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New Zealand – Men in Early Childhood Education National Summit – Call for Papers
Men in Early Childhood Education National Summit – Call for Papers 8TH NATIONAL SUMMIT ON MEN IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 7- 8 MARCH 2014 WELLINGTON, NZ The theme for the national EC-Menz Summit to be held next year in March in Wellington, New Zealand is “Lifting the Lid on Gender Issues in Early Childhood Education”. […]
Read MoreResearch: Turkish Female Preschool Teachers’ Attitude toward Male Preschool Teachers While Hiring Job
This research was conducted to understand the attitudes of female preschool teachers’ towards male preschool teachers while hiring job. In the research there were two CVs which have all the same features except their genders. These CVs were given to female preschool teachers to assess them as hiring job. These questions were; Do you think […]
Read MoreIncreasingly, male teachers found at head of elementary class
“Kids had issues with me being a strong figure. They’re used to hearing it from their moms or aunts.” Tyrone Johnson, above, a third-grade teacher at Ashley Elementary (Andy Cross, The Denver Post) Each weekday, students filing into Denver’s Ashley Elementary School come face to face with a relatively rare educational experience. They call it […]
Read MoreMale Kindergarten Teacher to Principal in China
When Zhu Jun graduated from East China Normal University in Shanghai in 2003, he dared not tell anyone he had found a job as a kindergarten teacher. “People thought a kindergarten teacher was a nanny and they would not accept a university graduate becoming a nanny,” he said. It is now 10 years since Zhu, […]
Read MoreHiring Males Is School District Priority
Male teachers continue to be an area of need for Charles County and the state. The school system’s human resources department reported to the Charles County Board of Education on Tuesday that of the 170 new hires, 37, or 21.8 percent were men, and 132 or 78.2 percent were women. Sean McDonald, human resources specialist, […]
Read MoreGerman government campaigns for more male kindergarten teachers
It is still an unusual picture: Karsten Röttjer, a 1.90 meters (6’3 inches) tall male, surrounded by young girls and boys. Physical education is on the schedule today. The children bustle around the kindergarten teacher. Physical education is always exciting for the children and with their new kindergarten teacher Röttjer it is even more fun. […]
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