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MenTeach E-News – July 2012
MenTeach E-News July 2012 1) An editorial: Male teachers are a rare and special species in Malaysia 2) Resources for falsely accused teachers 3) Men in elementary classrooms in New Hampshire 4) Too few men choose careers in teaching 5) Male Teacher blazes a new trail in China 6) Michigan Man finds satisfaction teaching overseas […]
Read MoreDissertation completed – The perceptions and pressures experienced by male primary elementary teachers…
[MenTeach: There is more and more research being completed about men teachers. Here’s one e-mail from a principal who completed his doctoral work.] I just wanted to update you. Last December I completed my doctoral work. I had written you a few years ago regarding it. I found your organization and website to be a […]
Read MoreMen Rush to Sign Up as Primary Teachers
The number of men training to be primary school teachers has increased by more than 50 per cent over the past four years in England, new figures reveal. The growth rate is five times that for women, according to data from the Teaching Agency. Interim chief executive Lin Hinnigan said: “Primary teaching is increasingly a […]
Read MoreMichigan Man finds satisfaction teaching overseas
Kevin Hodges has a career that, quite literally, could take him around the world before he’s done. “It’s unbelievable,” said Hodges, a 1983 Battle Creek Central High grad who waded through his share of uncertainty and frustration before settling on a job that, at least in the United States, is beset by instability and layoffs. […]
Read MoreMale Teacher blazes a new trail in China
Children in the brand new Haoertong Kindergarten like to boast to their peers at other kindergartens: “Our principal is a handsome uncle.” Zhu Jun, the first male graduate of preschool education studies in Shanghai, is now the city’s first male kindergarten principal with a professional educational background. After seven years of teaching in kindergartens, Zhu, […]
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