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Canada: Bridging daycare’s gender divide
There are the same little wooden cubbyholes, small jackets and frayed scarves hanging from hooks that you find in any child-care centre. The same book corner and tiny plastic couch. The same miniature chairs around miniature round tables. What’s most striking about Beatty Buddies Daycare is the men. Big strapping men. Men like Geoffrey Brown, […]
Read MoreNumber of male primary school teachers rising
Headteachers say the number of male teachers working in Cumbria’s primary schools is growing despite new Government figures which reveal men account for fewer than 30 per cent of staff in more than 200 schools. According to new figures released by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) male teachers account for fewer than […]
Read MoreNew Zealand Teacher calls for more men to join the profession
New Zealand children are disadvantaged by a lack of male early childhood teachers, a North Shore teacher says. Adam Buckingham wants men to become early childhood teachers after learning that fewer than 2 percent of preschool teachers in New Zealand are men – the lowest rate in the world, he says. Government statistics show there […]
Read MoreBritons flock to teaching in hunt for new career
Recruitment drives and the downturn have led to a flood of applicants from the private sector seeking greater job security and satisfaction Thousands of bankers, IT workers, PR executives and journalists are turning to teaching, figures show today. The recession has made private sector workers think again about their working lives, with 13,500 “career changers” […]
Read More50% rise in men applying to be primary teachers
The number of men applying for teacher training has risen sharply because of the recession, says the body responsible for training teachers. There was a 52% rise in the number of men wanting to be primary school teachers – more than 4,700 in 2009/10, up about 1,500 compared with 2008/09. Redundancies in the City have […]
Read MoreMore than a quarter of England’s primary schools have no male teachers
More than a quarter of England’s primary schools do not have a single male teacher, it has emerged, with 4,587 school staffrooms populated solely by women. The figures are despite a multi-million pound Government campaign to encourage men back into what is now seen as a “feminine” career. Men also tend to shun working with […]
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