
Read MoreResearch: Why female teachers predominate in France
In France, male teachers are disappearing, especially in kindergartens and primary schools, where they now make up less than 18%. The percentage of male teachers is slightly higher in junior and high schools. This has been a trend for at least 60 years and at national level, only 30.8% of staff in public education are […]
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