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Male teachers say they are more likely to experience disrupted classes
Schoolchildren are more likely to disrupt lessons if they have a male teacher, a survey suggests. The National Union of Teachers (NUT) polled 1,500 of its members in 13 English local authorities. Although the survey found a general improvement in pupil behaviour since 2001, 77% of males said they had a lesson disrupted at least […]
Read MoreMale Teachers in Korea
A YTN TV reporter recently examined the phenomenon of the shrinking number of men teaching in Korean elementary schools, and quotes a few women who worry that women teachers can’t control the kids, who furthermore are not learning about their correct gender roles. [Anchor] These days it’s not easy to find a male elementary school […]
Read MoreChildcare ‘not just for women’
As new research suggests parents want more men to work in nurseries, one man who runs a pre-school explains what it is like working in a profession dominated by women. When Duncan Wise first went into childcare nearly 12 years ago, he came across some negative attitudes from parents. “Being a male in a female […]
Read MoreMen teaching in Vietnam
People are often surprised when Le Minh Hien tells them what he does for a living. Hien, 35, has been working at the city’s District 3 Kindergarten for 10 years. He is one of only a handful of male kindergarten teachers in the country. According to statistics from the municipal Department of Education and Training, […]
Read MoreGender gap in teaching grows: Only 24% of new recruits in UK are men
Teaching is becoming an increasingly female-dominated profession with men making up fewer than one in four new recruits, official figures revealed yesterday. Despite a multimillion-pound campaign to attract more men into teaching, the latest statistics reveal a widening gap between the sexes among those gaining teaching qualifications from universities and teacher training colleges. In 2006-07, […]
Read MoreReport from Men in Early Childhood Education in Austria
Lately, the field of Early Childhood Education (ECE) has been widely debated in Austria. Raising requirements for Early Childhood Educators to the tertiary level, making a Bache-lor’s degree mandatory, is one of the major issues. Another issue gaining a lot of attention is last year’s decision by several Austrian provinces to keep pre-school year free […]
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