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MenTeach E-News – May 2015
MenTeach E-News May 2015 1) Georgia’s new Teacher of the Year: Former attorney looking to make lasting impact 2) College program helping African-American males become teachers 3) More men make the grade as teachers in Halifax 4) New Book: Men, Masculinities and Teaching in Early Childhood Education – International perspectives on gender and care 5) […]
Read MoreMen teachers in Arkansas classrooms
It’s becoming rarer to find men in the classroom, especially in Arkansas. The state is ranked bottom in country for the lowest percentage of male teachers. According to the National Education Association, male teachers make up 16 percent of Arkansas’ teachers. That’s 12 points lower than the nation’s average. “It’s always a goal of mine […]
Read MoreCalifornia is doing good stuff for men in child care
[MenTeach: Gregory has been involved in early education for many years, has written many articles and has served on the board of California AEYC]. CAEYC is doing some good stuff, the Winter/Spring 2015 edition of Connections featured three articles by men! Also, our Men in Child Care facebook group has nearly 400 members! https://www.facebook.com/groups/195109553871100/ I’ve got this […]
Read MoreMen in early childhood education in New Zealand
A brief personal perspective A number of years ago when I was teaching English to students of other languages in Hong Kong, I did some work for an internation kindergarten. My job was to create a programme to promote language for children who were about to leave for primary school. Having taught children of all […]
Read MoreColumn: What’s Your Icon?
A retired friend and colleague came to speak to a group of early childhood pre-service students about strategies that engage young children in their learning. The heart of the presentation centered around one question, “What is your icon?” This teacher was challenging these pre-service students to think about ingenious or novel strategies that they could […]
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