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MenTeach E-News – August 2013
MenTeach E-News August 2013 1) Male teachers serving as role models at Rockford daycare centers 2) Teacher believes no job is more important than teaching 3) Men in the classroom: Back to the basics of primary 4) Program Puts Dads in Classroom 5) Azerbaijani women prevail over men in teaching 6) Women teachers on the […]
Read MoreMen act as great role models in nursery settings
Men in childcare are great roles models for children missing a father figure in their life, according to male nursery nurse Simon Austin. Simon is a nursery nurse at the Walton-le-Dale setting of Carr Manor nursery and represents one of only 3% of males within the early years sector. As the only male worker at […]
Read MoreShanghai’s male kindergarten principal is a class act
Zhu Jun’s first semester as a kindergarten principal has come to an end, leaving him feeling exhausted yet enlightened. “The semester was really rewarding, because I accumulated a great deal of experience. But I feel a bit tired,” the 29-year-old says. Zhu, who is Shanghai’s first male graduate of preschool education studies, has also become […]
Read MoreIreland: More men returning to primary teaching
That rare thing in primary education – a male teacher – will be more in evidence this morning as new junior infants and their classmates troop into school. There has been a persistent drift of men back into primary school teaching after decades of domination of the profession by women. Unfortunately this gender imbalance is […]
Read MoreWomen teachers on the rise in Congo, Africa
At the Itsali primary school, on a dusty road near Brazzaville’s airport, all but one of the 20 teachers are women, a sign of the major gender shift in the Republic of Congo’s educational system over the past two decades. The small school employs almost exclusively women, from its directors and teachers to administrators and […]
Read MoreAzerbaijani women prevail over men in teaching
The Ministry of Education has cited the reasons for the number of male teachers being below that of female teachers in the secondary schools of Azerbaijan. Besides the salary, the small number of men involved in teaching is being influenced by other factors related to business activity and other issues, the ministry said on August […]
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