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Male educators sought in south New Zealand
Educators are urging more Southland men to train as early childhood education teachers, with only three working in the region. The latest Annual Census of Early Childhood Education Services figures, released by the Ministry of Education and relating to June 2012, show only three of the 367 licensed early childhood teachers working in Southland were […]
Read MoreResearch: Why female teachers predominate in France
In France, male teachers are disappearing, especially in kindergartens and primary schools, where they now make up less than 18%. The percentage of male teachers is slightly higher in junior and high schools. This has been a trend for at least 60 years and at national level, only 30.8% of staff in public education are […]
Read MoreBlack male headteachers in England’s state schools number just 30
There are just 30 black male headteachers in England’s 21,600 state schools, official figures obtained by the Guardian show, triggering accusations that the country’s education system is “institutionally racist”. The Department for Education (DfE) revealed that there are 20 black Caribbean or black African male heads in state nurseries and primaries and 10 in secondary […]
Read MoreTeacher winner of a NZI Sustainable Business Network Award
Auckland kindergarten teacher Adam Buckingham has won one of New Zealand’s top environmental awards. The NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards, which have been running for 10 years, are the pre-eminent and longest-standing sustainability awards in New Zealand. Adam Buckingham’s “Turning Trash into Treasure for Young Children” won in the Community Impact Category. Each of the 230 entries […]
Read MoreMen in Early Childhood Education in Singapore
Over the last several years, there has been a growing number of male teachers working in early childhood development programs in Singapore. But being new in this profession, with few role models or mentors to guide them, they lack the psychological and social support needed to make them genuinely comfortable in this profession. This project […]
Read MoreEstonian National Strategy Aims to Increase Share of Male Teachers to 25%
One of the goals of the Ministry of Education’s newly-drafted lifelong learning strategy for 2014-2020 is to increase the share of young teachers and male teachers, uudised.err.ee reported. In 2012, 85.7 percent of teachers were women, in one example of the traditional gender gap that appears to be more strongly entrenched in Estonia compared with […]
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