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Men in Early Childhood Education in Singapore
Over the last several years, there has been a growing number of male teachers working in early childhood development programs in Singapore. But being new in this profession, with few role models or mentors to guide them, they lack the psychological and social support needed to make them genuinely comfortable in this profession. This project […]
Read MoreEstonian National Strategy Aims to Increase Share of Male Teachers to 25%
One of the goals of the Ministry of Education’s newly-drafted lifelong learning strategy for 2014-2020 is to increase the share of young teachers and male teachers, uudised.err.ee reported. In 2012, 85.7 percent of teachers were women, in one example of the traditional gender gap that appears to be more strongly entrenched in Estonia compared with […]
Read MoreNew Zealand – Men in Early Childhood Education National Summit – Call for Papers
Men in Early Childhood Education National Summit – Call for Papers 8TH NATIONAL SUMMIT ON MEN IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 7- 8 MARCH 2014 WELLINGTON, NZ The theme for the national EC-Menz Summit to be held next year in March in Wellington, New Zealand is “Lifting the Lid on Gender Issues in Early Childhood Education”. […]
Read MoreResearch: Turkish Female Preschool Teachers’ Attitude toward Male Preschool Teachers While Hiring Job
This research was conducted to understand the attitudes of female preschool teachers’ towards male preschool teachers while hiring job. In the research there were two CVs which have all the same features except their genders. These CVs were given to female preschool teachers to assess them as hiring job. These questions were; Do you think […]
Read MoreMale Kindergarten Teacher to Principal in China
When Zhu Jun graduated from East China Normal University in Shanghai in 2003, he dared not tell anyone he had found a job as a kindergarten teacher. “People thought a kindergarten teacher was a nanny and they would not accept a university graduate becoming a nanny,” he said. It is now 10 years since Zhu, […]
Read MoreGerman government campaigns for more male kindergarten teachers
It is still an unusual picture: Karsten Röttjer, a 1.90 meters (6’3 inches) tall male, surrounded by young girls and boys. Physical education is on the schedule today. The children bustle around the kindergarten teacher. Physical education is always exciting for the children and with their new kindergarten teacher Röttjer it is even more fun. […]
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