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Report from Maylaysia
Breaking news, Annual General Meeting of Association of Childcare Centres in Selangor State, Malaysia was held at the Selangor State Building Hall on the 26th of April 2008. Members attending were majority women with only 10 interested men around. This year is an election year and suprisingly, out of 15 committee members, 3 men were elected […]
Read MoreThings happening all over the world – a report from Hawaii
Aloha Hawaii supporters of Men in ECE Hawaii! International Efforts It has been exactly one month since the Working Forum (WF) on Men in Early Care and Education (MECE) Honolulu (See below). It was a tremendous success, with more than just a handful of the delegates calling this a “WOW!” or “life-changing” event. • The […]
Read MoreFinland: Incentives for Male Teacher Trainees?
The Ministry of Education is considering whether to offer incentives to encourage male university applicants to study for qualification to become school teachers. A report in the daily Aamulehti claims that reforms to the laws governing tertiary studies are being considered. New legislation will be introduced in 2010. In practice, incentives will take the form […]
Read MoreAbolishing Irish rule ‘won’t close gender gap’ in teaching
A NEW report has found that the abolition of the honours Irish requirement will not entice more men to become primary school teachers. Politicians, such as former education minister Mary Hanafin, have suggested that dropping the honours Irish rule would help tackle the gender imbalance in national schools. In fact, the opposite would happen, according to […]
Read MoreTake A Shot At This – Men teaching in Scotland
A Football Coach Is Encouraging More Men To Follow His Example And Become Child And Youth Care Workers STEVIE MORRISON may have fallen just short of achieving Scottish Cup glory at Hampden last weekend. But the Queen of the South coach is still hoping to achieve another goal, and that’s persuading men to take a […]
Read MoreDutch MP calls for more male school teachers
Dutch Christian Democrats (CDA) have called for an increase in the number of male teachers in primary schools. CDA MP Jan Jacob van Dyke claims that children are better off if they are taught by both men and women. At the moment, the majority of primary school teachers are women. According to the CDA, teacher […]
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