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Male teachers are in the minority in the classroom – both gender and ethnicity
Nearly one in 10 pupils at the Sunderland secondary school where Amer Sheikh works are from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds, and yet he is the only black teacher out of 100: “I’m constantly aware of my ethnicity. For the black students, I feel I need to be a role model and for the […]
Read MoreIn search of black male teachers
Archaeologically speaking, male elementary teachers are going the way of the unindicted Illinois governor, virtual extinction. In 2007, the National Education Association announced that men are only 9 percent of America’s elementary teachers — a 40-year low. A sub-set of this species, the black male teacher, is so rarely seen in daylight that he becoming […]
Read MoreCanada: Bridging daycare’s gender divide
There are the same little wooden cubbyholes, small jackets and frayed scarves hanging from hooks that you find in any child-care centre. The same book corner and tiny plastic couch. The same miniature chairs around miniature round tables. What’s most striking about Beatty Buddies Daycare is the men. Big strapping men. Men like Geoffrey Brown, […]
Read MoreNumber of male primary school teachers rising
Headteachers say the number of male teachers working in Cumbria’s primary schools is growing despite new Government figures which reveal men account for fewer than 30 per cent of staff in more than 200 schools. According to new figures released by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) male teachers account for fewer than […]
Read MoreNew Zealand Teacher calls for more men to join the profession
New Zealand children are disadvantaged by a lack of male early childhood teachers, a North Shore teacher says. Adam Buckingham wants men to become early childhood teachers after learning that fewer than 2 percent of preschool teachers in New Zealand are men – the lowest rate in the world, he says. Government statistics show there […]
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