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April, 2010
MenTeach E-News - March 2010
MenTeach E-News
March 2010
1) Radio Interview: Fear of Men In Early Childhood Education
2) New Zealand Teacher calls for more men to join the profession
3) 50% rise in men applying to be primary teachers
4) Canada: Bridging daycare's gender divide
5) In search of black male teachers
6) Men wanted - because teaching isn't just women's work
7) Program aims to channel more black males into teaching
8) See a video: Primary schools seek male teachers
9) Men's Stories: From Japan to New Zealand
March 2010
1) Radio Interview: Fear of Men In Early Childhood Education
2) New Zealand Teacher calls for more men to join the profession
3) 50% rise in men applying to be primary teachers
4) Canada: Bridging daycare's gender divide
5) In search of black male teachers
6) Men wanted - because teaching isn't just women's work
7) Program aims to channel more black males into teaching
8) See a video: Primary schools seek male teachers
9) Men's Stories: From Japan to New Zealand
Still too few male teachers? Many grades see small percentage
Little Harbour art teacher Andrew French will be the first person to tell you he loves his job, but he is among a minority of men who have been going into a profession dominated by women.An article by Valora Washington in the New England Board of Higher Education's magazine suggests the number of male teachers in the United States is at a 40-year low because of issues ranging from fear of abuse allegations to insufficient pay.
Podcast about MenTeach
Dawn Braa who teaches at the Dakota County Technical College in Minnesota hosts a blog that broadcasts different professionals each month. In April she has MenTeach talking about the importance of men teaching. After you are done listening to our interview, check out some of the others.
United Kingdom Department of Education failing to bring men into schools
Almost 40% of primary schools now have no male teachers on their staff. New figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show 1,238 of the state's 3,248 national schools have an all-female line-up in the classroom.
The revelation means that the Department of Education's expensive efforts to attract men into primary school teaching have been a failure so far. Many children are now educated exclusively by women as the teaching profession becomes increasingly feminised.
Just a quarter of teachers are men in UK, research shows
A generation of boys will encounter barely any male role models throughout their education, opposition MPs warned.In primary schools just one in ten teachers are male and in secondary schools just under half are men - a dramatic change from 20 years ago when men had a majority in secondary staff rooms.
Teenager urges men to try out the world of childcare
A teenage would-be teaching assistant has added his voice to calls for more men to work in the early years sector.Record numbers of men are training to be primary school teachers at the University of Exeter
What was once a female-dominated profession is becoming increasingly gender-netural, and more men than ever before are applying for post-graduate certificates of education (PGCE) in the field.
The university has launched Men in Primary, a scheme offering support for male students through a mentoring programme and a series of workshops.
The university has launched Men in Primary, a scheme offering support for male students through a mentoring programme and a series of workshops.
Male elementary teachers are lauded by educators
Preston Rogers' fifth-grade students weren't playing the board games they had on their desks Thursday morning -- they were designing them."I want them to be able to give instructions without them being there," Rogers said as each student wrote down rules to the different games.
Men welcome at nursery
A new recruit makes up a quartet of men working in a south London nursery.Ruskin House School, a family-run childcare business in Herne Hill, has had men on the staff for the past ten years.
For Howard Blackman, age 25, who started at the nursery earlier this month, it is his first job in childcare. He said, 'I love interacting with the children. They never fail to make me smile.'