2008
A new book – Men on a Mission: Valuing Youth Work in Our Communities
I’m on the MenTeach listserve and thought I would share a recent publication of mine that may be of interest to you and your colleagues. I cited your 2002 book in my own work. As the description indicates at the link below, I interviewed and observed men in a wide range of youth work settings, […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – July 2008
1) Teacher Shortage or Teacher Turnover? 2) Ex-soldiers to be hired early for teaching jobs 3) From software engineer to math teacher 4) A tough job market for men teachers? 5) Some did not find the cartoon funny. What do you think? 6) Teacher Shortage or Teacher Turnover 7) Looking at past postings – advice […]
Read MoreA teacher’s hard lesson: ‘Not guilty’ is not enough
He came to the profession late in life, at the age of 35, after years of working jobs that held no real meaning for him. When Gregory Leontovich began his career as a special education teacher in 1992, he found his calling. Three years into it, his peers at his first school named him teacher […]
Read MoreA five year plan that includes pensions and recruiting more male teachers
The Province of Manitoba is committed to take efforts to increase the number of men in ECE. BRAVO! It is part of a 12 point Five Year plan for the development of our ECE system here in my province. If you read through the document (you can download the pdf document here: Five Year Plan) the […]
Read MoreEditorial: Children benefit by having male teachers
There is a small, but slowly growing body of evidence about the importance of men teachers. In one study, we find that boys do better in reading if they have a male teacher. In another study in the United Kingdom, “finds that three-quarters (76 per cent) of boys aged eight to 11 are in favour of […]
Read MoreGender stereotyping results in male teacher shortages in Vietnam
Six-year-old Nguyen Khanh Linh is astonished to see a television cartoon of a male bear teaching a class. And it’s not because the teacher is a large furry animal. “Why is it a he-teacher? Teachers must be female,” she says. In Viet Nam, where female teachers vastly outnumber their male colleagues, the little girl has […]
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