News
Engaging men teachers…a real challenge in Malaysia
After 30 years of experience in early childhood care and education…only female teachers are being recruited in my centre. I started engaging male staff in 2011 for a start. We have male teachers coming only for certain classes two contact hours per week. Gymnastics classes with Mr.Gan and Art and creativity classes with Mr.Adi and […]
Read MoreMale educators sought in south New Zealand
Educators are urging more Southland men to train as early childhood education teachers, with only three working in the region. The latest Annual Census of Early Childhood Education Services figures, released by the Ministry of Education and relating to June 2012, show only three of the 367 licensed early childhood teachers working in Southland were […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – December 2013
MenTeach E-News December 2013 1) Teacher winner of a NZI Sustainable Business Network Award 2) Black male headteachers in England’s state schools number just 30 3) Black Male Teacher Stands For Aspiration, Support 4) Letter: From engineering to early education 5) Memoir of a male educator 6) ‘Mannies’ On The Rise In New Trends for […]
Read MoreEarly childhood group for male educators in Wisconsin
Early childhood education has been a female-dominated profession for generations. According to 2011-12 National Education Association statistics, just 16.2 percent of elementary school teachers in the U.S. are men; in Wisconsin it’s 21.5 percent. In light of these facts, Jill Klefstad, associate professor and program director of the early childhood education program at University of […]
Read MoreResearch: Why female teachers predominate in France
In France, male teachers are disappearing, especially in kindergartens and primary schools, where they now make up less than 18%. The percentage of male teachers is slightly higher in junior and high schools. This has been a trend for at least 60 years and at national level, only 30.8% of staff in public education are […]
Read More