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Primary principals seek more real men
Many primary school principals believe male primary teachers should be heterosexual, rugby-playing "real men" if they want to be good role models, new research has found.Primary school teaching is for women, more men needed
The number of male teachers in primary schools has plummeted by more than 300 in four years, as classrooms become even more female-dominated.In 2003, 5207 men were teaching in government primary schools - almost 22 per cent of teachers - but by last year their numbers had dropped to 4893 and were threatening to fall below 20 per cent.
A group where gender is a value and not an issue
I do want to share that Maggie Carter and local directors established a "conversations in the garden" last summer in response to their feeling that everything directors did in trying to make children's experiences better in the face of the external demands was too hard. The group felt they were continually climbing a sand hill.
Are male teachers the answer?
Career & Education shares with you this week the thoughts of Vivienne Turnbull concerning the value of male teachers in the classroom and how Jamaica could, potentially, attract more men to help educate and mentor the island's boys. Turnbull is an image and communications consultant.
WHEN I attended high school and college, there was no shortage of male teachers in the classroom. I suspect this had a positive impact on students, especially males.
WHEN I attended high school and college, there was no shortage of male teachers in the classroom. I suspect this had a positive impact on students, especially males.
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The FIRST World conference about male teachers.
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Men in Early Childhood Education Working Forum.
The FIRST World conference about male teachers.
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So long to a preschool purist
Back in the days before "parent" became a verb, before toddlers were using computers and kindergartners had homework, Peter Wing was running a preschool where children did nothing but play. They ran around, acted silly, listened to stories and simply behaved like kids.
