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‘Brother Apple’ sows seeds of approval in China
Exercise videos boost acceptance of male teachers at kindergartens Kindergarten teacher “Brother Apple” set out with the intention of keeping youngsters fit during the COVID-19 epidemic, but quickly became an online icon. Xia Haoyang, who teaches at a kindergarten in Qingdao, Shandong province, kept the nickname his students had given him when he started uploading […]
Read MoreJapanese Agency bans male babysitters after string of pedophile cases
The Asahi Shibun – Japan Male babysitters were taken off the books of a leading babysitter placement service agency after a series of shocking predatory pedophile incidents took place while parents were away from their children. The decision was met by a torrent of criticism that it fans prejudice against male sitters and nursery teachers. […]
Read More‘Tackling racism in society means more black teachers’
I write this article from many perspectives – as a husband, a new father and a Christian. But also from one that in my teaching career has been relatively rare: that of a black, male teacher. Indeed, in my time in education, I can count the number of black, male teachers I have encountered on […]
Read MoreChinese male teachers face kindergarten conundrum
When Yu Zehong started teaching at a kindergarten in Beijing in 2018, some parents asked to transfer their children to other classes. The parents did not have a good impression of male teachers. Some were worried because of news reports about male staff members sexually assaulting children, while others thought a man would be too […]
Read MoreKenya: Ensure gender balance in teacher training colleges to attain equity
In the past 10 years, there has been a downward trend in enrolment of male candidates to teacher training colleges at the primary school level. I’ve heard from a number of principals that, in some colleges, female students comprise two-thirds to three-quarters of the total number. Should the trend continue, we will have boys in […]
Read MoreDundee Scotland equalities champion: More men should work in nurseries
Councillor Lynne Short has called on council officers to ramp up efforts to recruit a greater number of men into the city’s nurseries. Official figures from the Scottish Social Services Council, which manages Scotland’s early years workforce, shows just 2% of it is male. The rates vary from as much as 8% of creche staff […]
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