Editorials
Same-Sex Education: Do Male Students Need a Male Teacher?
In last week’s blog, I discussed my predominantly male class–a group of kids whose behavior I’d had tremendous difficulty managing last semester while team-teaching with a female special-education teacher. Now, with a male special-education teacher, the students’ behavior was suddenly much improved. I considered that something Christina Hoff Sommers had suggested in her article–that boys […]
Read MoreStudents find female role model in male-dominated field
[MenTeach: What if you changed ‘girl’ in this article to ‘boy’ and ‘women’ to ‘men’ and offered early education careers or nurturing careers for men? Would you consider being a role model for boys and men to teach?] Ask a 7-year-old girl what she wants to be when she grows up, and the possibilities are […]
Read MoreEmployment Tips for First Time Teachers
As a man in the field of Child Development, I know what it is like to be in search of a professional teaching position. Below are a few helpful pointers to help you stand out from the rest of the pack: Look like you belong First and foremost, make sure you look the part. Appearance […]
Read MoreMissing: male teachers
My 11-year-old son Tommy doesn’t particularly like math. He does, however, love his 6th grade math teacher. One big reason: His math teacher is male. This teacher is patient, creative and energetic, yes, but so are Tommy’s other teachers, who are all women. Tommy doesn’t worship them like he does his algebra teacher. This is […]
Read MoreAcclaimed South African Author: Teaching not just for women
Acclaimed authour, JM Coetzee received an honorary doctorate from Wits University, in The Great Hall on the university campus. Coetzee, a double recipient of the Booker Prize and a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, received a Doctor of Literature degree. Twenty years ago, if I had been standing on this platform addressing new […]
Read MoreWhy Black/Latino Male Teachers aren’t as Effective in the Classroom…Yet
There’s plenty of discussion about the need for more black/Latino males becoming teachers, capped by a recent discussion by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in which he promoted a program (TEACH) to help improve those numbers. In Jacksonville, FL, for instance, The Achieve Instill Inspire Foundation is looking to encourage more black males as […]
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