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MenTeach – E-News – September 2009
MenTeach E-News September 2009 1) Order the new DVD about male teachers – Expect male involvement 2) Needed: More black male teachers in Florida 3) Correction: Additional movies about male teachers suggested by readers 4) What do children think: Does it matter if your teacher is male? 5) Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment program is a […]
Read MoreMale Call: Black Male Teachers are a Missing Ingredient
William Alexander was all ears at his mother’s home in Riverside during President Barack Obama’s back-to-school message to kids Tuesday. The Oakland elementary school teacher who was in the area attending a conference knows the importance of encouraging children to stay in school. In 2004 he became the first in his family to go to […]
Read MoreNeeded: More black male teachers in Florida
The Ketterlinus Elementary first-graders are typical 6- and 7-year-olds. A little giggly. A little antsy. And a lot chatty. Their teacher is anything but typical in this St. Augustine school. “You’d better tighten up,” Curtis Lewis, 27, tells a couple of boys getting a little too rambunctious. In a school that has only three male […]
Read MoreWhy don’t men want to teach?
Primary schools have long been an almost entirely man-free zone, but research published last week suggests that secondary schools could soon be heading the same way. According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency 23.8% of those qualifying to become teachers in 2006-07 were men – a fall of 1.5% on the previous year and the […]
Read MoreWhat do children think: Does it matter if your teacher is male?
What do the children think? Read comments from children from Europe about their beliefs about having a male teacher. Boys can do better at school when their teachers are also male, according to a survey. It says they work harder and find it easier to talk over any problems they may have with a male teacher. […]
Read MoreMenTeach – E-News – August 2009
MenTeach E-News August 2009 1) Public mixed on gender roles in jobs; 7% prefer male elementary school teachers 2) Why boys fail 3) Additional movies about male teachers suggested by readers 4) New places to order the new DVD about male teachers – Expect male involvement 5) Write your story for a new book 6) […]
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