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More women teaching young children throughout the world
According to statistics published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) the feminization of the early years in education appears to be a worldwide trend. Based on 2003 statistics published in Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2005 (Paris: OECD, 2005; ISBN 9264011919; www.oecd.org), the percentage of female teachers in different grade levels in 25 OECD […]
Read MoreMale Presence in Teaching Continues to Decline
Vince Anania is one of a kind. Sadly. The effervescent veteran teacher at St. Charles School in Thorold is the only male Junior Kindergarten teacher in the entire Niagara Catholic DSB. Anania, 44, doesn’t really understand the novelty. Ask him and he’ll tell you he’s in the greatest career imaginable. He’s literally buoyant with the […]
Read MoreConcern over male teacher drought
A top education expert is speaking out about the lack of New Zealand male teachers and the negative aspects of this gender imbalance. Massey University’s Education Vice Chancellor says it is part of the feminisation of our learning and it is bad for both boys and girls. Just over 25% of schoolteachers in New Zealand are men […]
Read MoreYour Views: Schools losing male teachers
An academic believes research needs to be carried out into why men are shying away from becoming teachers. Fewer than 10 per cent of the early childhood and primary school teachers graduated at a recent ceremony at Massey University. Pro Vice-Chancellor of Massey’s College of Education James Chapman said there is a lot of speculation […]
Read MoreFormer Chief Education Officer Ralph Boyce calls for male teacher
SECONDARY SCHOOL students favouring a technical education over an academic one are in line for a better deal from the Ministry of Education, with training and certification. “Soon we will be coming with a package,” Chief Education Officer, Wendy Griffith-Watson, said during the Down To Brass Tacks radio programme recently. “It was part of curriculum reform since […]
Read MoreWorkplace reversal
At Little River Elementary School in South Riding, second-grade teacher Timothy Bjorseth, affectionately known as “Mr. B,” is one of only six male teachers among a faculty of 45. A 10-year instructor in education, Bjorseth said he was even more of a minority at the first elementary school where he taught in Illinois. He said […]
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