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Workplace reversal
At Little River Elementary School in South Riding, second-grade teacher Timothy Bjorseth, affectionately known as “Mr. B,” is one of only six male teachers among a faculty of 45. A 10-year instructor in education, Bjorseth said he was even more of a minority at the first elementary school where he taught in Illinois. He said […]
Read MoreStop the exodus of good male teachers
Those familiar with the history of teaching cannot fail to appreciate the tragic irony of the dilemma that the profession is undergoing in terms of its dwindling male factor. For the majority of the world’s earliest teachers – philosophers and prophets – were males. Theirs was the job of bringing mankind forward through myriad disciplines […]
Read MoreKura Kaupapa shows the way with male teach
Kohanga reo are a step ahead of a national shortage of male early childcare teachers, though in Wairarapa the Kura Kaupapa is leading the way. A national story run by the New Zealand Herald last week quoted Jan Peeters, co-ordinator of the Resource and Training Centre for Child Care at Belgium’s University of Ghent, saying: […]
Read MoreKorea – Male Teacher Quota Sets Off Angry Debate
A report that the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education wants to set a quota for male teachers has touched off a heated online debate, with education students posting dozens of messages on a website about the issue. When an article about the quota, which would require schools to hire a certain level of male teachers, […]
Read MoreReturn male
Dewi Cooke takes a look at the child-care industry and wonders why only 2 per cent of carers are men. It’s feeding time in the baby’s room of the Queensberry Children’s Centre and Yarrow Andrew is tenderly serving up an appetising yoghurt mix to the under-twos. Some show interest in the creamy goop, others are […]
Read MoreStory about a man teaching in New Zealand
“I emphasise what you can do with technology and science, how you can bring your interests to the job and stress how we work in a teaching environment as well as a nurturing one.” Adam was a truck driver for many years before a work place accident left him needing to seek a new career. “I […]
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