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Male Kindergarten Teacher to Principal in China
When Zhu Jun graduated from East China Normal University in Shanghai in 2003, he dared not tell anyone he had found a job as a kindergarten teacher. “People thought a kindergarten teacher was a nanny and they would not accept a university graduate becoming a nanny,” he said. It is now 10 years since Zhu, […]
Read MoreGerman government campaigns for more male kindergarten teachers
It is still an unusual picture: Karsten Röttjer, a 1.90 meters (6’3 inches) tall male, surrounded by young girls and boys. Physical education is on the schedule today. The children bustle around the kindergarten teacher. Physical education is always exciting for the children and with their new kindergarten teacher Röttjer it is even more fun. […]
Read MoreChina trains male preschool teachers
Education authorities in south China are training male preschool teachers to provide suitable male role models in kindergartens, traditionally dominated by female teachers. Yang Linyun is among 100 male students who were recruited and subsidized by the government in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to be trained as preschool teachers. Before going to work […]
Read MoreMen act as great role models in nursery settings
Men in childcare are great roles models for children missing a father figure in their life, according to male nursery nurse Simon Austin. Simon is a nursery nurse at the Walton-le-Dale setting of Carr Manor nursery and represents one of only 3% of males within the early years sector. As the only male worker at […]
Read MoreShanghai’s male kindergarten principal is a class act
Zhu Jun’s first semester as a kindergarten principal has come to an end, leaving him feeling exhausted yet enlightened. “The semester was really rewarding, because I accumulated a great deal of experience. But I feel a bit tired,” the 29-year-old says. Zhu, who is Shanghai’s first male graduate of preschool education studies, has also become […]
Read MoreIreland: More men returning to primary teaching
That rare thing in primary education – a male teacher – will be more in evidence this morning as new junior infants and their classmates troop into school. There has been a persistent drift of men back into primary school teaching after decades of domination of the profession by women. Unfortunately this gender imbalance is […]
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