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Danger? Men not working
IU ed school students focus on lack of male teachers in elementary, early childhood settings EDITORS: At the bottom of this release are audio comments that are available as mp3 files on the IU School of Education Website at http://education.indiana.edu/audio.html. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Historically low numbers of male teachers at the elementary and early childhood levels […]
Read MoreReport from Massachusetts AEYC – USA
A small contingent of childcare professionals met recently at the MassAEYC Annual Conference to share their thoughts on the history, present circumstances and future of men in early education. Roughly 600 people attended the conference between Friday and Saturday. Thirty participated in the two sessions held on this topic. Discussion stemmed, at both sessions, from […]
Read MoreConversations with Students
I had a REALLY interesting conversation with both a female and a male ECE student yesterday. The gist of it was the male – who had spent the day in our child development lab – commented that one of the little boys seemed to bond with him immediately. I asked him why he thought that […]
Read MoreKura Kaupapa shows the way with male teach
Kohanga reo are a step ahead of a national shortage of male early childcare teachers, though in Wairarapa the Kura Kaupapa is leading the way. A national story run by the New Zealand Herald last week quoted Jan Peeters, co-ordinator of the Resource and Training Centre for Child Care at Belgium’s University of Ghent, saying: […]
Read MoreNew Zealand – Men in Early Child Care and Teaching Summit
On 29th March an extraordinary event in education – a Summit on Men in Early Child Care and Teaching – was held in Christchurch. It was probably the first time that men outnumbered women at an early childhood meeting – and what a different atmosphere it was. Above is a photo from the event – […]
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