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Report: Male teachers now an ‘endangered species’
Male pre-kindergarten and early education teachers are almost as rare as komodo dragons, and they’re getting rarer, according to recent findings and recommendations released by the Community Advocates for Young Learners (CAYL) Institute. The number of men working in education has reached its lowest point in the past 40 years, the Cambridge-based organization found. The […]
Read MoreTeachers Make a Difference: A Male Student’s Journey
Derrick Vestal doesn’t mind being the only male in his Early Childhood Education classes at Cleveland State. In fact, he could not be more certain he made the right decision on his choice of a major. The Niota native said he has known since he was in seventh grade that he wanted to be a […]
Read MoreObama’s win could have effects within classroom
Like so many people throughout Atlanta, I was awed by the celebration over Barack Obama‘s victory in the presidential election. I witnessed another poignant victory the next day, when I visited a high school history class in the southwest part of the city. The teacher played portions of Obama’s acceptance speech and asked students for their […]
Read MoreHunt is on for more men to lead classrooms
If it didn’t run afoul of employment laws, principal Thomas DeVito would consider taking out the following newspaper advertisement: “Wanted: Male teachers.” At his Ferryway School, where boys slightly outnumber girls, male teachers are a rare species, presiding over only four of the 35 classrooms. “The district has a job fair every year, but […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – November 2008
1) Call Me Mister researcher 2) Hunt is on for more men to lead classrooms 3) Obama win could have effects within classroom 4) Interviewing over 130 teens for summer program 5) A bit of history about male teachers in the United Kingdom 6) Plan to revitalize a European men in childcare network 7) Research […]
Read MoreResearch Articles: Early childhood textbook images reflect “rules” for male teachers
Men represent roughly 2% of all teachers in preschool and kindergarten classrooms in the United States, and that number may be declining. Researchers have argued that the dearth of male teachers is related in multiple complex ways to the feminized nature of ECED teaching. Men in early childhood classrooms encounter implicit rules for engaging with […]
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