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First jobs hard to find for primary teachers in New Zealand
New Waikato primary teaching graduates are struggling to find work, with some schools seeing 100 applicants applying for the one job. While Waikato high schools have the opposite problem – with trouble filling certain positions. Teachers are being told they may need to be more flexible in where they live to secure a job, and […]
Read MoreMale Teacher in India Makes a Difference to Young Children
Sabu Thomas has a way with the tiny ones, they take to him like flies to a sugar pie. It has been so for the past 15 years, ever since he chose to tread a path that few men opt for. Sabu is one of the two male pre-primary teachers in the state and the […]
Read MoreWhy aren’t we doing more to encourage men to be primary school teachers?
Mothers outnumbered fathers at our primary school sports day last week in the normal ratio for a day in the working week – maybe 10/1. Among the staff and volunteers organising the event, however, women outnumbered men by more like 20/1. The only man making his presence felt was the nerd with the unusual enthusiasm […]
Read MoreMeet the Mannies in the United Kingdom
Why don’t more men consider a career in childcare? And why should we now, for the sake of our children, be trying to close the gender gap? Paul Byron’s pram is a sight to behold. Expertly equipped with everything he could possibly need in the course of a day’s work, it holds snacks, water bottles, […]
Read MoreGermany Attempts to Recruit Men into Child Care
Generally speaking, gender equality in the U.S. and other Western countries has involved women moving into men’s spheres. We have not seen an equivalent migration of men into women’s spheres. Accordingly, while women have integrated many male occupations (they are now, for example, 50% or more of law and medical students), many female-dominated ones remain […]
Read MoreChina to Offer Free Teacher Training to Men
As the millions of students are busy choosing their future universities after the National College Entrance Examination, the news of free teacher’s training places for male students in southeast China’s Fujian Province has attracted much attention. According to the official document issued by Fujian Provincial Education Department along with other three local departments, five teacher’s […]
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