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Dutch MP calls for more male school teachers
Dutch Christian Democrats (CDA) have called for an increase in the number of male teachers in primary schools. CDA MP Jan Jacob van Dyke claims that children are better off if they are taught by both men and women. At the moment, the majority of primary school teachers are women. According to the CDA, teacher […]
Read MorePhotos & video from the Working Forum MECE in Hawaii, USA
Here are two of the photos from the 2008 Working Forum Men in Early Childhood Education. As we secure additional photos we’ll post them. Included is Wakiki Beach, site of the conference hotel and the last gathering at the closing ceremony with the Leadership Team on stage. The conference was held at a hotel on […]
Read MoreOne of the many groups at the World Forum
I’ve been trying to set the time aside to post to MenTeach but there has been so many e-mails to answer. One of the participants sent me a photo of our discussion group (there were several). It has taken five years to make the event happen – it was outstanding! It’s really hard to express […]
Read MoreReport from Working Forum Men in Early Childhood Education
It’s been great to meet for the first time as a Leadership Team in person. The topics have been good – a lot of logistics about how to make our global network sustainable. There are so many things happening all over the world and of course it doesn’t hurt that we are meeting in Hawai’i. […]
Read MoreMid-career males turn to teaching in greater numbers
The prospect of having more fun on the job and better work-life balance – despite the drop in pay – has been enough to motivate several men with well-paid professional careers to throw caution to the wind and go teaching. A quarter of this year’s post-graduate primary teaching diploma graduates at the University’s Auckland campus […]
Read MoreMore men enroll in university teacher course
MORE men enrolled on teacher training courses this year at the University of Hertfordshire, bucking the national trend. A report by the university showed men accounted for 18 per cent of the new teaching students compared to five per cent of last year’s intake. Kit Thomas, associate head of the School of Education, says that […]
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